Index of Issues
With Performances by Kendra Shank
by Steve Albin

Generated on Mar 25, 2009

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Title: A Spirit Free - Abbey Lincoln Songbook
Artist: Kendra Shank
Format: CD     Label: Challenge     Cat. Num.: CR73253 (NL)     Rel. Year: 2007
08:1501/02/2005The Music Is The Magic   (Abbey Lincoln)
06:2401/02/2005I Got Thunder (And It Rings)   (Abbey Lincoln)
03:5301/02/2005Not To Worry   (Abbey Lincoln)
06:5601/02/2005Down Here Below   (Abbey Lincoln)
05:4201/02/2005A Circle Of Love   (Abbey Lincoln)
07:3401/02/2005Incantation   (Kendra Shank)
     01/02/2005Throw It Away   (Abbey Lincoln)
04:0201/02/2005Bird Alone   (Abbey Lincoln)
07:0301/02/2005The World Is Falling Down   (Abbey Lincoln)
07:5501/02/2005Wholly Earth   (Abbey Lincoln)
04:0601/02/2005Natas (aka Playmate)   (Abbey Lincoln)
05:3801/02/2005Being Me   (Abbey Lincoln)

Kendra Shank (ldr), Billy Drewes (bcl, ss, ts, per), Ben Monder (g), Dean Johnson (b), Frank Kimbrough (p), Gary Versace (pac), Tony Moreno (d, per), Kendra Shank (kal, v)

Title: Mosaic
Artist: Kendra Shank Quartet
Format: CD     Label: Challenge     Cat. Num.: CR73279     Rel. Year: 2009
05:0906/18/2008So Far Away   (Carole King)
06:1506/18/2008Life's Mosaic   (Cedar Walton, Paula Hackett, John Hackett)
08:4706/18/2008Reflections In Blue   (Kendra Shank)
     06/18/2008Blue Skies   (Irving Berlin)
04:4006/18/2008Laughing At Life   (Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny)
     06/18/2008Smile   (Charles Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons)
04:5406/18/2008The Shining Sea   (Johnny Mandel, Peggy Lee)
08:4706/18/2008Water From Your Spring
     06/18/2008Beautiful Love   (Victor Young, Haven Gillespie, Egbert Van Alstyne, Wayne King)
06:4406/18/2008For Duke   (Frank Kimbrough, Maryanne de Prophetis)
04:4406/18/2008All Of You   (Cole Porter)
05:3106/18/2008Time Remembered   (Bill Evans, Paul Lewis)
06:3606/18/2008I'm Movin' On   (Kirk Nurock, Judy Niemack)
04:3806/18/2008I'll Meet You There   (Kirk Nurock)

Kendra Shank, Kendra Shank Quartet (ldr), Billy Drewes (cl, ss, ts), Ben Monder (g), Dean Johnson (b), Frank Kimbrough (p), Tony Moreno (d), Kendra Shank (v)

Title: Wish
Artist: Kendra Shank
Format: CD     Label: Jazz Focus     Cat. Num.: JFCD028 (Can)     Rel. Year: 1998
07:3304/20/1998Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair   (Traditional)
05:5704/20/1998Should've Been   (Abbey Lincoln)
04:2704/20/1998You And The Night And The Music   (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
04:0804/20/1998A Lover's Lie   (Earl R. Johnson, Jr.)
07:5704/20/1998Moves   (Jeff Johnson)
04:0104/20/1998That Lonesome Road   (James Taylor, Don Grolnick)
05:1004/20/1998You Say You Care   (Leo Robin, Jule Styne)
06:2704/20/1998Wish   (Kendra Shank, Joe Locke)
06:5304/20/1998Gone   (Jeff Johnson)
04:3904/20/1998L'Amour Est Bien Plus Fort Que Nous (Love Is Stronger Far Than We)   (Francis Lai, Pierre Barouh)
06:5804/20/1998Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise   (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg)
06:5004/20/1998Angel Face   (Abbey Lincoln, Hank Jones)

Kendra Shank (ldr), Hans Teuber (f, ss, as, ts), Jeff Johnson (b), Frank Kimbrough (p), Joe Locke (vib), Victor Lewis (d), Kendra Shank (v)

Title: Reflections
Artist: Kendra Shank
Format: CD     Label: Jazz Focus     Cat. Num.: JFCD037 (Can)     Rel. Year: 2000
05:4904/28/2000Alone Together   (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
05:4904/28/2000I'm Never Sure   (Jeff Johnson)
05:4904/28/2000Reflections (aka Reflections in D)   (Duke Ellington, Milt Raskin, Majorie Raskin)
04:5204/28/2000This Is New   (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill)
06:0004/28/2000Throw It Away   (Abbey Lincoln)
05:1804/28/2000When Springtime Turns To Fall   (Randy Halberstadt)
06:3804/28/2000Let It Be   (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
03:5704/28/2000Papillon Des Nuits (aka Cuban Waltz)   (Claire Galliand, Jean-Louis Billoud)
09:4604/28/2000A Timeless Place (aka The Peacocks)   (Jimmy Rowles, Norma Winstone)
04:1104/28/2000The Silence Of A Candle   (Ralph Towner)

