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Article: Album Review

Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / Derek Oles / Alan Pasqua: Standards 2, Movie Music

Read "Standards 2, Movie Music" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


While the songs featured on Standards 2, Movie Music were given an initial audience through the medium of film, some of them have led a fruitful existence beyond the borders of the silver screen. Some melodies--like Tara's Theme," from 1939's Gone With The Wind--will always be associated with their point of origin, but much of Cole ...

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Article: Album Review

Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / Darek Oles / Alan Pasqua: Standards 2, Movie Music

Read "Standards 2, Movie Music" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Composers of movie soundtracks have crafted some of the most enduring tunes for jazz treatment. Names like Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, Krzysztof Komeda, and Ennio Maricone show up in the credits of innumerable albums, with tunes that shape moods and atmospheres, and supply jazz artists with engaging melodies galore.Drummer Peter Erskine has collected a ...

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The Spark

Label: You Knew! Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Flying Around; Behind the Front; The Spark; Show-Type Tune; Where the Path Ends; Hidden Joy; Blood Count; Live On.

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Standards 2, Movie Music

Label: Fuzzy Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Tara's Theme; Somewhere; Dr. Kildare; Three Stars Will Shine Tonight; Night and Day; Rosemary's Baby; Cinema Paradiso Intro; Cinema Paradiso; I Concentrate on You; For All We Know.

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News: Recording

Dan Andersen's CD "The Spark" Available Now!

Dan Andersen's CD "The Spark" Available Now!

The Spark is the exciting debut CD from jazz guitarist and composer Dan Andersen. This highly interactive quartet features the artistry of pianist Alan Pasqua, bassist Ryan McGillicuddy, and drummer James Alsanders. Together they explore striking original compositions as well the works of Billy Stayhorn and Bill Evans. You can purchase The Spark directly form danandersen.com ...

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Article: Album Review

Peter Erskine / Bob Mintzer / Darek Oles / Alan Pasqua: Standards 2, Movie Music

Read "Standards 2, Movie Music" reviewed by John Kelman


Sometimes, the most powerful statements are those delivered directly: gentle, yet forceful in their complete commitment, and without the trappings of excess.With the sudden, unexpected passing in 2008 of Dave Carpenter--the talented and busy West Coast bassist who had played with everyone from Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson and Woody Herman to Scott Henderson, Allan ...

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Article: Live Review

Matt Slocum Trio Live At The Saville Theater

Read "Matt Slocum Trio Live At The Saville Theater" reviewed by Robert Bush


Matt Slocum Trio Saville Theater, San Diego City College San Diego, CA August 10, 2010 Matt Slocum is a promising young drummer/composer who appears to be going places in jazz. A graduate of the prestigious Thornton School Of Music at USC, where he studied with Peter Erskine, (Weather Report, Stan ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Manhattan Transfers' Vocalist Janis Seigel performs at Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club on September 10, 2010

Manhattan Transfers' Vocalist Janis Seigel performs at Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club  on September 10, 2010

The Manhattan Transfers' vocalist Janis Seigel will perform at Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club in Studio City on September 10th 2010. There will be two shows each night at 8p and 10p. Tickets are avilable at ticketweb.com or 818-769-0905. The Janis Siegel Quartet will feature Alan Pasqua (piano) Darek Oles (bass) and Steve Hass (drums &percussion) ...

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Article: Album Review

Wayne Brasel: If You Would Dance

Read "If You Would Dance" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Jazz guitarist Wayne Brasel was born and bred in California, and while currently living in Europe--where he teaches at the University of Stavanger in Norway--the west coast rhythms that tug his heart strings are alive and well in If You Would Dance, a collection of warm and inviting original compositions of relaxing light jazz. Except for ...

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Article: Album Review

Wayne Brasel: If You Would Dance

Read "If You Would Dance" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Guitarist Wayne Brasel's music reflects the West Coast lifestyle--or at least the stereotype that most people have of sunny California living. His clear, cleanly articulated guitar lines speak of gentle evenings by the water, and he has assembled a great cast of musicians to help shape these languorous compositions. Brasel and Peter Erskine have been acquainted ...


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