Jazz Epicure

Jazz Epicure: Broadway Delicacies

by Jerry D'Souza
December 5, 2005

It was on a cold January night in the middle of a blizzard that Bill Bridges, Stéphane Allard, and Lew Mele holed up in a house to lay down some music. They stuck close to a “fragrant kitchen, which could have had some bearing when it came to giving this recording a name.

The musicians were certainly inspired. Not only did they swoop down on a diverse and interesting band of tunes, they played them with the right ...