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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Eli Howell, Peter Erskine, Brian Lynch, Fuller Sound and more

by Benjamin Boddie
April 16, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Charles Ruggiero, Eli Howell, Peter Erskine, Isabella Isherwood, Pete Mills, Brian Lynch, Ben Flocks, Daphne Roubini & Black Gardenia, Fuller Sound, Mike Bruzzese, Russ Spiegel, Chris Aschman, Entre Amigos, The Sistering, Alexa Tarantino, Bria Skonberg, Monika Herzig, The BLCK Madonna, Arvind Ramdas, Stephen Philip Harvey, Dave Slonaker Big Band, Daggerboard, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Walter Smith III, Paul Keller Orchestra, Javon Jackson, Bria Skonberg and more

by Benjamin Boddie
April 9, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Walter Smith lll, Paul Keller Orchestra, Javon Jackson, Tierney Sutton & Tamir Hendelman, Jenny Klukken, Jon Gold, Bria Skonberg, Stacey Kent, Arvind Ramdas, Yelena Eckemoff, Julian Davis Reid, Sam Yahel, Jazzlab Orchestra, Lisanne Lyons, Nicole McCabe, Corcoran Holt, Jeremy Pelt, Aubrey Johnson, Steven Husted, NOLA Resistance Quintet, LehCats, Dave Slonaker ...

Article: Album Review

Dave Slonaker Big Band: Shifty Paradigms

Read "Shifty Paradigms" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 16, 2026

While Los Angeles-based composer and arranger Dave Slonaker's paradigms may be shifty, his all-star big band is about as forthright as one could wish. On Shifty Paradigms, his third recording fronting the band, Slonaker guides his peerless eighteen-member ensemble through its paces on a dynamic and always-swinging program that encompasses seven of his stellar original compositions ...

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Dave Slonaker

Dave Slonaker is a film and TV orchestrator, arranger, and composer and leader of the Dave Slonaker Big Band. His album, Intrada, featuring his compositions and arrangements, received a 2013 GRAMMY® nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.

In his work as a film and TV orchestrator, arranger, and composer, he has orchestrated and arranged for many Hollywood composers including John Addison, David Bell, Steve Bramson, Bruce Broughton, Danny Elfman, Joel McNeely, Alan Silvestri, Larry Rosenthal, and many others. Film credits include orchestration for many popular films including Oz the Great and Powerful, Alice in Wonderland, Spider-Man, Air Force One. He has also orchestrated, arranged, and composed music for TV and animation including Jag, Murder, She Wrote, and the Tiny Toons Adventures cartoon series.

Article: Album Review

Dave Slonaker Big Band: Convergency

Read "Convergency" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
August 3, 2022

Composer/conductor Dave Slonaker probably won't qualify as “prolific," at least based on recorded output alone, as he spends a lot of his time behind the scenes in film and television work—but one must appreciate the level of craftsmanship that he brings to his big band projects. His debut release, Intrada (Origin Records, 2014), received a well-earned ...

News: Recording

Three West Coast Jazz Videos

August 30, 2021

Last week, Bill Kirchner in New York and Danilo Morandi in Switzerland sent along a few superb videos. Bill sent along a link to the Dave Slonaker Big Band recording their Intrada album (Origin Records) at Capitol Studios' Studio A in Hollywood in 2016. Here's Dave Slonaker's composition and arrangement of Remembering, featuring Wayne Bergeron, Dan ...

Article: Album Review

Dave Slonaker Big Band: Intrada

by Jack Bowers
March 28, 2014

Don't be put off by the name. Intrada, composer / arranger Dave Slonaker points out, is “a musical form often composed as a prelude, overture or fanfare," one whose upbeat phrases give rise to an exhilarating curtain-raiser on Slonaker's initial big-band recording. Rest assured this is a world-class ensemble and there's no doubt whose steady hand ...