Harmonious Wail - Gypsy Swing

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:36
Size: 173.1 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[3:38] 1. Moscow Nights
[3:33] 2. Two Guitars Gypsy Campfire
[3:57] 3. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
[2:38] 4. Valse Samois
[3:36] 5. Some Of These Days
[4:06] 6. Czardas
[5:56] 7. St. Louis Blues
[4:06] 8. The Basso
[4:06] 9. Rose Room
[5:30] 10. Dark Eyes
[2:33] 11. Limehouse Blues
[4:40] 12. Swing Gitan
[4:50] 13. Chanson Pour Henri
[2:27] 14. The Sheik Of Araby
[8:17] 15. Bossa Dorado
[3:34] 16. After You've Gone
[5:29] 17. Minor Swing
[2:31] 18. Ballgame

Sims Delaney-Potthoff - Mandolin, Vocals; Maggie Delaney-Potthoff - Vocals, Percussion; Jeffo Weiss - Bass.

Smoldering vocals laced among the jazzy mandolin and guitar; an infectious blend of continental jazz, swing, gypsy music and melodic vocals …how DOES one describe the sound of Harmonious Wail? The Wail has caught numerous listeners by total surprise during its more than 20-year history. Of all the venues and stages that these ‘NPR regulars’ have graced, it’s the PAC’s, festivals and showcase clubs that bring the most enthusiastic audience response!

Gypsy Swing

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Harmonious Wail - Vintage Jazz

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:45
Size: 102.5 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:12] 1. Sam The Vegetable Man
[2:49] 2. Slipped Disc
[5:46] 3. Exactly Like You
[4:46] 4. Tico Tico
[3:42] 5. Basin Street Blues
[3:32] 6. It Ain't Right
[3:45] 7. You've Got To Believe
[3:21] 8. Jitterbug Waltz
[3:59] 9. Is You Is (Or Is You Ain't My Baby)
[4:33] 10. Georgia On My Mind
[4:17] 11. Saturday Night Fish Fry

These purveyors of Americana infused Gypsy Jazz just celebrated their 30th Anniversary and are continuing to take their listeners on a ride ranging from the music of the Hot Club sounds of Paris to the deepest blues of the Memphis Delta to the folk scenes across “every town” America into their 4th decade of existence. The Wail are sublime entertainers, great educators and they’ve mastered the art of lifting spirits.

Harmonious Wail is Sims Delaney-Potthoff, a mandolin virtuoso, bandleader, vocalist and master of all things behind the curtain, Maggie Delaney-Potthoff, vocalist extraordinaire whose percussive instrument of choice is a cardboard box, but who also has a knack for exploring the musicality of almost any household object, and Jeffo Weiss, master bassist who dazzles and mesmerizes on both upright and electric bass. Every performance is played from the heart and infused with the perfect balance of ingredients that firmly proves that music truly does make the world a better place. Recognized as the “Dr. Feelgood” of Gypsy Jazz, Harmonious Wail has an knack for lifting the spirits of listeners of all ages. The Wail celebrates 10 recordings to date, the three most recent having been submitted for Grammy nomination consideration. Their upcoming project, currently in the works, finds them teamed up with a group of Gypsy Jazz all-stars.

Their gracious approach to music translates beautifully in any outreach program. They have honed their skills to provide excellent educational programs tailored to fit groups of varying skill and age. Popular topics have included; ”the instrumentation of Gypsy Jazz”, “how to succeed in the music biz”, and Maggie’s Method™ “If You Can Speak You Can Sing”. Not only a touring band the ever-reaching Harmonious Wail has enriched their lives working with National Public Radio. They are honored to be recognized as “favorite house band” for the program “Says You” where they’ve matched their wits with the panelists. Their songs have graced the program “All Things Considered” and they have gifted their composition “The Money Song” to NPR stations across the country for annual fundraising programs. Their songs, “People Stuff and “ I Like to Feel My Bones” both received International Songwriters Award, and four of their Gypsy Jazz compositions were cleverly woven into the film score of the internationally acclaimed independent film, ”I Really Hate My Job”.

True warriors for musicians worldwide, they are founding members of the highly respected International Folk Alliance, have created their own foundation, the Henry Mac Fund, supporting the arts in their hometown of Madison, Wisconsin and are recipients of the 2017 Musicnotes Outstanding Musical Career Achievement Award.

Vintage Jazz

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Harmonious Wail - Airborne

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:42
Size: 88.6 MB
Styles: Gypsy swing
Year: 1993
Art: Front

[2:57] 1. People Stuff
[3:30] 2. Why Don't You Do Right
[3:07] 3. After You've Gone
[4:04] 4. Airborne
[3:12] 5. Last Days Of Pompeii
[3:08] 6. Dat Dere
[4:07] 7. Posh De Wash
[2:17] 8. 5 Guys Named Moe
[2:26] 9. I Knew It Was Love
[3:13] 10. Melodie Du Crouton
[2:32] 11. Emmett's Tune
[4:03] 12. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie

Harmoniously Wail seamlessly blends an eclectic array of styles – Django Reinhardt inspired jazz, Eastern European gypsy swing, American jazz standards, and contemporary folk – to create their own distinctive sound.

“It’s Jethro Burns’ fault”, says Harmonious Wail founder and leader Sims Delaney-Potthoff of the band’s unique, enticing style of mandolin-heavy gypsy-jazz. For seven years Sims studied with Burns, the legendary jazz mandolinist, laying the foundation for Harmonious Wail’s acoustic string sound. He furthered his studies at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, honing his skills while immersing himself in the “gypsy” music of Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grappelli (Sam Bush, Dan Hicks, Lester Young, David Grisman, and Louis Armstrong are also on his list of musical heroes). He founded Harmonious Wail in 1987.

Vocalist Maggie Delaney-Potthoff is a captivating performer. Equally at home scatting over a bebop tune, soaring on a solo, or blending with the Wail’s tight vocal harmonies, she delivers both powerhouse tunes and ballads with confidence and ease. Her sensual, sinuous movements (a product of her background in dance and theatre) and her use of a cardboard box as a “drum” (played with brushes) add to the charm she exudes onstage.

Supplying style and proficiency on guitar and lending vocal support with his marvelous harmonies, Tom Waselchuk contributes a contagious passion for music to Harmonious Wail. He also brings with him 23 years of professional musical experience…much of it spent in the company of mandolinist Sims Delaney-Potthoff. Their friendship and musical collaborations date back to 1979 when they “co-led” the Stone Oak Bluegrass Band. In 1986, the two founded the Full Count Jazz Band, a sextet that performed regularly in Madison’s premier jazz clubs as well as showcases such as the Isthmus Jazz Festival. And in 2001, Tom once again teams with Sims to lend their longtime camaraderie to Harmonious Wail.

John Mesoloras' powerful, rock steady and energetic stand-up bass playing lays the foundation for the Wail's groove. The Chicago native, who sites Ray Brown, Dave Holland, Charlie Haden, Edgar Meyer as musical influences, moved to Wisconsin in 1993. A versatile bassist who performs on both the electric and double bass, John has played in a variety of settings including the Madison Jazz Orchestra, The Beloit-Janesville Symphony, The Ray Rideout Quartet (Hard Bop Jazz), and Lisa G. and Montage (R&B Soul). John has also performed abroad, including the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Netherlands.

Airborne

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