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David Ricard Big Band: Parallels
by Jack Bowers
Whatever else the fates may decree, fortune must be smiling when one can open a big-band album with the workaday theme from Spider-Man" and make it shine. Bassist David Ricard is fortune's beneficiary here, as are those partisans who are lucky enough to chance upon Parallels, Ricard's third and most recent treatise on big-band excellence. Whereas ...
Holiday Swingin'
By David Ricard
Label: Lesterbeat Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Winter Wonderland; God Rest Ye Merry Surfers; Jingle Jangle Jungle; White Christmas; The Merry Mash-Up; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; The Christmas Waltz; The Jingle Bell Cha-Cha; Santa’s Lullabye; We’ll Wrap It Up on New Year’s Eve; The Swingin’ Drummer Dude; Swingle Bells; Skating; Auld Lang Syne.
David Ricard Big Band: Holiday Swingin'
by Jack Bowers
Much like last year's Holidays with a Bang!, bassist David Ricard's new big-band album, Holiday Swingin,' does precisely that, seldom pausing for a deep breath while charging through a litany of fourteen seasonal themes both old and new. If much of it seems vaguely familiar, that could be because Ricard has recycled no fewer than nine ...
Holidays with a Bang!
By David Ricard
Label: Lesterbeat Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: The Merry Mash-Up; God Rest Ye Merry Surfers; The Swingin’ Drummer Dude; The Jingle Bells Cha Cha; Auld Lang Syne; Skating; Jingle Bell Swing. Bonus Tracks – Jingle Jangle Jungle; Auld Lang Syne; We’ll Wrap It Up on New Year’s Eve; Jingle Bell Waltz.
David Ricard Big Band: Holidays with a Bang!
by Jack Bowers
Bang! is an apt description of David Ricard's approach to big-band endeavors in general and holiday music in particular. The bassist / arranger's talented ensemble comes out swinging hard on Holidays with a Bang! and keeps its collective foot on the accelerator throughout this charming laundry list of well-worn seasonal favorites given a fresh new appearance ...