Kendra Shank (ldr), Kendra Shank (g, v), Dean Johnson (b), Frank Kimbrough (p), Tony Moreno (d, per)

Title: Afterglow
Artist: Kendra Shank
Format: CD     Label: Mapleshade     Cat. Num.: 02132     Rel. Year: 1994
05:1707/05/1992Almost Blue   (Elvis Costello)
05:3207/05/1992Photograph   (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
08:2607/05/1992Tes Yeux Bémol   (Henri Renaud, Daniel Allary)
03:4407/05/1992Paris Bossa   (Kendra Shank)
07:3807/05/1992There's Never Been A Day   (Bob Dorough)
06:2107/05/1992Afterglow   (Carroll Coates)
04:0707/05/1992Devil May Care   (Bob Dorough, T. P. Kirk)
03:4607/05/1992I Have The Feeling I've Been Here Before   (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Roger Kellaway)
04:1707/05/1992Left Alone   (Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron)

Kendra Shank (ldr), Gary Bartz (as), Kendra Shank (g, v), Steve Novosel (b), Larry Willis (p), Steve Berrios (d, cng, per), Paul Murphy, Steve Williams (d)

Title: Clockwork
Artist: Randy Halberstadt
Format: CD     Label: Pony Boy Records     Cat. Num.: PB 50106-2     Rel. Year: 1996
05:5101/01/1995Gazelle   (Randy Halberstadt)

Randy Halberstadt (ldr), Hans Teuber (as), Phil Sparks (b), Randy Halberstadt (p), Greg Williamson (d), Kendra Shank (v)

Title: Blues On The Corner
Artist: Peter Leitch
Format: CD     Label: Reservoir     Cat. Num.: RSR CD 160     Rel. Year: 2000
07:1306/02/1999Blues On The Corner   (McCoy Tyner)
06:5706/02/1999The Hillary Step   (Peter Leitch)
07:2006/02/1999Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You   (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher)
10:2306/02/1999Johan Carolyn   (Peter Leitch)
     06/02/1999Monk's Mood   (Thelonious Monk)
06:3406/02/1999Bemsha Swing   (Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best)
07:4206/02/1999K. Zee   (Peter Leitch)
08:2406/02/1999Wendy's Shoes   (Peter Leitch)
02:4006/02/1999Bud 'n Bird   (Peter Leitch)
07:5306/02/1999How Long Has This Been Going On?   (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
05:5406/02/1999From This Moment On   (Cole Porter)

Peter Leitch (ldr), Bobby Watson (ss, as), Peter Leitch (g), Dwayne Burno (b), Renee Rosnes (p), Billy Hart (d), Kendra Shank (v)

Title: Over The Years
Artist: Abbey Lincoln
Format: CD     Label: Verve     Cat. Num.: 314 549 101-2     Rel. Year: 2000
05:5302/18/2000When The Lights Go On Again   (Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin)
04:0802/18/2000Blackberry Blossoms   (Traditional, Abbey Lincoln)
06:1102/18/2000Somos Novios (Impossible)   (Armando Manzanero)
04:1402/18/2000A Heart Is Not a Toy   (Abbey Lincoln)
04:2002/18/2000I Could Sing It For a Song   (Abbey Lincoln)
03:5902/18/2000I'm Not Supposed To Know   (Abbey Lincoln)
05:0302/18/2000The Windmills Of Your Mind   (Alan Bergman, Michel LeGrand, Marilyn Bergman)
07:3002/18/2000Lucky To Be Me   (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
06:2702/18/2000What Will Tomorrow Bring   (Abbey Lincoln)
03:2304/23/2000Tender As a Rose   (Phil Moore)

Abbey Lincoln (ldr), Joe Lovano (ts), Jerry Gonzalez (t), Kendra Shank (g), John Ormond (b), Brandon McCune (p), Jaz Sawyer (d), Jennifer Vincent (vc), Abbey Lincoln (v)

Title: Victory Music Revue, Vol. 1
Artist: Various
Format: CD     Label: Victory Music     Cat. Num.: VMRCD 501-2     Rel. Year: 1986
02:4601/01/1986Richard's Children   (Kendra Shank)

Kendra & Barry (ldr), Kendra Shank (g, v), Barry Hunn (12g)