Jazz Articles about Rick Brunetto

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The Rick Brunetto Big Band: Stand Up and Swing

by Jack Bowers
April 3, 2003

What we have here is a dance band, and a pretty decent one, from Denison, Ohio. Stand Up and Swing, recorded six years ago, is essentially a showcase for vocalists Kelly McLennan, Brian Michael Smith and Dwight Lenox, as drummer Rick Brunetto’s band backs one of them on seven of the eleven selections.

Although it's hard to be sure, it sounds at times as though the ensemble had set the instrumental substructure in place, with vocals and ...