Results for "Ryan Fraley"

Ryan Fraley

I am a composer and trombonist. I work in several capacities for the FJH Music company, a publisher of educational materials and music. Along with drummer Ralph Johnson and vocalist Lydia McAdams, I am the cofounder of "Wave Mechanics Union," a recording project band with a large cast of contributing musicians. Our current CD, "Second Season: Progressive and Classic Rock as Jazz" features big band jazz versions of tunes from Yes, Rush, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Queen, The Who, and more.

Wave Mechanics Union: Further To Fly

by Dan Bilawsky
December 12, 2012

Rock music has been mined to the nth degree by jazz prospectors. Trumpeter Miles Davis was doing Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper a quarter century back; pianist Brad Mehldau has made Radiohead his own; jazz legend Herbie Hancock spoke of new standards by Peter Gabriel and Nirvana; and organ guru Dr. Lonnie Smith has delivered a ...

Second Season

By Ryan Fraley

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Track listing: Won't Get Fooled Again; Killer Queen; The Rain Song; The Great Gig In The Sky; Available Light; De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da; Eleanor Rigby; Why Should I Cry For You; Elephant Talk; Istanbul (Not Constantinople); Heart of The Sunrise.

Wave Mechanics Union: Second Season

by Edward Blanco
February 27, 2009

One of the most unusual jazz albums to burst on to the scene has to be Second Season, from the Wave Mechanics Union, a creative collaboration formed by trombonist Ryan Fraley, drummer Ralph Johnson, and vocalist Lydia McAdams. Though billed as a jazz recording, the origins of the music are taken from the progressive and classical ...