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Ira B. Liss

Ever since the early 1970's, Ira was destined in life to be a band leader. A drum major/saxophonist at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, California, he was voted most valuable band member his senior year. In the local, regional and national scenes, Ira acquired extensive experiences in all phases of the music and entertainment industry. From music management, retail/wholesale products, talent acquisition, concert production & promotion, to jazz education and recording production. Ira B. Liss, at 6 feet 7 inches tall, is Southern California's most imminently watchable bandleader of San Diego’s favorite Big Band: The Ira B

Tasty Tunes

By Ira B. Liss

Label: Tall Man
Released: 2018
Track listing: You Don’t Know What Love Is; Early Autumn; I Didn’t Know What Time It Was; When the Lady Dances; Oleo; Nature Boy; Manhattan Burn; Over the Rainbow; Mountain Dance; Ya Turn Me On Baby; Recon.

Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine: Tasty Tunes

by Jack Bowers
February 11, 2018

Tasty Tunes is the fifth CD by Ira B. Liss' stalwart San Diego-based Jazz Machine, which was formed almost forty years ago, in 1979--a span that, when reckoned in big-band years, is much closer to a century or more. While other bands have come and gone the Jazz Machine has adamantly stayed the course, presenting dynamic ...

It's About Time

By Ira B. Liss

Label: Tall Man
Released: 2014
Track listing: Perdido; American Gothic; Some Other Time; The Salt Shaker; Go ‘Way Moon; Four on Six; Sally “O”; That Old Black Magic; The Epitome of the Ballad; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise; When the Sun Comes Out; Glory, Glory.

Ira B. Liss: It's About Time

by Jack Bowers
August 28, 2014

So are there any first-rate big bands worth hearing in California outside of the Los Angeles area? So happy you asked. As a matter of fact, San Diego is solidly entrenched in that position thanks to the superb Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine which, coincidentally, has recorded a spectacular new album, It's About Time. ...

The Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine Releases "It's About Time" -- Includes un-recorded Maynard Ferguson Composition

September 18, 2013

San Diego, CA: TallMan Productions is thrilled to announce the release of the latest album from The Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, It's About Time available everywhere on August 8, 2013. It's About Time is the 4th CD release by The Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, an 18- piece Big Band that ...

Everything Under the Sun

By Ira B. Liss

Label: Tall Man
Released: 1999
Track listing: Jump Jive an’ Wail; Dancing on the Ceiling; Can You Read My Mind; Sunny Ray Mambo; Emily; You and the Night and the Music; Satin Doll; Sing, Sing, Sing; Beautiful Maria; Celebration; I Concentrate on You; My Heart Stood Still; Day by Day; I’ll Be Seeing You; You Make Me Feel So Young; In the Mood.

Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine: Everything Under the Sun

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 1999

The second release by the San Diego–based Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine is quite well–named. Perhaps an even better name would have been “everything but the kitchen sink.” The band is all over the map in a session that is evidently designed to showcase its many talents for the purpose of securing gigs.