It's often said that you can never step into the same river twice, and that's certainly true of the jazz experience. Every return to an old standard—and every new attempt to find the heart of an underexposed gem—can yield unexpected rewards. The channel seems familiar, but then you find the current brings you to more depth, more intricate eddies, more turbulence, or more just-plain-fun than expected.

Such is our adventure, our love, and our challenge. If these journeys bring you to places of surprising beauty, power, mystery, or joy in your soul, we have succeeded in sharing our experience.

I hope you enjoy the ride.

— Alan Young

Listen to samples on the links below
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1. I'm Old Fashioned (Kern/Mercer)

2. Cool (Bernstein/Sondheim)

3. Windows (Chick Corea)

4. Infant Eyes (Wayne Shorter)

5. It Might As Well Be Spring (Rodgers/Hammerstein)--This was such a popular download that traffic to my site went over my server's quota. Please e-mail me if you'd like to hear it!

6. Caravan (Tizol & Ellington)

7. Dolphin Dance (Herbie Hancock)

8. Nardis (Miles Davis)

9. Sail Away (Tom Harrell)

10. Reflections (Thelonious Monk)

11. Footprints (Wayne Shorter)

12. Tones for Joan's Bones (Chick Corea)

Alex Stefani, trumpet (except on #3, 5, 7 & 10)

Joe Nemzer plays electric bass on Sail Away and Windows,
acoustic bass on Cool, and hollow-body fretless bass on Nardis.

Adam Thompson plays acoustic bass on all other tracks.