Rhombus Records

Shawn Needham: Audition

CD / Rhombus Records / 2012-10-02

Artists: Shawn Needham

Michel Benebig: Black Cap

CD / Rhombus Records / 2012-10-02

Artists: Michel Benebig

Tom Culver: Thanks For the Memory [Digipak]

CD / Rhombus Records / 2012-07-10

Tracks: It's A Grand Night For Singing; Almost In Your Arms; Ruby Gentry; Steppin' Out With My Baby/It Only Happens When I Dance With You/Cheek To Cheek; Blues In the Night; Let's Get Lost; Let's Face the Mu...
Artists: Tom Culver

Personnel: Kim Richmond (clarinet, saxophone); Nolan Shaheed (trumpet); Ric Hils (piano, organ, vibraphone); Rich Joswick (drums); Mike Smith (percussion).

Liner Note Author: Tom Culver.
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Sue Raney: Listen Here [Digipak]

CD / Rhombus Records / 2012-05-29

Tracks: Listen Here; My Melancholy Boby; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square; Bad and the Beautiful, The; Music That Makes Me Dance, The; He Was Too Good to Me; You'll Never Know; Skylark; It Might as Well...
Artists: Sue Raney

Shameless: Everything Happens for a Reason

CD / Rhombus Records / 2012-01-24

Artists: Shameless

TRP: Connected

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-10-25

Artists: TRP

The Reese Project: Blue Etude

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-10-25

Artists: The Reese Project

Clemont Aubrey: Happy

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-10-25

Artists: Clemont Aubrey

Greg Abate: Horace Is Here: A Tribute to Horace Silver

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-09-13

Tracks: Mayreh; Horace Is Here; Nica's Dream; Song for My Father; Nutville; Silver's Serenade; On the Road; Peace; Filthy McNasty; Quicksilver
Artists: Greg Abate

Tributee: Horace Silver.

Personnel: Greg Abate (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Claudio Roditi (trumpet); Hilton Ruiz (piano); Artie Cabral (drums).

Audio Mixer: Pet...continue...

Dave Shank: Soundproof *

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-09-13

Tracks: Soundproof; Alla Brevity; Darkening; Fair or Foul; At Ease; Snoopin'; Last Resort; Some Nice; Minor Distraction, A; Miss M
Artists: Dave Shank

Personnel: Dave Shank (vibraphone).

Audio Mixer: Roger Nichols .

Recording information: BiCoastal Music Ossining, NY....continue...

George W. Carroll: Life Is Good *

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-03-08

Artists: George W. Carroll

There has been much ado about the great swing revival of the 1990s pioneered by such retro swingers as Brian Setzer and the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, a...continue...

Dolores Scozzesi: A Special Taste

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-03-08

Tracks: You Fascinate Me So; One More Cup of Coffee; Just Like a Woman; My One and Only Love; When Did You Leave Heaven; Listen Love; Jazz is a Special Taste; I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Lett...
Artists: Dolores Scozzesi

Mike Curciullo: Other Half of Me

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-03-08

Artists: Mike Curciullo

Tom Culver: I Remember You: Tom Culver Sings Johnny Mercer

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-03-08

Tracks: Dearly Beloved; Out of This World; Day In - Day Out; Drinking Again; On the Atchinson, Topeka and the Santa Fe; Fools Rush In; Skylark; One For My Baby; Harlem Butterfly; I Remember You; Any Place I ...
Artists: Tom Culver

Thom Teresi: Christmas in L.A.

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-03-08

Artists: Thom Teresi

Falling Sun: Void

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-03-08

Artists: Falling Sun

Seventh Heaven (Japan): Seventh Heaven

CD / Rhombus Records / 2011-03-08

Artists: Seventh Heaven (Japan)

Eastbay Messengers: Detour to Oakland

CD / Rhombus Records / 2010-09-07

Artists: Eastbay Messengers

Dan Carlin: Street Talk

CD / Rhombus Records / 2010-05-11

Tracks: Street Talk; Green Eyed Devil; It's a Man's Man's Man's World; Southern Blues; Dan's in Shoes; Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood; I Still Believe; Client; Private Party; Voices from Afar
Artists: Dan Carlin

Personnel: Dan Carlin (guitar, background vocals); Leslie Fuller, Poul Pederson, Bob Gulley (vocals); Richard Bredice (slide guitar); Gary Meek (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Rob Whitlock (keyb...continue...

