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Gary Morgan & PanAmericana!: Felicidade

Read "Felicidade" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
April 10, 2008

Gary Morgan's orchestrations are an absolute feast. He thrives on the diverse rhythms of Latin America and the Caribbean and his arrangements are clever and energetic. Recently he led his powerhouse big band, PanAmericana, through a show at the New York City Baha'i Center in support of their new release Felicidade. There was little overlap between the songs played at the set and those on the disc, but the lineup was the same: a combination of Morgan originals and songs ...

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Gary Morgan: Gary Morgan & PanAmericana! Live at Birdland

Read "Gary Morgan & PanAmericana! Live at Birdland" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
April 2, 2005

Gary Morgan is an unusually gifted composer and arranger. Veteran of the BMI Jazz Workshop, recipient of compositional grants from the NEA and the New Jersey Council on the Arts, he's put together a crisp 20-piece band that's studded with top-level players. Live at Birdland , recorded in 1998 and released in 2003, is lush and lively. Morgan's charts meld a Latin/Brazilian feel with shades of Gil Evans and modern classical music; it's a terrific mix, full of surprising textures ...