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David Ricard Big Band: Holiday Swingin'

Read "Holiday Swingin'" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 27, 2015

Much like last year's Holidays with a Bang!, bassist David Ricard's new big-band album, Holiday Swingin,' does precisely that, seldom pausing for a deep breath while charging through a litany of fourteen seasonal themes both old and new. If much of it seems vaguely familiar, that could be because Ricard has recycled no fewer than nine songs from that earlier album (with new arrangements, he assures the listener, and a new vocalist--Lucy Woodward, who has replaced Aubrey Logan and is ...

Album Review

David Ricard Big Band: Holidays with a Bang!

Read "Holidays with a Bang!" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 14, 2014

Bang! is an apt description of David Ricard's approach to big-band endeavors in general and holiday music in particular. The bassist / arranger's talented ensemble comes out swinging hard on Holidays with a Bang! and keeps its collective foot on the accelerator throughout this charming laundry list of well-worn seasonal favorites given a fresh new appearance thanks to Ricard's burnished arrangements. Ricard, a seasoned composer for such cartoons as Tom and Jerry, the Pink Panther and Pals ...