Thom Teresi: Da Capo

CD / Rhombus Records / 2010-01-01

Artists: Thom Teresi

Open Road (Bluegrass): On the Verge

CD / Rhombus Records / 2010-01-01

Artists: Open Road (Bluegrass)

Dave Shank: ...in Due Time

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2009-05-05

Tracks: Hudson Line; Mas Comida; South of the Boulevard; Something for Victor; Beef on Weck; No Mais (No More); Weighted Down by Fate; Preference Point; In Due Time
Artists: Dave Shank

Dave Shank: Dave Shank (keyboards, vibraphone, percussion); Tim Weston, Bob DeVos (guitar); Mike Migliore (flute, soprano flute, saxophone); Tony Kadleck (trumpet); Terry Silverlight (midi drums, drum...continue...

Matt Kalin: Matt Jazz

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2009-05-05

Tracks: K-Ska; Wish You Were Here; Can't Buy Me Love; Joshua Tree; Changes; Three Little Birds; It's Too Late...; Surfing with Patrik; Still Crazy After All These Years; You've Got a Friend; Bird Dub
Artists: Matt Kalin

Matt Kalin: Richard Martinez (drums).

Personnel: Matt Kalin (saxophone); Chris Darjany (piano); Bill Markus, Bill Markus (acoustic bass); Richard Martinez (drums)....continue...

Fred Horn: Steady Fready's Ready *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2009-05-05

Tracks: '73 Charger Starts Up; Everybody Wants to Rule the World; Beautiful Day; Shake That Rump; U-Ru-Ah-Ah; Colour My World; Sippin' Wine; Happy to Be; Casa Romantica; Burrito, El; Trane Hip Hop; Intro to ...
Artists: Fred Horn

Personnel: Fred Horn (vocals, flute, saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, Clavinet, organ, keyboards); Steve Rosenblum (vocals, keyboards, bass synthesizer, string synthesize...continue...

Kelley Suttenfield/Kelley Suttenfield: Where is Love?

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2009-01-01

Tracks: Sugar; Twilight Time; Where is Love?; Charade; And I Love Her; Ode To Billy Joe; Coraçao Vagabundo; Open the Door; Nature Boy; West Coast Blues; I Fall In Love Too Easily; My One and Only Love
Artists: Kelley Suttenfield/Kelley Suttenfield

Personnel: Kelley Suttenfield (vocals); Tony Romano (acoustic guitar); Jesse Lewis (electric guitar).

Audio Mixer: Katherine Miller.

Recording information: Manhattan Beach Recording, New...continue...

Tish Oney: Dear Peg *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2008-11-11

Tracks: It's A Good Day; It Must Be So; He's A Tramp; Where Can I Go Without You?; I Don't Know Enough About You; There'll Be Another Spring; I'm Gonna Go Fishin'; Burn It Slow; Over The Wheel; Circle In The...
Artists: Tish Oney

Personnel: Tish Oney (vocals); John Chiodini (guitar); Bill Watrous (trombone); Bob Leatherbarrow (vibraphone); Joel Hamilton (bass instrument); Kendall Kay (drum, percussion).

Audio Mixer: Gar...continue...

Ray Reed: Plays Ray Reed *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2008-11-11

Tracks: Pirates, The; Pretty Specia; Only In Spring; Car's Bad Tavern; I Wished For A Waltz; Shining Armor; Steal This Song; Ray-Diation
Artists: Ray Reed

Personnel: Don Menza (alto saxophone); Ron Stout (trumpet); Tom Garvin (piano); Jim Hughart, Putter Smith (bass instrument); Roy McCurdy (drum).

