Lipstick

ITEM	Artist	Titel	Reldate	Comment
LIP 8927	BEARD, JIM	LOST AT THE CARNIVAL	05.03.98	As one of New York's most established keyboarders and producers, Jim Beard has toured worldwide with Pat Metheny (in 1992), John McLaughlin (1986), Wayne Shorter (1986 - 87) and John Scofield among others and composed songs for most of these people. He also worked with saxophonist Bill Evans, bassman Dieter Ilg on the LIpstick-album "Summerhill" and both Michael and Randy Brecker. He is also one of the top producers in jazz today - and two of the albums he produced have been nominated for the "Grammy Awards": "Back Roads" by Bob Berg (1993) and "Is What It Is" by Mike Stern (1994).
LIP 8944	CARMICHAEL, ANITA	ANITA CARMICHEAL	17.11.97
LIP 8939	CARON, ALAIN	RHYTHM 'N' JAZZ	22.11.97	This set by bassist Alain Caron puts the emphasis on his bass solos and electronics, although he utilizes a full jazz combo.
LIP 8935	DAVIS, MICHAEL	MIDNIGHT CROSSING	22.11.97	Trombone, composer; As a sideman, Michael Davis has worked for the Buddy Rich Band, Woody Herman and Paul Anka as well as Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Eddie Brickell, Sergio Mendez and jazz stars Branford Marsalis, Tony Bennett, Terence Blanchard, Bob Mintzer, Jonathan Butler and Harry Connick Jr. His most current job is with the Rolling Stones. He is performing with them for their worldwide "Voodoo Lounge" tour. He is one of the most popular trombonists in the USA today.
LIP 8948	DEVON SOLES	SOLEMATE	05.03.98	Saxophone; w/Carl Evans, Jr. - Piano/ Allan Phillips - Percussion/ Evan Marks - Guitar/ Trinna Simmons - Vocals
LIP 8930	DEZONA	HANDS	28.02.98	Dennis Chambers - Drums/ Mario Argandona - Percussion/ Joachim Becker - Keyboards/ Klaus Genuit - Bass, Arranger, Keyboards/ Reiner Winterschladen - Trumpet/ Pascal Zumaque - Flute/...
LIP 8916	ELEMENTS	FAR EAST VOL.1	14.08.89	Bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb have been longtime friends, starting with their days at the University of Miami in the early '70s and continuing during their period with Pat Metheny (Egan was in the guitarist's group from 1978-1980, while Gottlieb stayed until 1983). They formed Elements in 1982, which, from its start, also included Bill Evans on soprano and tenor and keyboardist Clifford Carter; guitarist Steve Khan, keyboardist Gil Goldstein, several percussionists, saxophonist David Mann, and other players have been guests. Their music (documented on Philo, Antilles, Hip Pocket, Novus, GRP, Bluemoon, and Wavetone) is a quiet and thoughtful form of fusion, filled with subtle creativity.
LIP 8962	EVANS, BILL	BEST OF	02.05.98
LIP 8912	EVANS, BILL	PETITE BLONDE	05.03.98	A live recording with cuts from two concerts in Germany, it was recorded live to 24-track and later remixed for an amazing sound quality for a live album.
LIP 8922	EVANS, BILL	PUSH	05.03.98	Saxophones, flute, keyboards, composer; Live with his group PUSH at the "Rheinart" rock and pop festival in summer of 1995 in Germany.
LIP 8929	EVANS, BILL & PUSH	LIVE IN EUROPE	05.03.98	Saxophonist Bill Evans (switching between tenor and soprano) plays creative jazz-funk on five selections with plenty of heated solos and strong support from a rhythm section including guitarist Gary Poulson and keyboardist Charles Blenzig. If the whole recording were of that quality, this set would be close to essential. Unfortunately Evans then "welcomes" rapper KC Flight to four other numbers and his monotonous talking and shouting are annoying in the extreme, essentially ruining those performances.
