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 Since
their inception in 1988, Seattle-based New Stories has divided it's
time between performing as a trio and as the backup group to some
of the greatest names in jazz. They have three critically acclaimed
CDs of their own, five with be-bop saxophone great Don Lanphere,
and a Grammy nominated effort for RCA with singer Mark Murphy.
Their latest recording, Don Lanphere & New Stories, "Home
At Last" was selected as one of the top 5 CDs of 2001 by
Ira Gitler in JazzTimes magazine. The trio has been a house group
for 14 years at Bud Shank's Pt. Townsend Jazz Festival, performed
at the JVC Jazz Festival in Vladivostok, Russia, appeared in concert
with Tom Harrell, Nick Brignola, Jane Monheit,
Conte Condoli, Bobby Shew, Jon Faddis, &
Larry Coryell, and regularly do concerts and clinics at colleges
& clubs around the country by themselves or in appearances with
Don Lanphere, Mark Murphy or Ernie Watts. Their
music has been included on an internationally released compilation
CD for Universal Music entitled: "Repertoire: A Starbuck's
Collection of Unforgettable Piano Jazz," and is included
as a Windows Media sample in the Microsoft Windows XP Operating System.
Recently, New Stories recorded 4 projects for producer Don Sickler
at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in New Jersey. Scheduled for release in
2003, they include: an album of music by Elmo Hope with special
guest Bobby Porcelli; a collection of 10 New Stories' original
compositions; a CD for New York trombonist Scott Whitfield,
and a music-minus-one CD for Hal Leonard Publications.
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