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Joey Sellers

Hollywood Christmas

By Richard Williams

Label: Self-Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year; The Holiday Season; Happy Holiday; The Christmas Song; White Christmas; Santa Claus is Coming to Town; Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree; Here Comes Santa Claus; Jingle Bells; Frosty the Snowman; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Winter Wonderland; Let it Snow; Up on the Housetop; There's No Place Like Home; I'll Be Home For Christmas; Coming Home; Somewhere in My Memory; Someway, Somehow.

Roberta Piket: Domestic Harmony: Piket Plays Mintz

by Dan McClenaghan
December 7, 2019

Pianist Roberta Piket was subbing in trombonist Joey Sellers' band in 1998 when she first met drummer Billy Mintz. In an All About Jazz interview, in 2011 with Victor Schermer, Piket said of that first encounter: “I noticed Billy, because the room was very dark, and yet he was wearing sunglasses; he seemed very strange. But ...

Los Angeles Jazz Institute Festival "Big Band Spectacular" 2017, Part 2-4

by Simon Pilbrow
July 18, 2017

Los Angeles Jazz Institute Festival Big Band Spectacular LAX Westin Hotel Los Angeles, CA May 24-28, 2017 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Jimmy Giuffre's classic, “Four Brothers," has been a much-loved anthem of the Woody Herman band since his Second ...

A Big Band Spectacular? You Bet Your Brass!

by Jack Bowers
June 5, 2017

On May 23, Betty and I flew to jny: Los Angeles to attend the L.A. Jazz Institute's semi-annual ode to swinging, this one labeled Big Band Spectacular and slated for Thursday through Sunday, May 25-28. We rearranged our schedule to arrive a day early, even before Wednesday's “bonus" event, to attend the funeral of a longtime ...

Brian Eisenberg Jazz Orchestra: Sense of Gratitude

by Angelo Leonardi
November 11, 2016

L'orchestratore losangelino Brian Eisenberg debutta a capo della sua big band di 18 elementi presentando otto sue composizioni e un fresco arrangiamento di “Blackbird," il brano di Lennon e McCartney. Ha già ottenuto ottimi riconoscimenti (l'ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award, una menzione al Downbeat Magazine Student Music Award, il John Philip Sousa Award, eccetera) ...

Brian Eisenberg Jazz Orchestra: Sense of Gratitude

by Edward Blanco
October 26, 2015

Offering a palette of eight new originals and one cover tune, Sense of Gratitude is the very impressive debut album from the Brian Eisenberg Jazz Orchestra performing a session of modern jazz music that's challenging and engaging from beginning to end. Los Angeles-based composer/arranger and band leader, Brian Eisenberg is a graduate of San Diego State ...

Leslie Lewis: Midnight Sun / Keeper of the Flame

by Jack Bowers
August 3, 2013

Leslie Lewis is a singer who has found steady work on the West Coast and elsewhere, and for good reason--she's personable, easy on the eyes, and more to the point, has a pleasant mid-range voice, sings squarely on key, and knows how to sell a lyric. Keeper of the Flame and Midnight Sun are Lewis' second ...

Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra: Artistry

by Jack Bowers
July 24, 2013

On Artistry, the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra pays homage to one of Richmond's former employers, the legendary Stan Kenton, not by rehashing music performed by the Kenton Orchestra--no matter how forward-leaning that may have been--but rather by renovating a few themes associated with Kenton (and quite a few others that weren't) in the manner in ...

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By Joey Sellers

Label: Circumvention Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. Dakin Hall Blues; 02. Apparent Sincerity; 03. Piece for Foil Laden Trombone and Water Jug; 04. Squeaky Pedal Timpani Improv #2; 05. Monk’s Dream ((Monk); 06. E blues with Kazoo Mute; 07. Improv with Didgeridoo in Bell #2; 08. Skinny Widow Stomp; 09.Chilled Green - Charles Bukowski; 10. Water Music; 11. Improv 1; 12. Tension/Release; 13. Sans Tuning Slide; 14. Improv with Didgeridoo in Bell #1; 15. Squeaky Pedal Timpani Improv #1; 16. Overdub didgeridoo; 17. Early Evening Algebra - Charles Simic; 18. Improv 2 from second session; 19. Overdub microtone triads; 20. Squeaky Pedal Timpani Improv #3; 21. Improv II - Caveman Reverb; 22. Stompin’ at the Savoy (Goodman). Tutte le composizioni sono di Joey Sellers tranne quelle indicate.