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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 ...

The L.A. Sessions at Capitol Studios

By Steve Spiegl

Label: Sorcerer
Released: 2020
Track listing: All the Things You Are; Gardens of Cordoba; Ave Maria; Penna Tiranna; Benedetta Suite; Parsifal; Tosca; Cartagena Night; Turandot.

The Steve Spiegl Big Band: The L.A. Sessions at Capitol Studios

by Jack Bowers
November 19, 2020

Almost every Monday morning for the past fifty years, composer-arranger Steve Spiegl convened his Los Angeles-based big band for a rehearsal session, assembling, for most of that time, at the Musicians Union in Hollywood and, more recently, at its new home in Burbank. When Spiegl decided in 2019 to pull up stakes and move northward to ...

Doug MacDonald & the Tarmac Ensemble: Jazz Marathon 4: Live at Hangar 18

by Jack Bowers
December 14, 2019

As befits a Jazz Marathon, guitarist Doug MacDonald's Live at Hangar 18 embodies not one but two CDs, complete with shifting personnel and groups that range from quintet to septet. This is the fourth in a recorded series of marathons conceived by producer Don Thomson and led by MacDonald with a supporting cast that boasts a ...

Brent Fischer

C Artists Presents Brent Fischer + The Clare Fischer ... Trio, Quartet, Organ Quintet, Big Band, Latin Jazz Group, Jazz Corp, Fischer Orchestra All original works by Clare and Brent Fischer Celebrating 50+ years of Live MUSIC + Recordings - 58 albums Grammy®-winning producer, composer, arranger Brent Fischer credits his late father, Dr Clare Fischer, for creating a family tradition of writing with a rich harmonic and orchestrational palette that has become the Fischer brand. A multi-instrumentalist (vibes, keys, bass, drums), Brent Fischer moves easily between genres. His arranging credits for pop and jazz royalty include: D’Angelo, Prince, Michael Jackson, Usher, Al Jarreau, Elvis Costello and The Roots

Los Angeles Jazz Institute Festival - Woodchopper's Ball: Part 3-4

by Simon Pilbrow
September 24, 2018

Los Angeles Jazz Institute Festival “Woodchoppers' Ball" Four Points by Sheraton at LAX Los Angeles, CA May 23-27, 2018 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Concert 8: The Herdsmen -Bobby Shew meets Larry McKenna Trumpeter Bobby Shew is a well- known ...

Los Angeles Jazz Institute Festival - Woodchopper's Ball: Part 1-4

by Simon Pilbrow
September 22, 2018

Los Angeles Jazz Institute Festival “Woodchoppers' Ball" Four Points by Sheraton at LAX Los Angeles, CA May 23-27, 2018 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 The Los Angeles Jazz Institute (LAJI), under Ken Poston, has continued for some thirty years to ...

Simon Pilbrow with the Brent Fischer Orchestra: Colours of Sound

by Jack Bowers
May 23, 2018

Given the unusual circumstances behind its inception, the album Colours of Sound probably never should have made it to a recording studio. The fact that it did is a happenstance for which every big-band lover and jazz enthusiast should be thankful. The odyssey began in 2011 when Australian composer / pianist Simon Pilbrow wrote a letter ...