Results for "Dan Bonsanti"

Cartoon Bebop

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Cartoon Bebop; Mistruda; Day Ride; I'm All Smiles; Got A Match; Driftin'; Wood Dance; When I Look In You Eyes; Duende; Infant Eyes; A Day Tripper's Blues Buffet.

NEWS: RECORDING January 12, 2021

Dan Bonsanti And The 14 Jazz Orchestra Release 'Cartoon Bebop' On January 15, 2021

There is nothing cartoonish about Cartoon Bebop, the newest release by composer/arranger Dan Bonsanti's band, The 14 Jazz Orchestra. The album is a swinging, contemporary take on jazz compositions by modern masters. This is the third release by the group, following The Future Ain't What It Used to Be (2018) and Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy ...

ARTICLE: RADIO September 19, 2019

Count Basie & Kenny Drew

By JOE DIMINO

Simply becuase we love that large and needed big band sound, we begin episode 612 of Neon Jazz with Dan Bonsanti leading his group of masterful musicians with their take on the jazz. From there, we zig zag around the jazz universe to show listeners where we have been and how far we are going wtih ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW January 1, 2019

The 14 Jazz Orchestra: The Future Ain't What It Used to Be

By JACK BOWERS

The Future Ain't What It Used to Be, the second album by South Florida's impressive The 14 Jazz Orchestra, is by and large like its precursor: swinging, straight-down-the-fairway big-band jazz underlined by leader Dan Bonsanti's admirable charts. As before, each of the songs was written by a blue-chip composer, from Chick Corea and Antonio Carlos Jobim ...

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The Future Ain't What It Used to Be

By DAN BONSANTI

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Armando’s Rhumba; Firewater; Blue Miles; Triste; Dance Cadaverous; Pandamandium; 16 Tons (Give or Take); Seventh Sign; Rice Pudding; Ruth; I’ll Be Seeing You.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW October 28, 2016

The 14 Jazz Orchestra: Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy

By ANGELO LEONARDI

Dischi come questo sono indicativi dell'alto livello professionale che il jazz statunitense esprime anche nelle cosiddette zone di periferia, lontane da New York, Chicago o Los Angeles. Quest'orchestra opera in Florida ed è formata da 13 insegnanti o ex alunni della Miami University diretti dall'arrangiatore Dan Bonsanti e integrati da pregevoli ospiti: Will Lee ...

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Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy

By DAN BONSANTI

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: U.M.M.G.; Palladium; John and Mary; Black Narcissus; Donna Lee (In Disguise); Pools; Hit the Road Jack; Take My Hand Precious Lord; With a Little Help from My Friends; Windows; You’re Under Arrest.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW November 15, 2015

The 14 Jazz Orchestra: Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy

By JACK BOWERS

The 14 Jazz Orchestra, based in south Florida, is comprised of thirteen accomplished sidemen (all alumni of the University of Miami) and arranger / conductor Dan Bonsanti. On its debut recording, Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy, the ensemble cast its net wide to gather in compositions by Billy Strayhorn, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Charlie Parker, Chick ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW October 31, 2015

The 14 Jazz Orchetra: Nothing Hard is Ever Easy

By EDWARD BLANCO

Under the direction of arranger/conductor and educator Dan Bonsanti, The 14 Jazz Orchestra delivers its debut recording with Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy presenting a repertoire of contemporary jazz containing and offering of mainstream, fusion, pop, gospel-styled and classical-tinged elements that make this first effort, one varied musical statement. This fourteen-piece light ensemble is comprised of ...