Results for "Ed Palermo"

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The making of The Great Un-American Songbook Vol III: Run for Your Life

Featuring the music of Ed Palermo
Duration: 3:47
October 29, 2020

Arranger / composer / saxophonist Ed Palermo, leader of the New York based Ed Palermo Big Band, embraces inspiration from jazz, rock and pop sources to create extraordinary arrangements for his jazz big band that always surprise and delight. Watch this video of Palermo, who answers 5 questions about his new album The Great Un-American Songbook V. II: Run for Your Life, and hear his first-rate band music summon joy.

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Modern Big Bands: Christian McBride, Marshal Gilkes, Gerald Wilson, Brian Lynch and More

by Russell Perry
September 29, 2020

Since the early days of jazz, composers, arrangers, and players have sought out large ensembles for their potential for rich expression and vibrant musical color. Even in the heyday of small-group dominated bebop, Dizzy Gillespie formed a big band as soon as he could. To this day, while few bands can hold together as touring units, ...

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Nice 'n' Easy Does It - A Celebration on the Centennial of Lew Spence

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 20, 2020

In the first hour, a celebration of the centennial of Lew Spence, best known for his hit “Nice 'n' Easy," plus new releases from trumpeters Rebecca Coupe Franks and Carol Morgan with birthday shoutouts to Joan Whitney, Della Reese (pictured), Mavis Staples and Caroline Davis. In the second hour there is a tribute to Johnny Mandel. ...

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My Dear Acquaintance - A Happy New Year

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 17, 2020

My last broadcast of the decade included several women-penned songs for New Years Eve, with new releases by Boogaloo Joe Jones, Kris Davis and Cathy Segal-Garcia, plus birthday shout outs to Cab Calloway, Una Mae Carlisle, Chris McNulty, Katie Bull, Annie Lennox and Janice Friedman, among others. Also remembering those artists lost in 2019 with a ...

Album

A Lousy Day In Harlem

By Ed Palermo

Label: Sky Cat Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Laurie Frink; Affinity; Brasilliance; Sanfona; Like Lee Morgan; The One with the Balloon; Minority; The Cowboy Song; Well You Needn't; Giant Steps; Next Year; Gargoyles; This Won't Take Long.

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Ed Palermo: A Lousy Day In Harlem

by Angelo Leonardi
November 7, 2019

Il 12 agosto 2018, sessant'anni dopo la celebre foto di Art Kane “A Great Day in Harlem," Ed Palermo s'è fatto fotografare di fronte allo stesso palazzo in pietra marrone. Il titolo del disco non è casuale e la copertina lo ritrae sconsolato, in un marciapiede tristemente vuoto, mentre la sequenza fotografica nel booklet lo vede ...

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Take Five with Ed Palermo

by AAJ Staff
October 9, 2019

Meet Ed Palermo Ed Palermo is an arranger, composer and alto saxophonist mostly known for his big band and their interpretations of the music of Ed's hero, Frank Zappa. Coming out of college in Chicago, his initial plan was to become a great jazz tenor saxophonist in the vein of Michael Brecker, Steve Grossman and Dave ...

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Affinity

Featuring the music of Ed Palermo
Duration: 5:14
October 8, 2019

In many ways A Lousy Day in Harlem makes a compelling case for Ed Palermo’s abiding love of luscious melody, like “Affinity,” a winsome piece featuring Cliff Lyons’ expert soprano saxophone work. A Lousy Day in Harlem by the Ed Palermo Big Band is available now!

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Labor Day at Coney Island

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 7, 2019

The Labor Day weekend broadcast included new releases from vocalists Audrey Silver, Deb Bowman, Barb Jungr, Tracey Coryell, a single from pianist Lauren Lee, plus a collaboration of Jenny Scheinman and Allison Miller, with birthday shout outs to Dinah Washington, Alice Coltrane, Teri Thornton, Valerie Simpson and Charlie Parker, among others and a nod to the ...

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Zappity-Doo-Dah

by Patrick Burnette
October 4, 2019

To be perfectly Frank, the boys don't know all that much about rock and roll's prickliest, most demanding composer/conceptualist/guitarist/ideologue, so they look at a couple of recordings by the maestro himself and a couple by other musicians paying homage to the man with a mustache. Burt Bacharach meets Hal Wilner's tribute to Thelonious Monk in a ...