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| 1. | Moonlight in Vermont
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| 2. | Cinema Paradiso Love Theme
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| 3. | Infant Eyes
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| 4. | Happy Saint
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| 5. | Foolish Door
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| 6. | Your Story
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| 7. | Spring Is Here
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| 8. | Pepper
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| 9. | Time Remembered
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| 10. | The Peacocks
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| 11. | Cinema Paradiso (Reprise)
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Jazz
Recorded September-October 1995
George Mraz - Bass, Strings
Billy Hart - Drums
Larry Willis - , Piano
Rich Perry - Sax (Tenor)
Richie Beirach - Piano
* Doug Ramsey - Liner Notes
* George Horn - Mastering
* Michael Semanick - Mixing
* Phil Carroll - Art Direction
* Steve Maruta - Photography
* Todd Barkan - Producer
* Troy Halderson - Engineer
You couldn't have asked for a more sensitive, intuitive acoustic bassist in the '70s, '80s, and '90s than George Mraz. From Stan Getz and Joe Henderson to Hank Jones, Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Rowles, and Tommy Flanagan, the Czech bassist has accompanied one heavyweight after another since arriving in the U.S. in 1968. But surprisingly, Mraz didn't record as a leader until 1991. His first two albums, 1991's Catching Up and 1995's My Foolish Heart, were recorded for the Japanese Alfa label, and it wasn't until 1995's Jazz that Mraz finally recorded for an American label as a leader. Much of this excellent hard bop/post-bop CD finds him leading a trio that includes Richie Beirach on acoustic piano and Billy Hart on drums, although the trio becomes a quartet when tenor saxman Rich Perry steps in on Wayne Shorter's "Infant Eyes" and Mraz's brief "Pepper" (written for baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams). When Beirach shows us his lyrical side on Jimmy Rowles' "The Peacocks," Bill Evans' "Time Remembered," and the standard "Moonlight in Vermont," you can't help but admire Mraz's tremendous sensitivity -- in fact, Mraz enjoys as strong a rapport with Beirach as he did with Flanagan and Peterson. Produced by Todd Barkan, Jazz makes you wish that a U.S. label had recorded Mraz as a leader long before 1995.
---Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
George Mraz
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Sep 09, 1944 in Czechoslovakia
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop, Post-Bop
George Mraz has been a greatly in-demand bassist for straight-ahead dates ever since he emigrated to the United States in 1968. After a brief time playing violin and alto, Mraz studied bass at the Prague Conservatory and gigged at a club in Munich for a year. In 1968, he attended Berklee and he soon toured with Oscar Peterson (1970-1972). After moving to New York, Mraz became a member of the Thad JonesMel Lewis Orchestra (1973-1976), worked with Stan Getz (1974-1975), and has since played with most of the top jazz players, including Walter Norris, Pepper Adams, Roland Hanna, Zoot Sims, Tommy Flanagan, John Abercrombie, Carmen McRae, Jimmy Rowles, Stephane Grappelli, and countless others. Other than an obscure duo date with Roland Hanna for Trio in 1976, George Mraz surprisingly did not have an opportunity to lead his own sessions until the mid-'90s when he signed with Milestone. His album roster includes Jazz (1995), Bottom Lines (1997), Duke's Place (1999), and Morava (2001).
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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