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The Aggregation, Under the Direction of Eddie Allen: Groove's Mood
by Edward Blanco
Trumpeter, composer, educator and band leader Eddie Allen is a very busy New York artist currently leading a quartet, quintet, a Latin/Brazilian group and the seventeen-piece big band, The Aggregation, the latter debuting with Groove's Mood. Allen which claims to have one goal: “To have the listener in a finger-snappin,' head bobbin,' toe-tappin,' feel good mood from beginning to end." With ten pieces of blues, samba, and shuffle to ballad, spiritual and R& B classics, including instrumentals as well as ...
Continue ReadingSalongo: Salongo
by Woodrow Wilkins
Like something straight out of Bahia, “Brasilian Sunset" puts one in the mood to samba. The track is one of eight Eddie Allen originals on Salongo's self-titled album, a mix of African, Cuban, Brazilian and even a taste of Santana. Allen plays trumpet, flugelhorn, electric trumpet and performs hand claps and vocals. A versatile musician on the New York scene, he has played big band as well as small ensembles covering Latin, R&B, pop and of course jazz ...
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