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The man behind the jazz soul music is Paris Toon, producer, lyricist, composer and driving force of all that he engages in. Paris ritualistically defaults to his "gut" when the time comes to gather jazz musicians and give birth to new jazz songs for jazz festivals. This is the method to his rarely observed madness. Since Mothers Favorite Child is a product of this method, it is only natural that its jazz soul musicians and jazz soul vocalists would be chosen to provide the soundtrack to the more deeply shaded thoughts of Paris Toon, the man. The jazz soul music of the Paris Toon project revolves around the mother of all emotions, Love. As many individuals have experienced, love can fuel so many other emotions and sensations and it can also take many shapes, sometimes making it vulnerable to misinterpretation. Lust, mistrust, admiration, honesty, intensity . . . these are all stops along the way on this journey through a human soul. This is a true "Baptism by Fire".
Awards
2011 Phoenix Music Awards "R&B/Soul/Jazz Artist of The Year
Gear
Fender Rhodes, Wurlizter 200A, Hohner Clavinet, Nord Electro 3, Hammond Organ, 1927 Fender Tele Bass, Fender Guitar, DesertRockStudios.com D'Adario, Evans Heads
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Meet Paris Toon: The man behind the music is Paris Toon: producer, lyricist, composer and driving force of all that he engages in. Paris ritualistically defaults to his gut" when the time comes to gather musicians and give birth to new songs. This is the method to his rarely observed madness. Since Mothers Favorite Child is a product of this method, it is only natural that its musicians and vocalists would be chosen to provide the soundtrack to ...
read moreDan Bonsanti And The 14 Jazz Orchestra Release 'Cartoon Bebop' On January 15, 2021
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Mouthpiece Music
There is nothing cartoonish about Cartoon Bebop, the newest release by composer/arranger Dan Bonsanti's band, The 14 Jazz Orchestra. The album is a swinging, contemporary take on jazz compositions by modern masters. This is the third release by the group, following The Future Ain't What It Used to Be (2018) and Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy (2015). The 14 Jazz Orchestra is a 13-piece jazz ensemble under the direction of arranger and producer Dan Bonsanti. The group comprises 13 outstanding ...
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Coming Soon: "Menage a Bughouse" by Cartoonist Steve Lafler
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Michael Ricci
Cartoonist Steve Lafler teams up with publisher CO2 to release Ménage a Bughouse. a 408-page volume collecting Lafler's trilogy of Bughouse graphic novels, Bughouse, Baja and Scalawag. Bughouse is the story of Jimmy Watts and his band of jazz playing bugs. The character driven story is set in a stylish “insect-noir” world, invoking an indigo-toned Manhattan of the early 1950s. Be-bop is king, and the alluring substance “bug juice” threatens to destroy the players against a backdrop of romance and ...
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Paris Toon "Baptism by Fire" CD Jazz Soul Classic
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Toon
It's rare that you hear an artist create a personal album these days, what with most of today's mainstream entertainers usually having their lyrics manufactured by anyone else other than themselves. That's not the case, however, with Phoenix based artist Paris Toon. Paris, known as the brainchild behind jazz/soul/funk band Mother's Favorite Child, created his own project based on life, love, and pain...literally. It took Paris Toon a year and a half to create Baptism by Fire, and the result ...
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Jazzwax List: 6 Tunes For 'Toons
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Years ago, cartoons were wry and played a role imparting important life lessons about hard work and fairness, from Cinderella and Bugs Bunny to Little Audrey and Casper. What's more, cartoon theme songs were immensely hummable and became ingrained in the popular culture. Cartoons' widespread popularity had something to do with their showing in movie theaters before the feature film and then their domination of Saturday morning TV. Here are six jazz songs with cartoon titles:
Krazy Kat--Johnny Mandel's flag-waver ...
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Lucasfilms the Clone Wars: Best Political Cartoon Ever?
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All About Jazz
Political murder, mercenary violence, military occupations and callous terrorists dont just kill as newspaper headlines. They've also made excellent thematic fodder for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, whose dark second season wraps with a three-week stand starting Friday night. The procedural and corporate intrigue has also solidified Lucasfilm's CGI tween fever dream as one of Earths coolest political cartoons. But is it the best? The three-part conclusion of The Clone Wars second season begins with Fridays episode Senate Murders, which ...
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"High Note" Rare Chuck Jones Cartoon
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All About Jazz
A rare Warner Bros cartoon, High Note (1960) doesn't include any star characters- the stars" are a bunch of musical notes who are trying to form the music to the Blue Danube", but one musical note is causing problems.
The sheet music for Johann Strauss' The Blue Danube" is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting conductor note tries to direct his fellow notes in performing this musical piece, but finds that one of the notes has become drunk after ...
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New Yorker Cartoonist Turned Art-Country Crooner, Andy Friedman & the Other Failures
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conqueroo
Songs by New Yorker Cartoonist-Turned-Country-Crooner Not Funny
BROOKLYN, NY — He moonlights as a cartoonist for, most notably, The New Yorker, but the songs written by “hard scrabble singer-songwriter” (Time Out New York) and “erudite redneck” (Boston Globe) Andy Friedman aren’t written for laughs. Friedman has a mastery of wordy self-loathing that many white dudes with guitars would kill for," says Nashville Scene. The title track to his debut studio album, Taken Man (City Salvage Records/Rounder Europe), found itself at ...
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Pixar's New Bunny Toon Steals Wall-E Show
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All About Jazz
PRESTO Well Worth the Price of Admission Alone
Chances are you've been urged to check out Disney's animated robot flick WALL-E," which has received critics' praise this summer. And you should--if only for Pixar's exuberant introductory short, Presto," which steals the show as a throwback to classic Warner Bros. critter capers.
The minifeature stars Presto DiGiotagione, a stage magician whose headlining gag is pulling a bunny out of his top hat. Problem is, that bunny (named Alec Azam) is in ...
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The Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival: A Special Program Highlighting Jazz in Hollywood Cartoons
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All About Jazz
7pm Saturday, July 3, 10, At The Cineforum, 463 Bathurst. 416-603-6643.
While much has been written about the visual aspect of the golden age of Hollywood cartoons little has been written about the use of music in thse films.
The main reason for this lack of information is that many of best films made either do not feature star characters (in the case of the great films using classical music) or else are too much for television as is the ...
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"If ever a song could harness the essence of the electromagnetic undertones of a fine female, “Brooklyn Baby” would be a most excellent gesture." - NewSoundNetwork
"I loved every minute of it! Tracks are awesome. A man knows what it takes to make it work, YOU are that KAT! Keep me posted. FRED T." - Fred Thomas - James Brown's Bassist