LIP 8910	FORMAN, MITCHEL	HAND MADE	05.03.98	Piano; w/Steve Bach - Keyboards/ Clint DeGanon - Cymbals, Drums/ Steve Forman - Percussion/ Abraham Laboriel - Bass/ Billy Drewes - Saxophone
LIP 8905	FREY, MATTHIAS	FREQUENZY OF VISION	22.11.97	Fusion, Piano
LIP 8946	GASKINS, RAY	CAN'T STOP	17.11.97	His gifts include singing, and proficiency on both keyboards and the saxophone. He's performed all over the world working with Roy Ayers, Stuff, Brand New Heavies, Phyllis Hyman, and Jocelyn Brown (the disco diva). Ray and Jocelyn are cousins, his sister, Barbara Gaskin sang with. Ecstacy, Pain & Passion.
LIP 8953	GASKINS, RAY	SHADY LANE	05.03.98	w/Marque Gilmore - Drums/ Tony Smith - Guitar/ Robert "The Professor" Anderson - Percussion
LIP 8958	GETTER, JANE	JANE	28.02.98	Guitar Player Magazine has published an article by Jane Getter about improvisation. Due to some people at Fender hearing her album, she is also now sponsored by Fender guitars and has just received a special guitar made to her specs by Fender. It is a special Strat with several adjustment to her personal taste. In the summer of 2000 she will also appear with Rachel Z. and Ursula Dudziak at some european jazz festivals.
LIP 8920	GRAFITTI	GOOD GROOVE	05.03.98	The musical concept of the band is very straight-forward: the energy and virtuosity of progressive rock combined with jazz harmonies and funk rhythms.
LIP 8945	GREY, CAROLA & NOISY MAMA	GIRL'S CAN'T HIT	22.11.97	This is the first electric funky album of the drummer/composer.
LIP 8933	HOLZMAN, ADAM	MANIFESTO	22.11.97	w/JuJu House, Freddy Cash, Mitch Stein , Aaron Heick
LIP 8925	HOLZMAN, ADAM	OVERDRIVE	22.11.97	Keyboarder Adam Holzman is one of the most innovative musicians of the 90s. The musicians magazine "Keyboards" named him one of the top 10 players of his instrument, "Down Beat" lauded his "killer groove" and compared him to Jan Hammer - and even the "New York Times" and the "Washington Post" praised his live shows.
LIP 8906	ILG, DIETER	SUMMERHILL	05.03.98	Bassist Dieter ILG is the nominal leader on this '91 session, but it is guitarist Mike Stern and tenor saxophonist Bob Berg who are in the forefront.
LIP 8914	J.K. & DAVE WECKL	J.K. SPECIAL	05.03.98	Dave Weckl is one of fusion's most acclaimed drummers, making his name during a six-year stint with Chick Corea. Weckl was born in St. Louis and grew up listening to soul and jazz; he received his first drum set at age eight and developed his playing by listening to drummers like Buddy Rich, as well as R&B grooves. He majored in jazz at the University of Bridgeport, but left after two years to become involved in the New York jazz scene, also touring Europe with various bands. Weckl joined a fusion group called Nitesprite, where he attracted the attention of drummer Peter Erskine; Erskine helped him get a gig with French Toast, a band also featuring pianist Michel Camilo and bassist Anthony Jackson.
LIP 89652	JAZZ PISTOLS	3 ON THE FLOOR	01.05.99	This German fusion power trio is comprised of guitarist Stefan Ivan Schefer, bassist Christoph Victor Kaiser, and drummer Thomas Lui Ludwig, all of whom are highly skilled, powerful musicians. Recorded in 1996, 3 on the Floor does them justice with high-quality production and a set of challenging, energetic compositions.