Audio Mixer: Peter Woodford....continue...

Alfred Rubalcava: Heart of the Warrior

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2008-08-12

Tracks: There's a Place; Box, The; Tired of Waiting; I'll Be Back; Why; Personal War; Cigarettes; Angels; Mother; Gonna Be Alright
Artists: Alfred Rubalcava

Personnel: Alfredo Rubalcava (vocals, keyboards, upright bass); Alfredo Rubalcaba (vocals, keyboards, background vocals); Johny Calderon (guitar, guitars, drum programming); Bobby Rodriguez (trumpet);...continue...

Steve Blackwood: Moodswings *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2008-01-01

Tracks: It's All Right With Me; Lady Be Good; Lauren; So Glad You're Mine; What Little a Moonlight Can Do; Angel Eyes; Tell Me What the Reason; Honeysuckle Rose; Nancy; In the Heat of the Night
Artists: Steve Blackwood

Personnel includes: Steve Blackwood (vocals); Brian Mitchell (alto saxophone); Jeff Kaye (trumpet, flugelhorn); George Gaffney (piano); Chris Clark (bass); Paul Kriebick (drums).

Includes liner...continue...

Willie Waldman: Trumpet Ride

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2008-01-01

Tracks: Spanish Knights; Surfin Dog; Happy Days; Magic of Bear; Marching Man; Ursa Major; Sunset; Rise Rise; Cygnus XI; 7th Dimension; Sunrise; Sirius
Artists: Willie Waldman

Personnel includes: Willie waldman (trumpet); Jim Loghlin (vibraphone); Greg Kurstin (keyboards); Clint Wagner (guitar); Daniel Shulman (bass); Stephen Perkins (drums).

Engineers include: Dave ...continue...

Gary Herbig: Montana Shooting Star *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2007-09-11

Tracks: Gary's Song; Sherman Oaks Shuffle; Bird 'N Rhythm; Cat Daddy; Samba Trane; One for Annie; Mo Trane; Outside Inside; Montana Shooting Star; Pattee Creek
Artists: Gary Herbig

Personnel: Gary Herbig (flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Laurence Juber (acoustic guitar); Jay Leach (steel guitar, pedal steel guitar); Stu Goldberg (piano); Tom Collier (v...continue...

Shawn Needham: Black Sheep *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2007-08-14

Tracks: Funkasaurus; Cheesecake; Camille's Tune; It's Been Said; Courage; Black Sheep; Whippersnapper
Artists: Shawn Needham

Personnel: Shawn Needham (guitar); Eric Crystal (tenor saxophone); Michael Aaberg (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Jon Evans (bass instrument); Alan Hall (drums).

Audio Mixer: Jon Evans .

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Dan Carlin: Prowlin *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2007-04-24

Tracks: Cat's Meow, The; I Just Wanna Make Love to You (Gimme Some); Catnip; In Memory of You; Cat Fusion; Leopard Walk; Goodbye; Prowlin'; Cat Heaven; Gato Fandango, El
Artists: Dan Carlin

Personnel: Dan Carlin (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, wah-wah guitar, background vocals); Mário Rossi (vocals, strings, keyboards, background vocals); Max Bennett (vocals, electric bass); Josh ...continue...

Richie Bartolo: Collage

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2007-03-27

Tracks: Wonder; Island Girl; Song For Susan; Scottish Nights; Bad Boy; Tropical Embrace; Ballad Of Billy Deline; Smile; Winds Of Change; Body Heat; Interludings; Hurricane
Artists: Richie Bartolo

Personnel: Richie Bartolo (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, flute, harmonica, steel drum); John McLane (guitar, saxophone, trombone, keyboards, bass instrument, drums, background vocals); Barbara Day (fi...continue...

