On February 20, 1996, “Arabesque” label released “The Nearness”, the eight Jane Ira Bloom album. It was recorded in July 1995, at “Power Station Studio B” in New York City, and was produced by Jane Ira Bloom.

Personnel:

• Jane Ira Bloom– soprano saxophone
• Kenny Wheeler– flugelhorn, trumpet
• Julian Priester– trombone, bass trombone
• Fred Hersch– piano
• Rufus Reid– bass
• Bobby Previte– drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Jane Ira Bloom except where noted

1. Nearly Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
2. Midnight Round/’Round Midnight – Jane Ira Bloom, Thelonious Monk
3. 6 Bop
4. Midnight’s Measure/In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – Jane Ira Bloom, David Mann, Bob Hilliard
5. Painting Over Paris
6. Wing Dinning
7. Panosonic
8. White Tower
9. It’s a Corrugated World
10. Monk’s Tale/The Nearness of You – Jane Ira Bloom, Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
11. Lonely House – Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes
12. The All-Diesel Kitchen of Tomorrow
13. Yonder