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The Library CD Shelf

Bright Idea
Greg Murphy Trio with Jeff "Tain" Watts and Eric Wheeler
Whaling City Sound
www.whalingcitysound.com
c/o Naxos of America (dist.)
www.naxosusa.com
$16.99 CD / $8.99 MP3 amazon.com

Bright Idea is a jazz piano album featuring mostly original compositions with a
few renditions of classic favorites. Greg Murphy's lively, swinging piano and keyboards is perfectly complemented by Eric Wheeler's bass and Jeff "Tain" Watts' drumming. An
intensely enthralling experience, Bright Idea is enthusiastically recommended for jazz aficionados and public library music CD collections. The tracks are "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise", "Happy", "Bright Idea", "Earthlings", "24K Magic", "Street Cats",
"Finer Things", "For My Mom", "Straight No Blues", "Moving Violation", "Well, of All Things", "Untitled Original 11383", and "Juneteenth Notes".

Running Away
Timothy Wenzel with Jill Haley, Jeff Haynes, and Josie Quick
Privately Published
$14.95 CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com

Running Away is an instrumental new age album by keyboardist, composer, arranger, and producer Timothy Wenzel. Featuring piano and synthesizer compositions, enriched with contributions from Josie Quick on violin, Jill Haley on English horn and oboe, and
Jeff Haynes on percussion, Running Away is a sweeping, magical journey of the mind, and a treasure for connoisseurs of genre. Highly recommended! The tracks are "Dream of Summer", "Dancing in Darkness", "A Bit About You", "Running Away", "Makes You
Wonder", "Traveling Light", "Magical Pageant", "A Friend of Mine", "Breaking Free", "Gazelle Dance", "Past Presence", and "Coronal Rain".

Exotico Americano
Frederico7
Privately Published
$TBA www.frederico7.com

Exotico Americano is the debut album of Texas-based musician Frederico7. He sings in three languages (English, Spanish, and Portuguese) in the lively songs, which draw upon his life experience in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA. Tracks range in style from
LatinX to blues to reggae and more. A marvellous melding of inspirations, three
years in the making, Exotico Americano is a treat for connoisseurs of multicultural music connoisseurs, highly recommended. The tracks are "Exotico Americano", "Perola Negra",
"La Mirada del Halcon", "Nature of Love", "Vibran los Ancestros", "Samba Revelation", "Azul Transcendental", "Ciclo das Galaxias", "Ela Ama", "Run Free", and "Perola Negra (Adrian Wuesada Remix)".

Lost in Space
Gentleman's Dub Club
www.gentlemansdubclub.com
Easy Star Records
www.easystar.com
$13.98 CD / $9.49 MP3 amazon.com

Lost in Space is galaxy-spanning music album drawing influences from dub, reggae, ska, bass culture, jazz, and more. Crafted with a star-searching, futuristic tone, Lost in Space is exciting, adventurous, and just plain fun for
all ages to enjoy. Highly
recommended! The tracks are "Lost in Space (Intro)", "Light the Fuse", "Stardust", "Ground Shakin'", "Out of This World", "God of War", "Turning Back (Ft. Million Stylez)", "Eye of the Storm", "Intergalactic", "Midnight Healing",
and "Walking Away" (Ft.
Winston Francis).

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