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Conspiracy

Rich Willey

Label: Wise Cat Records
Released: 2019
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Tracks

Mr. Magoo; Goofin' Off; Clip clop Mogul, Blessed Are the Hip; Adrenaline Rush; Brother Kenya's Paradigm; Secret things; Conspiracy; Nude Eel; Eenie Meanie Beanie Weeny; Blues for Bobby. All selections composed by Rich Willey and arranged by The Amazing Wally Minko.

Personnel

Rich Willey

trumpet

Dan Fornero

trumpet

John Swana

electronics

David Mann

woodwinds

Bobby Floyd

organ, Hammond B3

Mike Boone

bass

Dave Stryker

guitar

Byron Landham

drums

Wally Minko

keyboards

Additional Personnel / Information

Rich Willey: bass trumpet, trumpet; Dan Fornero: trumpet and flugelhorn; John Swana: valve trombone and EVI; Tom Evans: alto, tenor, bari saxophone, clarinet, flute; David Mann: tenor and soprano sax; Wally Minko: Fender Rhodes, synthesizer; Bobby Floyd: Hammond B3 organ, piano; Dave Stryker: guitar; Mike Boone: 5-string electric bass; Byron "Wookie" Landham: drums.

Album Description

Rich Willey’s not-so-secret Conspiracy is to get back to the original essence of jazz. Jazz began as dance music, fun and enjoyable to listen to and accessible to pretty much everybody. Rich thinks there are plenty of people who will embrace the infectious rhythms, the strong melodies, the consonant harmonies and the light-heartedness of his Boptism Funk Band. It’s such a diabolical Conspiracy that there are also many levels of musical satisfaction in this music: for the dancer, for the die-hard jazz listener, and even for those who think they don’t like jazz!