LIP 89712	JAZZ PISTOLS	SPECIAL TREATMENT	30.03.02
LIP 8950	KAZDA	FINALLY	05.03.98
CD 01104	KBB (KOLN BIG BAND)	N	16.10.93	Swing
LIP 89142	Kleutgens,Jorg / Kleutgens,Dir	Special	02.08.93	Bass w/Chris Erbstosser - Keyboards/ Dirk Kleutgens - Guitar/ Dave Weckl - Drums
LIP 8911	LAKATOS, TONY	DIFFERENT MOODS	05.03.98	Saxaphone; w/Jim Beard - Keyboards/ Terri Lyne Carrington - Drums/ Peter O'Mara - Guitar/ Anthony Jackson - Contrabass, Guitar/ Joe Locke - Vibraphone
	LAKATOS, TONY	NEWS	03.04.95
LIP 89662	LOEB, CHUCK	MOON, THE STARS & THE SET	28.03.98	Many smooth jazz artists view song titles as an afterthought, so it's refreshing to see guitarist Chuck Loeb play a romantic connect the dots with the names of the nine originals.
LIP 8956	LONARDONI, ANDREAS	SNOOZE	05.03.98	Bass (Electric); w/Rainer Bruninghaus - Piano, Keyboards/ Koji Paul Shigihara - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)/ Bodo Schopf - Percussion, Drums/ Peter Weniger - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
LIP 8918	MARCELLI, ANDREA	ONENESS	05.03.98	Multi-instrumentalist Andrea Marcelli, who was born in Italy and usually lives in Los Angeles when he is not busy touring. Originally a classical clarinetist, he soon switched to the drumset. Of course he is also a decent keyboarder/pianist. His compositional style combines influences from all kinds of music - and definetely does not get boring. He has worked for Mike Mainieri and Steps Ahead as well as for many famous fusion groups - both as a drummer and clarinettist.
LIP 8924	MARIANO, CHARLIE	ADAGIO	05.03.98	The album is a collaboration with german pianist and keyboarder Mike Herting (who produced pop-groups like "Fritz Brause" and "Trio Rio") and german-chinese guitarist Paul Shigihara. The album got enthusiastic reviews by several german reviewers of classical music, but was strongly opposed by many traditionalist jazz critics. The album is not based on improvisation, but on re-arrangments and re-instrumentation of the traditional compositions.
LIP 8908	MARIANO, CHARLIE	INNUENDO	05.03.98	Saxophone, nagaswaram; Charlie Mariano is one of the last living musicians from the bebop era. He started performing professionally in 1941 with a showband in the Boston area. From this time he constantly worked until today.
LIP 8938	MATALEX	JAZZ GRUNGE	05.03.98	Centers on Rock, with some jazz influences.
LIP 8949	MATALEX	LIVE	22.11.97	Includes recordings of the Rome, Italy concert and with Randy Brecker.
LIP 8957	MATALEX	PROUD	05.03.98	Featuring Thomas D. of "Die fantastischen 4"
LIP 8919	MATALEX	WILD INDIAN SUMMER	05.03.98	German group MATALEX is mainly an instrumental rock group, even though the bandleaders Alex Gunia (guitars) and Matthias Kraus (keyboards) have a lot of experience in Jazz and studied at Berklee College of Music (Boston) in the late 1980s.
LIP 8907	MCNEELY, JIM	EAST COAST BLOW OUT	05.03.98	One of the top jazz pianists and keyboardists in Manhattan, Jim McNeely is also a very interesting composer and arranger. In 1991 he was commissioned by german radio station WDR to write a jazz-suite for the radio-bigband and some very special guests: Marc Johnson - bass/ Jim McNeely (himself) on piano/ Adam Nussbaum - drums/ John Scofield -guitars
LIP 8903	MEEK, GARY	GARY MEEK	05.03.98	Saxophones, clarinet, keyboards. His style combines latin and funk with jazz improvisations. Main work before solo career: Dionne Warwick , Airto & Flora Purim, Jeff Lorber.
