Time: 69:04
Size: 158.1 MB
Styles: Big band
Year: 2008
Art: Front
[7:15] 1. Blues Gumbo
[9:22] 2. Role Models
[4:27] 3. Nature Boy
[7:26] 4. Siboney
[8:06] 5. Midnight Mood
[8:00] 6. Touch & Go
[5:51] 7. Blame It On My Youth
[4:49] 8. ...And The Basses Are Loaded
[3:57] 9. This Can't Be Love
[3:55] 10. Waltz For Tikkaroo
[5:50] 11. Kong's Garden
"...This debut recording contains a modern jazz repertoire of the contemporary big band sound that will please not only the jazz aficionado, but anyone with a modicum of musical taste. Presenting a mixture of originals and a handful of classic standards, the music exerts a powerful attraction that succeeds in grabbing your attention right from the opening Gary Lindsay score "Blues Gumbo." The band swings with pulsating energy propelled by exemplary charts and arrangements that showcase brassy instrumentals, divine solos and elegant vocals.
Featured on this album are a couple of Mike Lewis compositions with "...And the Basses are Loaded" spotlighting leader Chuck Bergeron on the bass, and "Waltz For Tikkaroo," capturing the high-pitch trumpet of Arturo Sandoval along with Mike Brignola's baritone voice. Master saxophonist Charles Pillow weighs in with an exquisite soprano solo on Bergeron's "Role Models." Other outstanding soloists here include pianist Doug Bickel, saxophonists Gary Keller, Ed Calle, Ken Mattis, Gary Lindsay, trumpeter Alex Norris, and Dante Luciani on trombone. The vocalists are simply superb. Kevin Mahogany lends his husky baritone voice to Eden Ahbez's "Nature Boy," while Nicole Yarling sings a sensuous "Blame It On My Youth," as Dana Paul belts out a swinging version of "This Can't Be Love."...more than sixty-five minutes of scintillating big band jazz by a world-class orchestra..." ~Edward Blanco
Featured on this album are a couple of Mike Lewis compositions with "...And the Basses are Loaded" spotlighting leader Chuck Bergeron on the bass, and "Waltz For Tikkaroo," capturing the high-pitch trumpet of Arturo Sandoval along with Mike Brignola's baritone voice. Master saxophonist Charles Pillow weighs in with an exquisite soprano solo on Bergeron's "Role Models." Other outstanding soloists here include pianist Doug Bickel, saxophonists Gary Keller, Ed Calle, Ken Mattis, Gary Lindsay, trumpeter Alex Norris, and Dante Luciani on trombone. The vocalists are simply superb. Kevin Mahogany lends his husky baritone voice to Eden Ahbez's "Nature Boy," while Nicole Yarling sings a sensuous "Blame It On My Youth," as Dana Paul belts out a swinging version of "This Can't Be Love."...more than sixty-five minutes of scintillating big band jazz by a world-class orchestra..." ~Edward Blanco
South Florida Jazz Orchestra