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Sam Hirsh

Quite Frankly Introducing Sam Hirsh

By Sam Hirsh

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Quite Frankly; Look for the Silver Lining; Pop's Delight; Lil' Mama Samba; Reminiscing; No C!; Kyoto Shuffle; Ways of the Wise; Song for Sophie.

Brazil

By Mike Barone

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Brazil; Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; Animation; Big Bear; No Got Rhythm; Jacobs Ladder; Rhubarb; My Heart Belongs to Daddy; Nathan Nysore; Both Sides of the Coin; Mellow Bug Riffs.

Mike Barone Big Band: Brazil

by Jack Bowers
October 29, 2020

Brazil doesn't signify that the venerable California-based composer / arranger Mike Barone has gone Latin; it simply means that “Brazil" is the opening number and the name Barone chose for the latest in his long-running series of remarkable big-band albums. No matter, as a Barone recording by any other name would be every inch as inspired ...

Matthew Whitaker, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Squirrel Nut Zippers and More

by Joe Dimino
March 8, 2020

This week we caught up with young pianist Matthew Whitaker who was in our studios. In this episode we also feature clips from the February 2020 Kansas City shows of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and The Squirrel Nut Zippers. We also spoke with both Ron Burris and Sam Hirsh and showcase their new music. Thanks ...

3x3: Piano Trios: February 2020

by Geno Thackara
March 3, 2020

Lynne Arriale Trio Chimes of Freedom Challenge Records 2020 Where she last appeared happy and laughing on the cover of Give Us These Days (Challenge, 2018), Chimes of Freedom has Lynne Arriale looking a little more thoughtful and serious. The theme this time around is indeed a weighty one, but ...

Sam First: LA's Hottest and Coolest New Jazz Haunt

by Jim Worsley
September 17, 2019

Architecturally designed as a listening room, Sam First has created its own vibe in west Los Angeles. From the time you are greeted and clued in by the doorman, before you even enter the club, there is a sense of something special or unique about to happen. While listening to and watching the Sam Hirsh Quartet ...

Mike Barone Big Band: La Fiesta

by Jack Bowers
September 9, 2015

Mike Barone has been writing outstanding big-band arrangements for more than half a century. After listening to La Fiesta, Barone's ninth album as leader of the Los Angeles-based Mike Barone Big Band (counting Live at Donte's, recorded back in 1968), the logical question arises: does Barone ever run short of resourceful ideas? To which the obvious ...

Melissa Morgan Quartet at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

by Bill Leikam
May 25, 2014

Melissa Morgan Quartet Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society Half Moon Bay, Ca. May 11, 2014As is often customary, vocalist Melissa Morgan did not immediately appear on stage while her trio of Los Angeles based musicians, pianist Sam Hirsh,bassist Katie Thiroux, and Matt Witek on drums, opened the show with an old ...