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Frank Macchia: Saxolollapalooza
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Way in the background on some classic big band recordings, there is a high-pitched aural glow, a sustained, ethereal, almost liturgical hum coming from somewhere in the reeds section. Duke Ellington's “There Shall Be No Night," from the great Blanton/Webster Band box set (Bluebird, 1990), has it. Partly it's the recording technology of the time, sufficiently ...
Frank Macchia's "Landscapes" Nominated for 51st Grammy Awards
Frank Macchia's Landscapes received a Grammy nomination in the category of Best Instrumental Arrangement for his original interpretation of the classic song “Down In The Valley." It's Macchia's second consecutive nomination; last year he was nominated for the song “Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair." Listen to “Down In The Valley" in its ...
Air Mail Special
Album: Saxolollapalooza
By Frank Macchia
Label: Cacophony Records
Released: 2008
Duration: 3:06
Frank Macchia Releases New CD "Saxolollapalooza"
SAXOLOLLAPALOOZA = MASSIVE SAXOPHONES!! What do you get when you cross six of Los Angeles best jazz saxophonists, the drummer from the legendary band Weather Report and Grammy nominated composer/arranger Frank Macchia? Saxolollapalooza, of course! The CD features Eric Marienthal, Bob Sheppard, Gene Cipriano, Sal Lozano, Frank Macchia and Jay Mason on saxes and woodwinds, with ...
Frank Macchia: Landscapes
by Michael P. Gladstone
Tenor saxophonist/composer/arranger Frank Macchia has made a significant album that follows-up his Grammy-nominated Emotions (Cacophony, 2006). Again utilizing the strings of the Prague Orchestra under the direction of Adam Klemens, Macchia has submitted another ambitious work to the public. Listening to Landscapes, the two things that come to mind are film scoring and the ...
Frank Macchia: Landscapes
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
The prospect of a saxophone and strings record is likely to call to mind Charlie Parker's controversial Bird With Strings (Mercury, 1949), but that's not the obvious reference point once you've listened to this recording. Saxophonist Frank Macchia's Landscapes is a saxophone concerto for classical orchestra, framed by treatments of classic American songs in the same ...
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Album: Landscapes
By Frank Macchia
Label: Cacophony
Released: 2007
Duration: 4:37
Frank Macchia with The Prague Orchestra: Landscapes
by Dan McClenaghan
Listening to the opening notes on Frank Macchia's Landscapes, one can't help but hear a Stan Getz vibe blowing into play. It's not the Getz of the bossa nova sounds with Antonio Carlos Jobim, or his boppish mainstream work, but rather the Stan Getz of Focus (Verve Records, 1961), with the tenor saxophonist improvising over a ...
Frank Macchia Releases "Landscapes" with Prague Orchestra
CACOPHONY RELEASES LANDSCAPES, NEW CD BY GRAMMY NOMINATED COMPOSER/ARRANGER/SAXOPHONIST FRANK MACCHIA Featuring Macchia with the Prague Orchestra in a Sonic Jazz Journey Cacophony, Inc. announces the January 15 release of Landscapes, Grammy-nominated composer/ arranger/saxophonist Frank Macchia's sonic travelogue around the world. Featuring orchestral jazz with saxophone improvisations, the music on the CD is composed and arranged ...
Frank Macchia with The Prague Orchestra: Landscapes
by Edward Blanco
A follow-up to composer/arranger/saxophonist Frank Macchia's critically acclaimed Emotions (Cacophony, 2006), which received a Grammy nomination for “Best Arrangement ("Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair ), Landscapes is the second part of an extended session of symphonic music cleverly diced with strong jazzy overtones. As with the first album, Macchia employs the string-laden ...
