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Jonathan Dane

Out on the Coast

By David Angel

Label: Basset Hound Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: (Disc 1): Out on the Coast; Wig; Alone Together; L’ilo Vasche; Prelude to a Kiss; Ah Rite!; Wild Strawberries; Hershey Bar; (Disc 2): Between; Lover Man; Leaves; A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing; Deep 2; Moonlight; Out on the Coast 3; Autumn in New York; (Disc 3): Latka Variations; This Time the Dream’s on Me; Love Letter to Pythagoras; Waiting for a Train Part 2; Dark Passage; L.A. Mysterioso.

David Angel: Out on the Coast

by Jack Bowers
March 19, 2021

David Angel, one of the West Coast's best-kept secrets, earns a long-overdue hour or three in the sun and makes every moment count on Out on the Coast, a superlative three-disc anthology that bundles fifteen of his luminous original compositions with seven jazz standards in an invariably pleasurable and charming package. When not teaching, writing or ...

Prolific Composer/Arranger David Angel Teams With Tuba Master Jim Self For Extraordinary 3-Disc Anthology, 'Out On The Coast'

February 7, 2021

David Angel is one of the most respected composer/arrangers on the West Coast; however, he is virtually unknown to the general public. That is why tuba and bass trombone master Jim Self decided it was time to rectify that situation. He brought together The David Angel Jazz Ensemble to record Out On The Coast, a gorgeous ...

Dan Zimmerman: Drifting Home

by Jerome Wilson
November 12, 2017

Dan Zimmerman is a veteran guitarist who is well versed in a lot of styles having played with soul, jazz, rock and Latin musicians over a 20-year plus career. His new solo CD, Drifting Home, covers a lot of ground ranging from grinding blues-rock to acoustic classical melodies. Several tunes here have him sounding ...

Dan Zimmerman: Drifting Home

by Jim Worsley
November 7, 2017

In an era where shredding and playingasfastasyoupossiblycan for no apparent reason have become a norm, it was a pleasure to listen to a guitar being nurtured as the beautiful classic musical instrument that it is. Drifting Home is the first solo effort from veteran guitarist Dan Zimmerman. It features nine original songs. All of ...

The Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra: Storming Through the South

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 2016

First, three hearty cheers and a laurel wreath for trumpeter Mike Vax who has kept the splendid Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra together (with some inescapable changes in personnel, not to mention name) for twenty-five years, supervised no less than eighteen annual road tours and produced half a dozen in-concert albums, the most recent of which, Storming ...

Luis Munoz: Voz

by Dan Bilawsky
November 17, 2015

There's selfless, and then there's really selfless. This vocal-centric album of original compositions written and arranged by drummer Luis Muñoz falls into the latter category. Instead of using this as a platform to promote his own playing, which wouldn't necessarily be frowned upon considering the fact that it's his album, Muñoz's contributions on the performance end--drums, ...

Ginger Berglund & Scott Whitfield: Solitary Moon

by Jack Bowers
September 22, 2014

The unabridged subtitle of this endlessly charming album is “Ginger Berglund & Scott Whitfield Sing the Johnny Mandel Songbook." For those who were unaware that there is a Johnny Mandel Songbook apart from “Emily," “The Shadow of Your Smile" and “Close Enough for Love," this scintillating summary is a guaranteed eye-(and ear-) opener, lovingly packaged and ...

Luis Muñoz: Luz

by Jerry D'Souza
March 2, 2013

Luis Muñoz gathers strength with each of his recordings as he goes past the post of the previous one, making new ideas and developments his haunt. Luz, as the title would suggest, injects new light into his music. Muñoz conceives and marvelous executes his game plan. Driving the rhythm and the beat from ...