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Take Five With Mike Lorenz

by Mike Lorenz
August 21, 2019

Meet Mike Lorenz: Mike Lorenz, guitarist/ composer/ educator, hails from Bethlehem, PA where he is a member of the music faculty at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts. For over a decade, Mike has kept a busy schedule as a freelancing performer, leading his trio/quartet in performances up-and-down the Northeast Corridor. He holds ...

The Hoppin' John Orchestra: The Hoppin' John Orchestra

by Wade Luquet
February 8, 2012

Bands outside of New Orleans who claim to play New Orleans style are generally like cooks outside the city that claim to cook its cuisine--it's a noble attempt and tastes good, but they often do not quite get it. There always seems to be one ingredient missing. The Philadelphia-based Hoppin' John Orchestra gets it. This sixteen ...

Guitarist Mike Lorenz's "Of the Woods" Available Now!

January 23, 2012

Philadelphia guitarist Mike Lorenz has released his debut full-length CD, Of the Woods, available now on iTunes, CDBaby and BandCamp. Of the Woods highlights seven of Lorenz's original compositions performed in quartet and quintet setting and featuring pianist Matt Mitchell, alto saxophonist Mike Cemprola, bassist Brian Howell and drummer Matt Scarano. A CD release show is ...

Treacherous

By Tony Gairo

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2006
Track listing: Treacherous; Elusivity; Deadlines, Distractions, and Diversions; Portrait of My Wife (In Many Colors); Between the Pipes; Supermarket Sushi; Poke and Hope; Revisited.

The Tony Gairo-Gary Rissmiller Jazz Orchestra: Treacherous

by Edward Blanco
April 29, 2006

A working big band performing Tuesday nights at the Indulge Restaurant and Night Club in Allentown, Pennsylvania since 2003, the Tony Gairo-Gary Rissmiller Jazz Orchestra debuts with this album sculpted in the finest big band jazz tradition. Led by saxophonist Tony Gairo and drummer Gary Rissmiller, this sixteen-piece ensemble of local players lays down eight tracks ...