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Blue Wisp Big Band
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Founded in January, 1980 by drummer John Von Ohlen and trumpeter Don Johnson, the Blue Wisp Big Band got its start in and its name from the late Blue Wisp Jazz Club. Von Ohlen, a native of Indianapolis, moved to the Cincinnati area after many years on the road playing with world class jazz orchestras, most notably those of Stan Kenton and Woody Herman. After hearing all of the fine musicians in the area, he felt there was a need to form a group because most of them “weren’t playing any jazz, which is the reason they started playing in the first place.” He felt the desire to start a “world-class big band and wanted to put it in a tavern, a beer joint.” Don Johnson, who had been on the Cincinnati scene for years, suggested which instrumentalists should play in the band
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Jeff Folkens
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Jeff Folkens studied trumpet with Bill Adam, Carmine Caruso, and Frank Brown. He earned a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Cincinnati College—Conservatory of Music and holds a Master of Arts in Education from the College of Mount Saint Joseph. For three decades he taught many beginning band students in New Richmond, Ohio. Jeff has performed with many entertainers, including Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, and Natalie Cole. He was part of numerous musical theater productions in Cincinnati, Dayton, and New York City. On-Broadway experience in New York includes La Cage aux Folles and Dreamgirls
Brian Andres & the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel: This Could Be That
by Chris M. Slawecki
This Could Be That celebrates the first decade of Brian Andres & his Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, which came together in 2007 in and around the jny: San Francisco Bay Area's Latin jazz hothouse. Music is sort of the Andres' family business: Brian's father Mike, a professional woodwind player from the jny: Cincinnati area (who appears on ...
Artistry in Rhythm: Afro-Cuban Epiphany to Haitian Voodoo
by Chris M. Slawecki
Brian Andres & the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel This Could Be That Self-Produced 2016 This Could Be That celebrates the first decade of Brian Andres & his Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, which came together in 2007 in and around the jny: San Francisco Bay Area's Latin jazz hothouse. Music ...
Tribute
Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2007
Track listing: Sweet Georgia Brown; Strollin'; Holland Park; The Heather On The Hill; Step Lightly; Urgency; Silver's Serenade; Daydream; Ricochet; Little Sunflower; Soon.
Blue Wisp Big Band: Tribute
by Edward Blanco
A legendary regional ensemble from Cincinnati, the Blue Wisp Big Band has, for the last twenty-five years, performed every Wednesday evening at the famed Blue Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati, owned and operated by Marjean Wisby until her passing in August 2006. The album pays Tribute to the memory of the late owner and also celebrates ...
A Night At The Wisp
Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Cold Tater Stomp
2. Yours is My Heart Alone
3. Theme from Mr. Broadway
4. Where or When
5. Nica's Dream
6. Sweet Lorraine
7. Penniless
8. Capricious
9. Lush Life
10. Sparks
11. Recorda-Me
12. Amyable
The Blue Wisp Big Band: A Night At The Wisp
by Russell Moon
The Blue Wisp Big Band is a 16 piece orchestra which has performed every Wednesday since 1980 at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati, Ohio, with few changes in personnel. A Night At The Wisp is the band's first recording of a performance at that venue. The band is led by saxophonists Larry Dickson and ...
20th Anniversary
Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Winding Way; Show-Type Tune; Well, You Needn't; Lament; Tones for Joan's Bones; Funk Dumplin'; Waltz New; Straight Track; Hum; Morning; Forgotten Memories; Just in Time.
Blue Wisp Big Band: 20th Anniversary
by Dave Nathan
Perhaps setting a record for longevity among contemporary big bands, the Cincinnati based0Blue Wisp Big Band celebrates its 29th anniversary with a release of exciting arrangements of tunes that, for the most part, are composed by well-known musicians. There are cuts by Steve Allen, Bill Evans, Bob Brookmeyer among others, wrapped in captivating arrangements by Matt ...
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