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Stan Bock

Stan Bock was born into a musical family. His father was a cornet player and High School band director while his mother was a singer and pianist that also taught private piano students. During his schooling, Stan was always playing in bands directed by his father, Carl, and he eventually even played "tailgate" trombone in his dad's Dixieland band at age 15. After High School, Stan attended Fort Hays State (Kansas) where he graduated in 1973 with a B.M.E. He then received his M.M. in solo performance from the University of Northern Iowa in 1975. Stan entered the U.S. Air Force Band program in 1975 where he served as trombone soloist and lead player with various groups for over 19 years before retiring in 1994

Ronnie Cuber, Oscar Peterson, Stan Bock & Morgan Faw

by Joe Dimino
November 6, 2022

We begin the 775th Episode of Neon Jazz with Kansas City's native son and saxophonist Morgan Faw joined by his band The Flame with the song “Watson Family BBQ" off 2022 album It Takes a Village. From there, we pay tribute to baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber. As the episode unfolds, we discover interesting songs and stories ...

Loveliest

By David Watson

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2021
Track listing: It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing; Ms Bea Goes to Tea; Walking Shoes; You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To; Loveliest; Nico’s Dream; Big Town; Our Night in Heaven; Budo; Save Your Love for Me; His Happy Feeling

The Ludlow Affair

By David Watson

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2020
Track listing: Aisle of View; The Ludlow Affair; Another Chance; Early Autumn; Bouncing Baby Funk; Blues for Pablo; Fat Cat; No Such Place; Love Me or Leave Me; Alamode; Please Take Me Back to New Orleans

Ezra Weiss Big Band: We Limit Not The Truth of God

by Angelo Leonardi
April 1, 2020

Compositore e insegnante alla Portland State University, Ezra Weiss è professionalmente molto attivo in ambito locale. Per il suo debutto discografico ha riunito un'orchestra di 17 elementi per presentare il suo progetto in forma di suite e una coda col celebre “Footprints" di Wayne Shorter. Dei dieci brani originali quattro presentano lunghe narrazioni, esposte ...

Ezra Weiss Big Band: We Limit Not The Truth of God

by Jerome Wilson
November 21, 2019

In 2015 Ezra Weiss began to compose a suite that he intended would be a cautiously optimistic message to his young children about the world they were living in and the challenges and promise they would face as they grew up. By the time this music was completed and recorded in December 2018, its mood and ...

Ezra Weiss Big Band: We Limit Not The Truth of God

by Jack Bowers
November 7, 2019

Composer / arranger Ezra Weiss's debut big-band recording, We Limit Not the Truth of God, is actually a suite written for his two young children to help them understand and embrace the often confusing and chaotic world in which we live. It is thus entirely appropriate that the album was recorded (with an audience) in a ...

Hailey Niswanger: PDX Soul

by Hrayr Attarian
April 24, 2015

Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger's third release is a stylistic departure from her previous bop based two. Dedicated to versatile Portland based keyboardist Janice Scroggins, who passed away shortly after the recording, the engaging PDX Soul primarily channels an old school funk energy and a retro R&B charm. Scroggins and her rhythm section lay down an electrified backdrop ...

Your Check's In The Mail

By Stan Bock

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Ain't Nothin' New; Crystal's Waltz; Your Check's In The Mail; On Green Dolphin Street; Bouncin' The Baby; Jinriksha; A Night In Tunisia; Blues For B; I'll Remember April; I Cross My Heart; The Godfather.

Stan Bock Ensemble: Your Check's In The Mail

by Edward Blanco
September 15, 2007

While not a household name in the jazz world, composer/arranger and trombonist Stan Bock has an extensive musical background. He hails from a family of musicians and has two previous recordings to his credit, Of Fathers and Sons (1999) and Night Grooves (2003), both on OA2. Marking his third outing as a leader, Your Check Is ...