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Boulevard Big Band: Live at Harlings Upstairs
by Edward Blanco
Michael McGraw's Kansas City Boulevard Big Band has, since 1989, been a fixture in the area's jazz community, releasing three previous albums and earning both popular and critical acclaim. Live at Harlings Upstairs, which removes the “Kansas City from the band's name, features Southern California's renowned tenor saxophonist Pete Christlieb. Trumpeter and bandleader McGraw ...
Ryan Haines Big Band: People & Places
by Edward Blanco
There's nothing more honorable and noble than paying tribute to the people you love and to those who have inspired you as well as recognizing some of the places that have meant something special in one's life. Composer/arranger/trombonist Ryan Haines does just that with his third recording, People & Places. Leading his world-class ensemble, which is ...
Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra: High Octane
by Edward Blanco
From the moment you slip the disc into the CD player and let it play, you quickly realize there's no need to adjust the volume as the music soars from Dan McMillion's high-pitched trumpet, reminiscent of the late, great trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. In fact, High Octane is dedicated to the memory of the late master of ...
The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra: First Flight
by Edward Blanco
As a licensed pilot I have fond memories of the first time I took the controls of an airplane on my solo flight and the proud sense of accomplishment one feels when you've landed alive and relieved. That enormous sense of accomplishment is what I'm sure trombonist Pete McGuinness must have felt when he launched his ...
Ira Nepus and Steve Moore: Another Time, Another Place
by Edward Blanco
The late alto saxophonist Benny Carter would have been very proud of this first tribute of his music since his passing in 2003. Trombonist and longtime friend, Ira Nepus, collaborates with gifted guitarist Steve Moore in recording thirteen of Carter's best songs for this special album. The duo blends the vibrant sound of the trombone and ...
Jackie Cain & Roy Kral: Echoes
by Edward Blanco
Recorded live in September, 1976 at Howard Rumsey's Concerts by the Sea in Redondo Beach, California, Echoes captures a jazz vocals performance by the husband and wife team of Jackie Cain and Roy Kral. Unfortunately, Kral passed away in 2002, making the release of this never-before-issued album the first for Cain since Kral's death. ...
Tomo: I'll Always Know
by Edward Blanco
West Coast composer Reed Kotler describes himself as a project-oriented songwriter with one burning ambition, to have his music heard! This led to the creation of his own label (Tori Records) to facilitate various groups in performing his music. Kotler even came up with the idea of forming a quintet to record his charts and gave ...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jazz Ensemble 1: Minimal Effort
by Edward Blanco
Billed as a session of “swinging jazz from the heartland, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Professor Paul Haar, presents its first album with Minimal Effort and maximum polish. The ensemble is essentially a seventeen-piece college orchestra performing with the same poise and finesse one expects of a professional band. ...
Frank Macchia: Emotions
by Edward Blanco
Those whose musical tastes run the spectrum from jazz to classical will find composer/saxophonist Frank Macchia's Emotions to be a beautiful concept album fronting the voice of the tenor in a setting of classically orchestral music. Inspired by saxophonist Stan Getz's classic Focus (Verve, 1961), Macchia joins the Prague Orchestra conducted by Adam Klemens for a ...
Jeff Darrohn: T--Bird '60
by Edward Blanco
Inspired by the reed section arrangement techniques of two-time Grammy Award winner Bob Florence from decades of arranging for his own Limited Edition Big Band, master saxophonist Jeff Darrohn creates a six-horn sax section for the recording of T-Bird '60 with one major distinction--he is the entire sax section! Through the use of overdubbing, ...
