Sunday, May 21, 2006

MAXJAZZ releases CDs from
Eric Reed, Nancy King


Eric Reed

The St. Louis based independent jazz label MAXJAZZ has a couple of new releases for spring, one from pianist Eric Reed and one from vocalist Nancy King.

Reed's CD Here features him in a trio setting with bassist Rodney Whitaker and drummer Willie Jones III. You can hear some samples at MAXJAZZ's page for Reed, and see a brief review of the CD here. King's Live at the Jazz Standard is a duet album with pianist Fred Hersch. Check out some audio excerpts here, and read the reviews here and here.

UPDATE - 4:40 p.m., 5/23/06: MAXJAZZ currently has a discount offer for CDs purchased through their Web site. Specifically, if you buy one CD at the list price of $16.99, you can get up to four more CDs at $12.99 each, plus free shipping. For details, see the MAXJAZZ Web store.

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