Radiant Blue (2006)
Radiant Blue could make an excellent introduction to jazz for someone on the outside looking for a way in.”
— Jazz Times Magazine
Anton Schwartz (tenor sax)
Peter Bernstein (guitar)
Taylor Eigsti (piano)
John Shifflett (bass)
Tim Bulkley (drums)
1. Phantom Dance
2. Alligator Strut
3. Wave (A.C. Jobim)
4. Slightly Off Course
5. Life & Times
6. Marcel Marceau
7. Blues for Now
8. Groundsurge
9. Hooking Up
10. Sneaking Suspicion
All songs composed by Anton Schwartz except #3, as noted.
All songs arranged by Anton Schwartz.
Produced by Bud Spangler & Anton Schwartz.
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Dan Feiszli
Mastering Engineer: Paul Stubblebine
Recorded December 5-6, 2005 in 96kHz 24 bit audio.
Special audiophile edition also available in high-resolution DVD-Audio.
Holiday Time (2004)
A superb album, bubbling with playing that's both
imaginative and melodious.” — Jazz Improv Magazine
Anton Schwartz (tenor sax)
Art Hirahara (piano)
John Wiitala (bass)
Tim Bulkley (drums)
1. Jingle Bells
2. Winter Wonderland
3. The Christmas Song
4. Sleigh Ride
5. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
All songs arranged by Anton Schwartz.
Produced by Anton Schwartz and Bud Spangler.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered in 24-bit, 96kHz digital audio.
Specially priced five-song CD, packaged in an attractive DigiPak.
The Slow Lane (2000)
” — All Music Guide
Anton Schwartz (tenor sax)
Paul Nagel (piano)
John Shifflett (bass)
Jason Lewis (drums)
1. Miyako (Wayne Shorter)
2. The Curve of the Earth
3. Don't Ask
4. Then Again
5. Along Came Betty (Benny Golson)
6. Chelsea Bridge (Billy Strayhorn)
7. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen/Mercer)
8. Peace Dollar
9. Born to be Blue (Torme/Wells)
10. The Slow Lane
11. The Curve of the Earth (reprise)
All songs composed by Anton Schwartz except as noted.
All songs arranged by Anton Schwartz.
Produced by Bud Spangler and Anton Schwartz.
Liner notes by Becca Pulliam, producer of NPR's JazzSet.
When Music Calls (1998)
” — All Music Guide
Anton Schwartz (tenor sax)
Paul Nagel (piano)
John Shifflett (bass)
Jason Lewis (drums)
Josh Jones (percussion, tracks 3, 4, 8)
1. Too Much Pepper
2. Rabbit Days
3. Where or When (Rodgers/Hart)
4. Tidepool
5. Through the Years
6. Poketown
7. Dénouement
8. Paradoxy (after "Doxy" by Sonny Rollins)
9. Sticktuitive
10. When Music Calls
All compositions by Anton Schwartz except as noted.
All arrangements by Anton Schwartz.
Produced by Anton Schwartz with Bud Spangler.
Digitally recorded "live" to two-track on Nov. 4 & 5, 1997.
Liner notes by Dan Ouelette (DownBeat, Billboard, Stereophile).