Kerry Strayer: Play It Where It Lays

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2007-02-06

Tracks: 3625 Central; Blues O'Mighty; Perfectly Frank; Jammin' at the Kirk; Funk in Deep Freeze; Mentor; All Too Soon; Friends Again; Play It Where It Lays; Bertha the Dragoness
Artists: Kerry Strayer

A baritone saxophonist heavily indebted to Gerry Mulligan, Kerry Strayer tends to favor a soloing style that sticks close to the original melody and phrasing that emphasizes the instrument's buzzy low...continue...

Chris Bennett: Until the End of Time

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-12-05

Tracks: Use Me; Hopeless Case; On a Summer Night; Until the End of Time; Flamingo; He's Not Ready for Me; Someone to Light Up My Life; Faster Than Expected; Lamp Is Low, The; Once I Loved
Artists: Chris Bennett

Personnel includes: Chris Bennett (vocals); Eric Marienthal (alto saxophone); Armando Castagnoli (tenor saxophone); Arturo Velasco (trombone); Alec Milstein (piano, guitar, bass); Frank Strauss (piano...continue...

The Catz in the Hatz: Resilience *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-10-31

Tracks: Nature Boy; Into the Smooth; Little Sunflower; Slow Down Jimmy; My Funny Valentine; Lucky So in So; Killer Joe; Whisper Low; One for My Baby; Riviera Paradise; It Was a Very Good Year; Fever; Angel E...
Artists: The Catz in the Hatz

Recording information: Pianoman Productions (2006).

Photographer: Dan McGee.

This is a surprisingly erratic set that ranges from inspired to insipid. The Catz in the Hatz is a mostly str...continue...

Rhonda Giannelli: It Was Only a Dream

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-10-31

Tracks: Out of Nowhere; Little Sunflower; Only a Hint; Windows; Aqua Ribbons; It Was Only a Dream; Jenny; Crystal Silence; Splendor; Alone Together; Northern Light; Chelsea Bridge
Artists: Rhonda Giannelli

Personnel: Rhonda Giannelli (piano); Sam Riney (saxophone); Gary Denton (percussion).

Audio Mixer: Gary Denton.

Recording information: Stagg Street Studio, Van Nuys, CA (04/09/2005/02/01...continue...

Donald Rubinstein: Tangled Up in Bob

CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-10-09

Tracks: Buy Me a Road - (with Donald Rubinstein); Fallen - (with Donald Rubinstein); Minnesota Morning - (with Donald Rubinstein); Lost Trail Hymn - (with Donald Rubinstein); Birth of Death - (with Donald Ru...
Artists: Donald Rubinstein

Mary Foster Conklin: Blues for Breakfast *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-10-03

Tracks: Before the Show; Spring Isn't Spring Anymore; Show Me the Way to Get out of This World; Angel Eyes; That Tired Routine Called Love; Encanto d'Amor (It Wasn't the Stars That Thrilled Me); Blues for Br...
Artists: Mary Foster Conklin

Personnel: Mary Foster Conklin (vocals); David Oquendo (vocals); Tony Romano (guitar); Joel Frahm (saxophone); John Di Martino (piano); Leo Traversa (electric bass); Ron Vincent (drums); Wilson "Chemb...continue...

Alex Diambrini: This Guitar This Music *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-08-22

Tracks: Breakin' Free; Going to Spoleto; Funky Love; Coffee Espresso; Endless Waves; Goodbye Girls, The; Jordanino; Yuko's Song; Innocense Lost; Bellezza Fora
Artists: Alex Diambrini

Personnel: Alex Diambrini (vocals, guitar); Gary Herbig (saxophone); Yuko Tamura (keyboards); Tim Powell (bass guitar); Danny Pucillo (drums, percussion).

Audio Mixer: Phil Moore .

Recor...continue...

Gene Stone (Drums): Tenor Combustion *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-08-22

Tracks: Bernie's Tune; Touch of Your Lips, The; Wahoo; I'll Remember April; Time After Time; Bonna Rue; Invitation; Movin' Out; Day Dream; Privave, Au
Artists: Gene Stone (Drums)

Personnel: Louis Ciotti (tenor saxophone).

