PEPPE MEROLLA Peppe
Merolla
"Stick with me"
Stick
With Me is percussionist Peppe Merolla's first album as
leader with this sextet of excellent New York-based musicians.
Personnel: Peppe Merolla: drums, percussion; Steve
Turré: trombone, shells; Jim Rotondi: trumpet,
flugelhorn; John Farnsworth: tenor saxophone; Mike LeDonne:
piano; Lee Smith: bass
CD available
here
BONES APART Bones
Apart
Bones Apart have just released their
new CD 'ten' celebrating their 10th Anniversary.
CD available
here
Steve
Swell's '5000 Poems' Steve
Swell
Steve Swell's Slammin' the Infinite,
a band with seven years of experience in New York's free
jazz scene, lives up to its name in its fourth album release,
5000 Poems (NotTwo, 2010). Fans of free jazz will delight
in the band's energy.
* Steve Swell – trombone, compositions
* Sabir Mateen – alto sax, tenor sax, clarinet, alto
clarinet, flute
* John Blum – piano
* Matthew Heyner – bass
* Klaus Kugel – drums
John
Fedchock - Live
At The Red Sea Jazz Festival John
Fedchock
Trombonist John Fedchock achieved
great notoriety for over two decades with his New York big
band. In forming the John Fedchock NY sextet, he has created
an agile group featuring sophisticated arrangements and
originals, putting the focus on the group's all-star Big
Apple soloists. Live At The Red Sea Jazz Festival gives
us a close-up look at the sextet in action during their
dynamic set at this iconic international event. Joining
Fedchock on stage is trumpeter Scott Wendholt, tenor saxophonist
Walt Weiskopf, pianist Allen Farnham, bassist David Finck
and drummer Dave Ratajczak.
Robert Payne - Musical Chairs Robert Payne
Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Harry James,
Les Brown, Benny Goodman, Nelson Riddle, Quincy Jones...ROBERT
PAYNE has performed with them all and many more, including
the BBJHF Orchestra. Hear his elegant talent in songs like
Like A Lover, Star Eyes, You Go To My Head and other great
standards.
Jens Wendelboe's Big Crazy Energy New York Band Jens
Wendelboe
Beautiful new orchestrated versions
of old jazz masters combined with new original contemporary
jazz big band compositions
NEW I TROMBONI CD "The Bad and the Beautiful" www.itromboni.com
The new CD "The Bad and The Beautiful"
has:
The
Hungarian
- A
McDowell piano monsterpiece that is burning!
Romance - A romantic contemporary
Canadian piece
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You -
Arranged by Dave Robbins (trombonist with Harry James) and
recorded with rhythm.
The Bad and the Beautiful - Beautiful
theme music to a Kurt Russell film from the 50's. Again
expertly arranged by David Robbins and recorded with rhythm.
Django - The jazz classic mashed
up with a JS Bach violin theme. Again expertly arranged
by David Robbins and recorded with rhythm.
The Humming Chorus - Puccini's
crowd pleaser and our standard second encore
Quintet for Trombones - An
ear friendly Canadian composition written for us by our
friend Elizabeth Raum
Pictures at an Exhibition - 6
tracks from Mussorgskys work. Promenade 1, Bydlo,Promenade
4, Dance of the Unhatched Chicks, Baba Yaga and the Great
Gate of Kiev.
From Russia With Love - The
James Bond Classic
Salvation is Created - A stirringly
beautiful mash-up of the Chesnikov choral work and Rimsky-Korsakov's
Russian Easter trombone solo.
Bachianas Brasilieras #5 - Recorded
with rising soprano star Simone Oborne and cellist Ariel
Barnes.
Smile - The chaplin classic
presented in bones a capella.
CD available
here
MARK MCGRAIN Mark McGrain
It's the long-awaited second CD from
this unusual trio comprised of three of New Oreans' preeminent
modern jazz players - Mark McGrain on trombone, Tim Green
on saxophones and James Singleton on bass.
Release date November 2009
CD available
here
WAYNE WALLACE Wayne
Wallace
The Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
- "¡Bien Bien!"
Featuring Julian Priester and Kenny Washington
Release date September 15th 2009
CD available
here
SAMUAL BLASER Samuel
Blaser
"Pieces of Old Sky" is a
fine and riveting set, with Blaser's rising star shining
brightly
CD available
here
The
Schumacher / Sanford Sound Assembly
is a 17-piece collective of New York's finest players featuring
the original compositions of David Schumacher and JC Sanford.
Schumacher and Sanford strive for organic structures, extended
forms, and motivic development through a colorful palette
of orchestration. They intertwine improvised and composed
elements in their work to create a natural, seamless evolution
of material. It is a combination full of excitement and
intrigue that will fulfill the most critical and demanding
jazz audience.
