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Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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Alejandro Aviles
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Alejandro Avilés is a first generation Cuban-American who comes from a long lineage of musicians. In fact, Mr. Avilés' family is being considered by the Guiness Book of World Records for having the longest, most continuous family run musical group in the world. The Orquesta Hermanos Avilés was started by his great-grandfather, Manuel Avilés, in 1882 in Holguin, Cuba, and is remarkably still in existence today. Based in NYC, Alejandro Avilés works as an adjunct professor at Hofstra University and Hunter College teaching saxophone and jazz improvisation while performing as a versatile musician in genres ranging from straight ahead jazz, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban music, to Broadway
Heartland Radio
Label: SoundSpore Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Heartland Radio; Stop & Go; New Beginnings; Barbara; Golden Handcuffs; Little Song; Walking on
Water.
Vibrations
By Stuart Mack
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Vibrations Intro; Vibrations; Beets; Stu's Blues; Pure Intentions; 2019; When Breath Becomes Air; Bass Solo;
Beginning And End; Different Realities; Summertime
Dan Pugach Big Band at The Jazz Loft
by Dan Bilawsky
On March 22, 2024, two weeks to the day after Dan Pugach released his first big band record, the celebrated drummer-composer brought his large ensemble to The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook for an album release event that was a resounding success by any measure. That 90-seat venue--a performance space, museum and educational hub with a ...
Stuart Mack's Debut, 'Vibrations' Profoundly Reflects On Humanity In Music
Award-winning trumpeter and composer Stuart Mack releases Vibrations, a salient debut reflecting on the profoundly unifying and distinctly human nature of music Stuart Mack is a trumpeter and composer based in New York who is rapidly rising through the ranks of top-tier musicians. At a point in life where many people would just be starting their ...
Guitar Reviews: Michael Musillami, Tomas Janzon and Rafael Rosa
by Jerome Wilson
Here are some interesting recent releases that all feature guitarists, either as bandleaders or sidemen. Michael Musillami Trio Block Party Playscape 2023 Michael Musillami's trio with Joe Fonda on bass and George Schuller on drums has been around since 2003. In that time they have released ten albums, ...
Joe McCarthy's New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band: The Pan American Nutcracker Suite
by Jack Bowers
Yes, Peter Tchaikovsky's timeless Nutcracker Suite is basically holiday music; and, yes, the 2022 holiday season is squarely in everyone's rear-view mirror. Even so, there is always room for a fresh approach to the annual festive staple, which is what drummer Joe McCarthy's New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band brings to The Pan American Nutcracker ...
The Pan American Nutcracker Suite
By Joe McCarthy
Label: Angel Face Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Overture; March; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy; Trepak; Arabian Dance; Chinese Dance; Dance of the Reed Flutes; Waltz of the Flowers.
Dreaming In Lions
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Despedida: Del Mar; Intruso; Beauty Cocoon; Ensaya Silencio; La Llorona. Dreaming In Lions:
Dreaming In Lions; Scalular; How I Love; The Deep; War Bird Man; Struggles And Strugglets; I
Wish We Was; Blood In The Water; Dreams So Gold.
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