Audio Mixer: Alex Baum.

Audio Remasterer: Peter Woodford.

Liner Note Author: Zan Stewart.

Recording information: Sounder Recordin...continue...

Larry Coryell: Laid Back & Blues: Live at the Sky Church in Seattle

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-08-22

Tracks: No More Booze Minor Blues; Intro to Tracey; Tracey; Gimme One Reason/Rock Me Baby; Body & Soul; Intro to Straight No Chaser; Straight No Chaser; Denver in April; Dragon's Gate, The; Not Exactly Like ...
Artists: Larry Coryell

Personnel: Larry Coryell (vocals, guitar); Dean Hodges (drums).

Recording information: Sky Church, Seattle, WA.

Laid Back & Blues finds journeyman jazz guitarist Larry Coryell performing...continue...

Elliot Caine: Blues from Mars *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-06-27

Tracks: Blues for the Revolution; Nuevo Día, El; Peace and Love; Verdad Es la Verdad, La; After Thought; Blues from Mars; Mambolishus; Fields of Jazz; Outside In; I Thought About You
Artists: Elliot Caine

Personnel: Elliot Caine (trumpet, flugelhorn); Carl Randall, Jr., Justo Almario (tenor saxophone); John Rangel (piano); D.J. Bonebrake (vibraphone); Bill Markus (electric bass); Kenny Elliott (drums);...continue...

Tony Horowitz: Paz y Amor

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-05-30

Tracks: Warm Breezes; Seventh Night, The; Tomorrow; Driving Alone; I Want You Now; Paz y Amor; Côte d'Azur; Roxford; Next to You; Mombasa; Top Down Breeze; Venezia
Artists: Tony Horowitz

Personnel: Tony Horowitz (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Torsten Kamps (vocals, woodwinds, keyboards); Tony Horowitz (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Dieter Kociemba (guitar).

Liner Note Author: T...continue...

Affinity: Route 66 *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2006-03-21

Tracks: Route 66; Pearl Eyes (Spanish Eyes); Shadow of Your Smile; Reunion; Light as a Feather; DMB (D Minor Blues); Sing a Rainbow; Child Is Born, A; Steppin' With H & B; Take the "A" Train; Sweet Georgia B...
Artists: Affinity

Affinity: Jim Hughart (electric bass); John Chiodini, George Gaffney, Harold Jones .

Personnel: John Chiodini (guitar); George Gaffney (piano); Harold Jones (drums).

Audio Mixers: Jim Hu...continue...

Paul Seaforth: When Did You Leave Heaven?

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2005-11-29

Artists: Paul Seaforth

Chris Bennett: Bennett on Broadway *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2005-09-27

Tracks: Come Back to Me; Just One of Those Things; Old Devil Moon; What Did I Have That I Don't Have?; Losing My Mind; He Was Too Good to Me; Summertime; Wouldn't It Be Loverly?; If Ever I Would Leave You; S...
Artists: Chris Bennett

Personnel: Chris Bennett (vocals, piano); Chris Bennett (vocals, piano); Armando Castagnoli (alto saxophone); Cliff Hugo (electric bass); Kleber Jorge, Thom Rotella (guitar); Bill Augustine (piano); O...continue...

John F. Hammond: John F. Hammond

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2005-09-13

Tracks: Like Someone in Love; Why Did I Choose You; Stella by Starlight; Midnight Mood; Our Love Is Here to Stay; Surfer Girl; Young and Foolish; It Could Happen to You; We'll Catch Up Some Other Time; Walki...
Artists: John F. Hammond

Personnel: John F. Hammond (piano); John F. Hammond (piano); Jim Hughart, Andy Simpkins, Putter Smith, Tom Warrington (bass instrument).

Recording information: Sounder Studios, Granada Hills, C...continue...

Jennifer Robin: Nonodey *

1 CD / Rhombus Records / 2005-09-06

Artists: Jennifer Robin