My Way: Live at the Blue Llama Jazz Club

...a powerful new voice in bop, channeling the spirit of legends like Clifford Brown and Miles Davis with impressive technical skill and eloquent solos.
All About Jazz

Always swinging and ebullient, trumpeter Anthony Stanco's recordings reflect his commitment to the legacy of the Detroit jazz scene he grew up in, while celebrating the explosive musical voices he has surrounded himself with, including guitarist Randy Napoleon, pianist Xavier Davis, bassist John Webber, and drummer Joe Farnsworth. In this group's third album, Stanco looks toward his own history as a fifth-generation Italian American raised on Detroit's east side. He blended Italian classics, jazz standards, and original compositions into what he calls an "Italian tinge," and recorded it live at Ann Arbor's Blue Llama Jazz Club to pull an enthusiastic audience into the mix. The album swings hard while bringing together family heritage, musical lineage, and the fiery spontaneity of this world-class band.

Production Info:

Produced by Anthony Stanco
Executive Producer & Liner Notes: Don Hicks
Recorded by Jacob Wargo at
Blue Llama Jazz Club Ann Arbor, MI
on March 8, 2026
Mixed & mastered by Corey DeRushia at
Troubadour Recording Studios, Lansing, MI
Photography by Alirna Korieva
Cover design & layout by John Bishop

Reviews of My Way: Live at the Blue Llama Jazz Club

Paris Move (Thierry De Clemensat)
4-STARS Barely a year after the release of Live at the Alluvion, a particularly successful album, trumpeter Anthony Stanco returns with My Way (Live at the Blue Llama Jazz Club), another live recording rooted in tradition, ensemble interplay and the pleasures of straight-ahead jazz. The quick follow-up offers a useful opportunity to assess Stanco' ...

Jazz Weekly (George W Harris)
Anthony Stanco must love playing live, because this is already the second album I've heard from the trumpet/flugelhorn man with his band in action. Here, he's with Randy Napoleon/g, Xavier Davis/p, John Webber/dr and Joe Farnsworth/dr for a gig in Ann Arbor, MI, and the team is hopping! Stanco goes bel canto around Dvis and Farnsworth on a glowing ...