Glenn Crytzer - Focus Pocus

Styles: Swing
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 25:30
Size: 59,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:00) 1. Focus Pocus
(3:28) 2. Please Don't Imagine
(3:04) 3. My Blue Apples
(5:18) 4. All That I Can Give You is a Melody
(2:52) 5. A Case of the Blues
(4:08) 6. The Grass is Always Greener (If You're High)
(3:38) 7. Spendin' All My Rainy Days With You

Glenn Crytzer is a New York City based bandleader, arranger, composer, guitarist, and vocalist who is in love with the music of the Jazz Age and Swing Era. While completing his formal training in classical composition and cello at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Florida State University, Glenn took up dancing the Lindy Hop as a hobby. Through the Lindy his love of early jazz grew, but he lamented that there were so few musical groups that specialized authentic performance of his favorite kind of music. Glenn decided to put his musical training to use, taught himself guitar, banjo, and jazz arranging, and set about bringing to life the music he loved. Now in his mid 30s, Glenn has become a staple in New York City’s jazz scene as a guitarist and bandleader. He has released 8 albums with his big band and combos and dozens of his recordings have been featured in films and TV shows seeking to evoke the sound of the golden age of radio. In 2017 his big band was named Best Group in New York in the NYC Jazz Awards. https://www.glenncrytzer.com/glenn

Focus Pocus

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Glenn Crytzer - Uptown Jump

Styles: Swing, Big Band
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:01
Size: 142,2 MB
Art: Front

(3:12) 1. The Savoy Special
(3:08) 2. Hop on the Mop
(3:05) 3. What Did I Do (an Ambiguous Love Song)
(3:42) 4. Uptown Jump
(4:46) 5. Le Fantôme de Saint Bechet
(3:26) 6. Not Far to Fargo
(3:23) 7. It's About Time
(3:44) 8. The Road to Tallahassee
(2:59) 9. Smokin' That Weed
(3:19) 10. Mrah!
(2:58) 11. Downtown Slump
(3:33) 12. Could This Be Love?
(3:17) 13. That Zombie Music
(3:09) 14. Yes, I'm in the Doghouse Now!
(3:33) 15. Glenn's Idea
(3:15) 16. The Lenox
(3:28) 17. Missouri Loves Company
(2:54) 18. Good Night, Good Luck

The first track on Glenn Crytzer's new album literally made me do a double-take: Did I really cue-up an album recorded just a few months ago or did I make a mistake and play a vintage track out of my own swing music library? This first track in question, “The Savoy Special,” has a tone and feeling so terrific with its bounce and that infectious “hep-hep” motif coming from the horns it sounds like you just struck it rich while crate-digging and plucked out a mint 78rpm swing-era record that no one has ever heard before. Welcome everyone to a new milestone in the modern swing era! I am writing this review for you, the readers of Swing DJ Resources which is a bit like preaching to the choir, so let's just cut to the chase and say that if you are a swing DJ, dancer, or music enthusiast, you will want this record. ‘Nuff said. Are we done here? Well, since I'm hoping that this album will find a much wider audience based on it's entertaining musicality, let's continue, shall we Back? Yes! Crytzer has always tried to get a more authentic sound out of his studio recordings. He eschews close-mic techniques the modern methods that attempt to stick a mic in front of everything to isolate the individual players for greater control over the recording process (but which introduce a certain artificiality in the sound.) To achieve the sound he is looking for, Crytzer favors using a vintage pair of microphones placed so as to capture the live sound of the room and the musical interaction between the instruments. Friends, this new album “Uptown Swing,” sets a new standard of excellence in recording for swing bands and demonstrates what can be accomplished with the studied use of old-school microphone techniques.More... https://swingdjresources.com/uptown-jump

New York’s finest: Glenn, guitar, arranger, composer, vocals; Mike Davis, trumpet; Dan Levinson, soprano, alto, tenor saxophone; Evan Arntzen, clarinet, tenor saxophone; Jesse Gelber, piano; Andrew Hall, string bass; Kevin Dorn, drums. Recorded this year at Peter Karl Studios (thanks, Peter, for the lively sound!)

Uptown Jump

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