Great "straight-ahead" jazz in the Blue Note label's "Hard Bop" tradition. Brand new release from DC native Larry Brown. Features Larry Brown (piano), Kent Miller (bass), Greg Holloway (drums), Kyle Funn (trumpet), and Peter Fraize (tenor). Tunes from Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Duke Pearson, Tom Harrell, Larry Brown, and Ralph Moore. This is the JAZZ you love to hear!

Washingtonian magazine says, “Larry Brown is a pianist whose rendering of ballads is particularly moving”. His last CD, “The Long Goodbye”, has received airplay all over the country, as well as in Brazil and Russia. In 2002 Larry received Wammie nominations (Washington Area Music Assoc) for Best Jazz Group, Best Jazz Instrumentalist, and “The Long Goodbye” (Lush Life Records) won the award for Best Jazz Recording. The Washington Post says of this CD, “there’s no mistaking the music’s seductive allure”.

The Washington Post calls pianist Larry Brown “an artist deserving of greater exposure”. In 2000 Larry appeared on the national jazz cable