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One Child Left Behind

The Ed Palermo Big Band

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2016
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Tracks

1. Cleetus Awreetus Awrightus 03:48 2. Dirty White Bucks 04:39 3. Spider of Destiny 02:37 4. Scarface 02:24 5. Grand Wazoo 02:20 6. Fifty-Fifty 05:56 7. Harvest Moon 04:49 8. Pygmy Twylyte 02:57 9. Po-Jama People 05:25 10. Kiko and the Lavender Moon 04:08 11. Vengeance 05:29 12. Evelyn, a Modified Dog 01:24 13. Village of the Sun 03:24 14. The Goat Patrol 05:48 15. Is That All There Is? 02:34 16. Andy 07:59

Personnel

The Ed Palermo Big Band

band / ensemble / orchestra

Additional Personnel / Information

The Ed Palermo Big Band:

Ed Palermo - band leader, arranger, alto sax

Barbara Cifelli - baritone sax, Eb mutant clarinet

Matthew Ingman - bass trombone

Charles Gordon - lead trombone

Ronnie Buttacavoli - lead trumpet

Katie Jacoby - 6-string violin and regular violin as designed by God

John Bailey - trumpet, but not the lead trumpet

Clifford Lyons - lead alto sax, clarinet

Phil Chester - 2nd alto sax, flute, piccolo, soprano sax

Bill Straub - lead tenor sax, flute, clarinet

Ben Kono - 2nd tenor sax, flute, oboe

Michael Boschen - trombone, but not the lead trombone

Ray Marchica - drums

Paul Adamy - electric bass

Bob Quaranta - acoustic piano

Ted Kooshian - electric keyboards

Bruce McDaniel - guitar, vocals

Producer: Bruce McDaniel, with early production work on the initial sessions by Steve Jankowski

Recorded March 20-30 and July 28-30, 2014 at Jankland Recording, Wall Township, NJ.

Mixing, additional recording, and mastering by Bruce McDaniel.

Artwork: Nancy Palermo

Album Description

Over the past two decades Ed Palermo has earned an avid international following with his brilliantly executed, reverently irreverent arrangements of Frank Zappa’s tempestuous and wildly inventive music. On previous albums the New Jersey saxophonist, composer and arranger infused the world of Zappalogy with his own brand of incisive wit and bracing improvisation. He doesn’t neglect Zappa on his fourth Cuneiform dispatch One Child Left Behind but instead of offering another full Frank immersion he turns his big band loose like it’s playing one of its regular gigs. Exploring an expansive array of moods and material, the band delivers an audaciously entertaining program that’s full of surprises.

Featuring the same formidable cast of players as on his last release, Oh No! Not Jazz!!, the 18-piece band interprets a fatalistic film theme and a gorgeous Neil Young ballad. They demolish an existential Leiber and Stoller hit and rhapsodize with an intoxicating Los Lobos classic. Palermo also throws in some beautifully crafted originals, and of course offers a generous helping of Zappa too. As he’s quick to acknowledge, One Child “is more of a mixed bag, where my past albums were more thematic. I’ve been wanting to mix it up like we do at our live shows. These pieces are all road tested, and it felt like a good time to document them.”

Longtime fans of the Palermo band can rest assured that Zappa is well represented on One Child, which features veteran Zappa vocalist Napoleon Murphy Brock on three compositions by Zappa. Speaking of authentic Zappalogy, Frank’s younger sister, Candy Zappa, provides vocals on two tracks.

At this point, the Palermo Big Band has honed some 300 Zappa arrangements, while steadily expanding the band’s book with other composer's work and his originals, all featuring the kind of impressive arrangements and ensemble work that make One Child such a revelation. Nothing demonstrates the ensemble’s ongoing vitality better than the stellar cast of players; many of these top-shelf musicians have been in the band for more than a decade, and they handle the diverse array of material with aplomb. One Child Left Behind doesn’t leave Zappa behind, but it makes a compelling case that the Palermo bandwagon can comfortably accommodate a wild and wooly menagerie.

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