Basia

Tomasz Stanko is a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser. Often recording for ECM Records, Stanko is strongly associated with free jazz and the avant-garde. Stanko has since established a reputation as a leading figure not only in Polish jazz, but on the world stage as well, working with many notable musicians, including Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Reggie Workman, Rufus Reid, Lester Bowie, David Murray, Manu Katche and Chico Freeman. In 1984 he was a member of Cecil Taylor's big band.

Featuring special guests: Brian Simpson, David Benoit, Philippe Saisse and Marion Meadows!! Grammy Award winning Marc Antoine has been a force of nature on the contemporary jazz scene for over three decades. Revered for his soulful artistry and exotic textures, he burst onto the scene while touring with Basia in the late 80s. Since then he has recorded and toured with such icons as Sting, George Benson, Will Downing and Dave Koz, and his music has been featured in the films Get Shorty, Midnight In The Garden Of Good and Evil, and several others. Highlights of Marc's latest include exotic, Brazilian tinged "Something About Her" featuring Brian Simpson, the dreamy "Summer In Techni color" featuring David Benoit and much more!

Matt Bianco does it again with Gran Via ! Released in 1995 after the limited release of their U.S.A. project titled Another Place, Another Time (released on the JVC label). Another Place, Another Time is now out of print. However, anyone who owned that release will see a continuation of both theme and sound in Gran Via.Ironically, the ballad track Love Life which appears on Gran Via was also previously released on Another Time, Another Place… Matt Bianco no longer sounds like their earlier efforts of synthesized Samba with singer Basia. This time it's a more mature and natural sounding style of adult, contemporary, jazz-pop feel garnished with a lot of Latin/salsa influences.Mark Reilly's vocals are light but as always still deliver and suit this particualr style of music perfectly.