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Down & Dirty

Rich Willey

Label: Wise Cat Records
Released: 2019
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Tracks

Boogie Beast; Down & Dirty; Walter the Ferret; Eyes All for You; Dancing Hippo; Ed Zachary Meets Gregory Peccary; How ‘Bout That?; Old Folks; Little Treasures; Not So Fast!; Funk Heap; But for the Grace of God.

Personnel

Rich Willey

trumpet

Additional Personnel / Information

Rich Willey: leader, composer, trumpet, flugelhorn, bass trumpet; Wayne Bergeron: trumpet; Dan Fornero: trumpet; Rob Schaer: trumpet; Mike Rocha: trumpet; Tony Bonsera: trumpet; Dan Higgins, Brian Scanlon, Bob Sheppard, Jeff Driskill, Sal Lozano, Jay Mason: saxophones; Alex Iles: trombone; Andy Martin: trombone; Steve Holtman: trombone; Bill Reichenbach: bass trombone; Dylan Hart: French horn; Danielle Ondarza: French horn; Wally Minko: keyboards, synthesizer; Andrew Synowiec: guitar; Edwin Livingston: bass; Peter Erskine: drums; Joey De Leon: percussion; Songa Lee: violin; Josefina Vergara: violin; Benjamin Jacobson: violin; Natalie Leggett: violin; Marisa Kuney: violin; Jennifer Choi Fischer: violin; Mark Robertson: violin; Maya Magub: violin; Joel Pargman: violin; Sara Parkins: violin; Eun Mee Ahn: violin; Nina Evtuhov: violin; Daphne Chen: violin; Amy Hershberger: violin; Tamara Hatwan: violin; Michele Richards: violin; Carrie Kennedy: violin; Armen Anassian: violin; Ji Young An: violin; Lorand Lokuszta: violin; Neal Hammond: violin; Lucia Micarelli: violin; Andrew Duckles: viola; Eric Rynearson: viola; Alma Fernandez: viola; Karen Elaine: viola; Carolyn Riley: viola; Victor de Almeida: viola; Jacob Braun: cello; Vanessa Freebairn-Smith: cello; Cecilia Tsan: cello; Dennis Karmazyn: cello; David Stone: bass; Trey Henry: bass. Special guest: Thomas Hooten: piccolo trumpet (2).

Album Description

Rich has finally had several of his original tunes expertly scored for 18-piece big band by arrangers Michael Abene, Gordon Goodwin, Wally Minko and Chris Walden. Producer Dan Fornero assembled an all-star big band and Rich had twelve magnificent arrangements recorded by award-winning engineer Tommy Vicari at Conway Studio in Hollywood, CA. The material covers a wide landscape of musical territory: you’ll hear jazz, funk, Latin, baroque, reggae all the way to rock with masterful solos by some of the best musicians in Los Angeles (which translates to some of the best musicians in the world). This 77-minute CD takes you on a versatile and fascinating tour around the musical world. When you come in for a landing afterward you’ll agree that it was a journey well worth your while.