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MS-SIPPI COOKIN, Volume I -- THE DON REITAN QUINTET Recommended by Cadence Magazine.
*Rated 4 stars* by allmusic.com This long-awaited release of the Don Reitan Quintet exults in the spirit of early '60's Gulf Coast jazz, when the scene was truly happening! A great performance recorded live at Chez Joey by: Don Reitan, piano Jay Cave, bass Lee Charlton, drums Mike Serpas, trumpet Rick Bell, tenor sax and featuring Jackie Henderson on vocals.	Kudos for Cookin' ! "Serpas ... soars on the up-tempo Out & Out and is outstanding on loping, down-home renditions of Somebody Loves Me and Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy ..." "...if Bix had lived to play modern jazz, on a good day he would have sounded like this." --Jazz Historian Charles Suhor Complete Reviews To Order Ms-Sippi Cookin', Volume I
Ms-Sippi Cookin', Volume II - The Don Reitan Quintet
*Rated 4 1/2 stars* by allmusic.com Pianist extraordinaire Don Reitan was a vibrant performer--a master of chord progressions--and an innovative composer who made his mark in the early '60's jazz explosion on the Gulf Coast. This second live volume from Chez Joey swings as hard as the first, balancing spirited performances by each of the players, and reaching an apex with Reitan's own high-energy "Orbit." Don Reitan, piano Jay Cave, bass Lee Charlton, drums Mike Serpas, trumpet Rick Bell, tenor sax and featuring Jackie Henderson on vocals. "...imaginative extemporizing by Rick Bell* on tenor."* --Dave Nathan, at allmusic.com To Order Ms-Sippi Cookin', Volume II	Don Reitan Vibrant Soloist, Masterful Accompanist, Innovative Composer, Revered Mentor, A gift to Music, Devoted to Gulf Coast jazz. *"...an energetic pianist who departed this world far too soon."* --Dave Nathan allmusic.com Complete Review More great jazz from Don Reitan's reign at Chez Joey is on Volume I at FrontBurner CDs.

MS-SIPPI COOKIN, Volume I -- THE DON REITAN QUINTET
Recommended by Cadence Magazine.

Rated 4 stars by allmusic.com

This long-awaited release of the Don Reitan Quintet exults in the spirit of early '60's Gulf Coast jazz, when the scene was truly happening!
A great performance recorded live at Chez Joey by:

Don Reitan, piano
Jay Cave, bass
Lee Charlton, drums
Mike Serpas, trumpet
Rick Bell, tenor sax

and featuring Jackie Henderson on vocals.

Kudos for Cookin' !

"Serpas ... soars on the up-tempo Out & Out and is outstanding on loping, down-home renditions of Somebody Loves Me and Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy ..."

"...if Bix had lived to play modern jazz, on a good day he would have sounded like this."

--Jazz Historian Charles Suhor
Complete Reviews

To Order Ms-Sippi Cookin', Volume I

Ms-Sippi Cookin', Volume II - The Don Reitan Quintet

Rated 4 1/2 stars by allmusic.com

Pianist extraordinaire Don Reitan was a vibrant performer--a master of chord progressions--and an innovative composer who made his mark in the early '60's jazz explosion on the Gulf Coast.

This second live volume from Chez Joey swings as hard as the first, balancing spirited performances by each of the players, and reaching an apex with Reitan's own high-energy "Orbit."

Don Reitan, piano
Jay Cave, bass
Lee Charlton, drums
Mike Serpas, trumpet
Rick Bell, tenor sax

and featuring Jackie Henderson on vocals.

"...imaginative extemporizing by Rick Bell on tenor."

--Dave Nathan, at allmusic.com

To Order Ms-Sippi Cookin', Volume II

Don Reitan
Vibrant Soloist,
Masterful Accompanist,
Innovative Composer,
Revered Mentor,
A gift to Music,
Devoted to Gulf Coast jazz.

"...an energetic pianist who departed this world far too soon."

--Dave Nathan
allmusic.com
Complete Review

More great jazz from Don Reitan's reign at Chez Joey is on Volume I at FrontBurner CDs.

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