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JANUARY 2008

The following review will appear in the next monthly issue of our library newsletter, LIBRARY BOOKWATCH, and in our monthly online review magazine, INTERNET BOOKWATCH. In addition, the review has been posted with the Thomson-Gale interactive CD-ROM series, BOOK REVIEW INDEX (published quarterly for academic, corporate and public library systems), in the review databases Lexus-Nexus and Goliath, and on the MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW website (and archived for five years).

New York
Ron Kaplan
Kapland Records
PO Box 742, Aptos, CA 95001
The Creative Service Company (publicity)
4360 Emerald Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918
CD, $13.47 www.RonKaplan.com www.greatamericansongbook.org

California native and contemporary jazz singer Ron Kaplan has long admired the energy, drive, and exuberance of New York City; his album New York is a tribute to the great, bustling metropolis. Assisting him are a talented assortment of fellow musicians: co-producer, arranger, and pianist Larry Dunlap; bassist Seward McCain and drummer Akira Tana for the rhythm section; and Erik Jekabson on trumpet and Noel Jewkes on saxophone and clarinet for the horn section. This band's unique take on a dozen classic tunes reflecting New York itself makes for an unabashed celebration of all the city's riches. The tracks are New York State of Mind, Jumpin' with Symphony Sid, New York New York/Broadway, Lullaby of Broadway, Take the "A" Train, Drop Me Off in Harlem, Harlem Nocturne, Forty Second Street, Sunday in New York, On Broadway, Give It Back to the Indians, and Manhattan. Highly recommended.