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Alex Budman is an active musician of 20 years with performing experience on all saxophones, clarinets, flutes, electric and acoustic basses. His versatility has allowed him to perform and record with a wide range of artists including Liza Minnelli, Rosemary Clooney, Erykah Badu, Christopher Cross, Boz Scaggs, Eric Clapton, Bettye LaVette, The Funk Brothers, Wendy and Lisa, Busta Rhymes, Jesús D

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Nimble Digits

By Geoff Stradling

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Blue Note; Brecker Sketch (in memoriam Michael Brecker); Poinciana; Nimble Digits; Baton Noir; Here in Spirit; Don’t Shoot the Messenger; Iguaçu; Wrap Party; Habanero.

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Geoff Stradling: Nimble Digits

Read "Nimble Digits" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 18, 2024

Remember the good old days when bandleaders would give a downbeat and their bands would start swinging and keep on doing so until their audiences literally begged for more? Welcome to the past--present tense--courtesy of pianist Geoff Stradling's superb Los Angeles-based StradBand, which swings heartily and with seldom a pause on its radiant and power-laden introductory ...

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Blue Note

May 17, 2024

Album: Nimble Digits
By Geoff Stradling
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:13

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Big Band Extravaganza

By Doug MacDonald

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Toluca Lake Jazz; Rashomon; Luces Azules; Aventura en Triadas; Desert Jazz; Luz de Amour; De Ha; But Not for Me; Minor Mess; Ya Know Bill.

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Doug MacDonald: Big Band Extravaganza

Read "Big Band Extravaganza" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 17, 2023

Pardon the superlative, but what a terrific album! Extravanga marks the debut of guitarist Doug MacDonald's seventeen-member Jazz Orchestra, and he has guaranteed that it swings with gusto by writing nine perceptive and luminous charts that are sure to bring out the best in any ensemble, especially one as well-equipped as this. During his decades-long career ...

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Under The Stars

By Sinne Eeg

Label: Jrl-sgs Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Rocket Blues; I'm in the Mood for Love; The Barista; Under the Stars; Getting Along with Love; The Festival; What About Love; I'm Feeling Good; Never Let You Go; Hymn.

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Brent FIscher Orchestra PICTURES

By Brent Fischer

Label: Clavo Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1. Promenade 2. Gnome 3. Promenade II 4. Castle 5. Promendae III 6. Garden 7. Landscape 8. Promenade IV 9. Chicks 10. Contrast 11. Promenade V 12. Bazaar 13. Catacombs 14. Liftoff 15. Gateway

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Stubborn Breathing Heart

By Forest Sun

Label: Painted Sun
Released: 2021
Track listing: Keep on Rollin’; Where Is My Home; Just Because You Want It; Stubborn Breathing Heart; Something You Got; Let Your Love Shine; This Old Heart; Paper Bridges; What It Takes; Already Home; Help Me Find My Way; On My Way To You.

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Forest Sun: Stubborn Breathing Heart

Read "Stubborn Breathing Heart" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
March 26, 2021

Evocative as is Forest Sun's name, that moniker mirrors the vivid music on Stubborn Breathing Heart. At this point, after ten plus albums in his discography, the Cali native has not wholly evolved into a original thinker, but his deeply earnest sense of purpose renders his work here inordinately charming. As does his penchant for the ...