Sound Assembly members, including drummer John Hollenbeck,
pianist Deanna Witkowski, trumpeter John Bailey, trombonists
Mark Patterson
and Alan Ferber,
and reedmen Chris Bacas, Ben Kono, and Dan Willis bring
a vast range of experience to the group. The talents of
these members showcase the unmistakable sound, style, and
nuance of co-leaders Schumacher and Sanford.
SAMUEL BLASER Samuel Blaser
- Solo Bone
Slam Productions available at CD
Bay
Steve
Wiest: trombone, arranger
(50th Grammy Awards - Nominee: Best Instrumental Arrangement)
Fred Hamilton: guitar - Stefan Karlsson: piano - Lynn Seaton:
bass - Ed Soph: drums
NEW
ALBUM JONATHAN VOLTZOK Jonathan
Voltzok, amazing CD, a must to have!
NEW
ALBUM DENIS LELOUP Denis Leloup,
a Fantastic French Trombone Player
JAMMIN'
Jay T. Vonada, of Aaronsburg Pennsylvania, will have
his debut CD, Jammin', released on Tuesday July 22, 2008.
BETWEEN THE LINES
Samuel Blaser Quartet - 7th
Heaven Samuel
Blaser (trombone)
Scott DuBois (guitar), Thomas Morgan (bass), Gerald Cleaver
(drums)
Cédric
Vergère, Switzerland - Vétroz VS
Trombone and bass trombone soloist. Brass Band 13 Etoiles'
bass trombone.
Study by Géo-Pierre Moren, and David Bruchez at Conservatoire
de Lausanne. Then proficiency courses with Dany Bonvin, Armin
Bachmann, Jacques Mauger and Christian Lindberg.
Luis
Bonilla, Trombonist New York
Bonilla and his group employ solid musicality and a broad
knowledge on Terminal Clarity, successfully finding a common
ground for free jazz and Latin music. Bonilla's compositional
balance between written segments and experimental improvisation
lays the foundation for a successful merging ~ The Latin
Jazz Corner
BRIAN
BENDER & LITTLE SHOP OF HORAS
"Eyn Velt" (FTM-2008)
Original and traditional Jewish melodies blended with Latin,
Caribbean, African and Middle Eastern rhythms.
Brian Bender plays melodica, trombone and keyboards on all
tracks.
BRIAN
BENDER & THE WORLD BEATNIKS
"Urban Jungle" (FTM-2007)
Original Reggae, Funk, Samba, Calypso, Afrobeat, Middle Eastern
and New Orleans "second line" compositions.
Brian
Bender plays trombone and keyboards on all tracks.
Ten
years after the release of the landmark Absolute Trombone CD,
Hip-BoneMusic proudly presents Absolute Trombone II: New York,
Los Angeles, London.
Includes all new original compositions for solo trombone, trombone
duet, quartet, sextet, octet and tentet.
Joe
Gil - "One Trombone backed by a killer rhythm section
playing straight ahead fusion and jazz. If you like something
different than the usual straight ahead jazz then you'll love
this. Featuring all original compositions. On sale now at at
CDBaby.com"
Trombonist
Michael Dease has just released a new CD with his sextet featuring
Criss Cross recording artist Victor Goines on tenor saxophone
and pianist Eric Reed entitled Clarity on the Bluesback Records
label. Dease is a Michael Rath performing artist and clinician,
and can be heard with a variety of ensembles around the greater
New York City area, including Slide Hampton's Trombone All-Stars,
Fat Cat Big Band and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Big Band.
Clarity is available through www.cdbaby.com
Gary
Tole - and Legends of Swing Grammy nomination
Please consider voting for this CD in
the next NARAS nomination round!
Phil Wilson's Panamerican
All-Stars (trombone)
The Steve Wiest
Big Band (trombone)
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Legends Of Swing - Gary
Tole
Reflection - Ed
Neumeister Sammy Nestico -
This Is The Moment Michael Davis -
TRUMPETS ELEVEN
New Orleans Trombonisms, with trombonist Craig
Klein.
Against the Grain (trombones)
The Baileo Big Band - DVD
By Jack Bowers - All About Jazz I recently asked a pen-pal in the
Netherlands, trombonist René
Laanen, about the big-band scene there. “We have a pretty
good new band, he said. “It’s called the Baileo Big Band.
Was he ever right! I’ve now had the pleasure of hearing and
seeing the eighteen-piece Baileo ensemble on CD. Robert Bachner
Quintet (trombone) Björn Samuelsson
(trombone) Phil Abraham
(trombone)
New CD release Scott
Kyle (trombone)
Trombonist John Hines
The Dease -
Madsen Quintet (trombone)
The Highlight Jazz Orchestra with trombonist Bart
Van Lier
New CD release Scott
Reeves (trombone)
New CD release Vincent
Nilsson (Sweden)
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