LIP 8968	MERCK, ALEX -GROUP-	DOG DAYS	02.03.00	Guitarist Alex Merck graduated from Berklee College of Music, Boston, and has recorded and toured with Raoul de Souza, Kay Eckhard de Camargo and many others. He also composed several film-scores and a collection of songs for crime- and horror scenes in TV-movies, which was used by countless productions. He has also been a guest-speaker on many conventions (IIR, Jazztimes-Convention, Musica etc.) and occassionally contributes articles to music and computer magazines, specialising on economic, computer (mainly Apple Mac) and Internet issues.
LIP 8923	METRO	METRO	17.11.97	The band was founded in spring 1994 by Chuck Loeb and Mitchel Forman, who have dreamed of starting their own cooperative band project for over 20 years since they worked together for Stan Getz.
LIP 8931	METRO	TREE PEOPLE	17.11.97	Performing live in spring of 1996 in Germany ,Austria and other European countries.
LIP 8921	MILES, JASON	WORLD TOUR	22.11.97	Imagine having talent like Michael Brecker, Bob Berg and Dave Samuels on board, then not giving them enough room to stretch out. That's exactly what happens on electric keyboardist Jason Miles' "World Tour" a sometimes radio-friendly jazz/pop/R&B album that overall, is marred by an excess of production and a shortage of improvisation.
LIP 8902	MUHAMMAD, IDRIS	MY TURN	06.04.98	Drummer Idris Muhammad was one of the main influences on the acid-jazz scene of the 90s - his drum grooves were probably the most sampled and copied rhythms for the style, since they perfectly fit the dancefloor needs for funky broken rhythms.
LIP 8901	NIMSGERN, FRANK	FRANK NIMSGERN	22.11.97	with Chaka Khan
LIP 89122	Petite Blonde / Bailey / Chambers	Live Recording	22.01.93
CD 01112	PETIDE BLONDE	PETIDE BLONDE	16.10.93	Post-Bop
LIP 8954	PHILLIPS, SIMON	ANOTHER LIFETIME	05.03.98	The musicians on this album include the steady live band with Wendell Brooks (sax), Jimmy Earl (bass), Andy Timmons (guit.) und Jeff Babko (keyboards) - with some special friends contributing on a few songs: Anthony Jackson (bass on some tunes), Pete Escovedo (percussion) and co-producer / guitarist Ray Russell.
LIP 8964	PHILLIPS, SIMON	OUT OF THE BLUE	26.06.99	Simon Phillips is one of the worlds most reknowned and respected drummers today. Born in London, England, Simon's professional career began at the early age of twelve, when he started performing and recording with his fathers dixieland-style band until he turned sixteen. He went on to work for Pete Townsend, Mick Jagger, Stanley Clarke and many others and became a member of Toto.
LIP 89362	Phillips,Simon	Symbiosis	29.08.95	The album is original in its style - but picks up where the jazzrock of Mahavishnu Orchestra left off - building on the linear melodic traditions and often odd meters combined with the pure energy of rock - but integrating new influences as well as bringing a saxophone into the explosive mix.
LIP 8943	PRIME CRIME	ANIMAL RITES	17.11.97
LIP 8985	PRIME CRIME	CUTTIN YOU LOOSE	17.11.97
LIP 8970	REIMER @ SETZER	BETWEEN WORLDS	05.07.01	Vocalist Sabine Reimer and bassman Markus Setzer are both busy members of the german musicians community. Their own project is somewhere between pop and vocal jazz - song and content oriented while at the same time superb musically.
LIP 8915	RICHMAN, JEFF	BLUE HEART	05.03.98	Musically this album is a mixture of rock and jazz-rock - with some latin elements added.
LIP 8940	RICHMAN, JEFF	LAST ARRIVAL	22.11.97	The music integrates bebop, latin and rock influences. On the new album many tunes were influenced by Richmans work in film scoring - and two new recordings of classic compositions.
LIP 8937	RICHARD S. & VIBE TRIBE	COOL SHOES	23.02.96	Founded by guitarist Richard S. and bassman Kai Eckhardt de Camargo, the VIBE TRIBE is a transatlantic group combining funk, jazz, world-music into their own mix.
LIP 8948	SOLES, DEVON	SOLEMATE	11.10.97	Devon Soles plays saxophone - with a very smooth and rounded personal sound.
LIP 8947	SOUL IMMIGRANTS	A HEALTHY VIBE	17.11.97
	STERN, LENI	LENI STERN	02.05.95
LIP 8917	STERN, LENI	LIKE ONE	05.03.98	"Like One" is the first album Leni Stern recorded with a constant group, which was her band for a tour of Europe in 1993.
LIP 8909	STERN, LENI	TEN SONGS	05.03.98	Guitar, Vocals, Composer; Leni Stern originally started her career as an actress for several theatre groups and TV-shows before she started studying music. She had been playing piano and guitar even as a kid, but decided to become a professional relatively late. She has recorded six solo albums so far and written a book on jazz composition. She is also the only guitarist invited by a keyboard magazine to write a regular column on composition. Her compositional style is highly individual and combines neo-bebop with funk rhythms. She also plays slide guitar and has started singing late in 1994.
LIP 8928	STERN, LENI	WORDS	22.11.97	"Words" is Leni's seventh album - but her debut as a singer.
LIP 8941	V/A	BLUE MOVES - EROTIC JAZZ	05.03.98	Blue Moves is a concept compilation for seductive moments and erotic moods. Its purpose is using great music to produce a seductive mood: Michael Davis/ Four plus Six with Peter Fessler/ Anita Carmichael/ Bill Evans/&
LIP 8952	V/A	BLUE MOVES 2 - MORE EROTIC JAZZ	05.03.98	w/Eric Brodka/ Vibe Tribe/ Monsters/ Carola Grey/ Masha Bijlsma/ Kazda/&
LIP 8961	V/A	BLUE MOVES 3	20.06.98
LIP 8967	V/A	BLUE MOVES 4	24.07.99
LIP 8969	V/A	BLUE MOVES 5	08.03.01
LIP 8926	V/A	KISS THIS - LIPSTICK SAMPLER	05.03.98
LIP 8942	V/A	NEW CUT GROOVES	05.03.98
LIP 8955	VEGA, BOBBY	DOWN THE ROAD	05.03.98	Bassman Carlos Vega is one of the top sidemen of the San Francisco area. His career began when he was hired by Sly Stone for the famous group "Sly and The family Stone". Since then he has worked for countless top-stars including Etta James, Kitaro, Santana, Bob Weir (Grateful Dead), Ronnie laws, Narada, Starship, Joan Baez to name but a few. He has also composed film scores - includign "One From The Heart" for Francis Ford Coppola - and the soundtrack for the SEGA-videogame "Sonic hedgehog III".
LIP 8937	VIBE TRIBE	COOL SHOES	22.11.97	w/Richard S. - Guitar (Acoustic), Arranger, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Synthesizer), Producer, Synth Guitar/&
LIP 8960	VIBE TRIBE	FOREIGN AFFAIRS	13.04.98	Ethno-funk-jazz group Vibe Tribe has gone through some changes. Of course founding members Kai Eckhard de Camargo (bass) and Munjungo Jackson (percussion) are still with the group, but the ethnic influences have been broadend.
LIP 8963	WITZEL'S VENUE	PERCEPTION	24.10.98	German saxophonist Reiner Witzel (tenor and soprano , flute) has lived in New York for several years, where he recorded and played live with Defunct and many others - but he has also toured Africa, where he worked with Fela Kuti among others. In Germany he is also a sought after session musician and has appeared as the main male lead actor in the touring musical "Der Zauberwald" and has in supporting roles in several TV shows. On his album "Perceptions" (his first for Lipstick) he combines many music influences - in his own, very melodic funky style and with a great group of musicians under the name Witzels Venue.
LIP 8951	WIZARD OF OOZE	ZAMBEEZY	05.03.98