Tom Kubis - If It Doesn't Hurt It's Not The Blues!

Size: 126,9 MB
Time: 54:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz, Blues
Art: Front

01. Pearl For Merle (2:45)
02. Back In A Second (2:50)
03. Blues My Sweaty Nighty Gives To Me (3:13)
04. Exactly! (3:46)
05. Cloud 9 1-2 (3:20)
06. Down And Dirty Blues (4:08)
07. Bluesit (2:03)
08. I Just Got Hit With The Blues (4:29)
09. Hey Joja! (2:47)
10. If It Doesn't Hurt It's Not The Blues (2:50)
11. Trainafinado (2:30)
12. Just Preachin' (3:34)
13. I Love Sax (3:24)
14. Little Waltz In Retro (2:41)
15. Lime Juice Greens (2:45)
16. I Remember The Good Old Days (3:46)
17. What Is This Thing Called (3:01)

This jazz album has alway been a dream of mine since I heard Lockjaw Davis do this with 4 tenor saxes. This is a hard swinging, hard bopping bluesy project with the cool sound of the 3 tenor saxophones blasting through ensembles and jazz lines. There are up tempo burners and jazz shuffles and even a waltz to round off all the tunes here. Feet will be tapping for sure! (Tom Kubis All saxes and Organ and Production).

b. 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA. After studying, Kubis began playing alto, tenor and soprano saxophones with various bands. He also played piano for Bobby Vinton. However, Kubis’ chief interest was in writing and his arrangements were in much demand, especially from big band leaders. He formed his own big band expressly to play his charts and this attracted the attention of Jack Sheldon who became an informal co-leader of the band. Apart from writing for the band, Kubis continues to provide charts for others, including Bill Watrous, the BBC Radio Big Band, and his work is also performed by youth and college bands in the USA and UK. His writing is always lively and entertaining, often difficult but never simply for the sake of being hard to play. His own recording career has been relatively meagre, beginning with Dimitri Pagalidis and only in later years has his own big band been heard and appreciated by fans of contemporary big band music around the world.

If It Doesn't Hurt It's Not The Blues!

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Tom Kubis - Takin' The Downtown Walk

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 84:56
Size: 194.4 MB
Styles: Modern creative jazz
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[8:14] 1. Birds Of A Feather Together
[4:35] 2. Etude
[5:27] 3. Forest Rains
[4:33] 4. Grimey Yet Slimey Blues
[3:27] 5. Help! I'm Running Out Of Titles
[4:07] 6. I Fell In Love With You Again Last Night
[5:39] 7. I Just Got Hit With The Blues
[3:40] 8. In A Manner Of Speaking
[4:52] 9. Man! That's Some Random Blues
[6:42] 10. Not Always The Rain
[7:18] 11. Piecing It Together
[4:18] 12. The Coffee Cart Song
[5:14] 13. Takin' The Downtown Walk
[5:08] 14. Tending The Flocks
[6:03] 15. Waltz Lite
[5:29] 16. Which Way Did The Rain Go?

This is music I composed and played written for the Jazz Sextet. All the tunes have a wide variation of color and rhythmic qualities based on all my years of musical influences. Most are complex harmonies and some are more groove oriented. This album displays a wide variety of styles and interesting beats with improvisation as the main vehicle. ~Tom

Takin' The Downtown Walk

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Tom Kubis - Duet

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 73:07

Size: 167.4 MB

Styles: Big band, Contemporary jazz

Year: 2017

Art: Front

[4:19] 1. Jumpin' In

[5:16] 2. An Interesting Choice

[4:54] 3. Fajita Cheetah

[3:38] 4. Falling In Your Footsteps

[4:25] 5. Four All Seaons

[5:24] 6. From This Day

[3:04] 7. Just Like That

[5:03] 8. It's Raining On My Pixie Dust

[5:08] 9. The Few Moments

[4:24] 10. Untold

[4:07] 11. The Passion Of Understanding

[4:14] 12. What The Morning Brings

[4:56] 13. Rise And Shine

[6:19] 14. The Willows

[4:37] 15. Which Way Did The Rain Go

[3:12] 16. White Rain

b. 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA. After studying, Kubis began playing alto, tenor and soprano saxophones with various bands. He also played piano for Bobby Vinton. However, Kubis’ chief interest was in writing and his arrangements were in much demand, especially from big band leaders. He formed his own big band expressly to play his charts and this attracted the attention of Jack Sheldon who became an informal co-leader of the band. Apart from writing for the band, Kubis continues to provide charts for others, including Bill Watrous, the BBC Radio Big Band, and his work is also performed by youth and college bands in the USA and UK. His writing is always lively and entertaining, often difficult but never simply for the sake of being hard to play. His own recording career has been relatively meagre, beginning with Dimitri Pagalidis and only in later years has his own big band been heard and appreciated by fans of contemporary big band music around the world. ~bio from AllMusic

Duet

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The Tom Kubis Big Band - Keep Swingin': The Tom Kubis Big Band Plays Steve Allen

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 69:04

Size: 158.1 MB

Styles: Swing, Big band

Year: 1997/2008

Art: Front

[3:41] 1. Jumpy Blues

[4:45] 2. Tango Blues

[4:30] 3. Hoagy's Indiana

[3:37] 4. Le Jazz Hot

[3:12] 5. Oh, That Face

[3:44] 6. Sultry Samba

[4:44] 7. Cold September Morning

[2:54] 8. Jump, John

[3:35] 9. In The Winter, In The Summer

[3:00] 10. Mama Used To Do The Cha Cha

[5:12] 11. Something Mysterious

[6:56] 12. You Got To Have The Blues Sometimes

[3:29] 13. Keep Swingin'

[4:22] 14. Happy Tuesday

[2:05] 15. Chittlins

[4:41] 16. Payin' Your Dues

[4:29] 17. Livin' In L.A.

Steve Allen wrote a countless number of songs in his career, most of which have been long forgotten. On two CDs (of which this is the second), bandleader Tom Kubis and his orchestra perform Kubis' arrangements of some of Allen's tunes. Although the melodies are generally not memorable, the band's performances are impeccable, reasonably inventive, and swinging. Many soloists are heard from along the way, including Kubis himself (on tenor and soprano), trumpeters George Graham, Jeff Bunnell, and Stan Martin, all three trombonists, guitarist Grant Geissman, altoist Sal Lozano, and Rusty Higgins on tenor. Jack Sheldon guests on "Tango Blues" (which he sings) and "Chittlins," while Steve Allen himself sings the humorous if downbeat "Livin' in L.A." ~Scott Yanow

Keep Swingin': The Tom Kubis Big Band Plays Steve Allen

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Tom Kubis Big Band - Slightly Off The Ground

Styles: Big Band
Year: 1989
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:53
Size: 138,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:24)  1. Purple Porpoise Parkway
(7:25)  2. Exactly Like This
(4:36)  3. Play It Again, Sam
(4:41)  4. Who Can I Turn To
(3:24)  5. Slightly Off The Ground
(5:26)  6. Which Craft?
(3:40)  7. Ain't It Wonderful
(6:06)  8. Teach Me Tonight
(6:26)  9. Samba Dees Godda Do It
(4:28) 10. When You're Smiling
(4:47) 11. Imagine What A Change Will Do
(4:24) 12. Alexander's Big Time Band

Tom Kubis' first recording as a leader is quite impressive. His arranging chops were already in their prime, his big band uses similar personnel to the one in existence more than a dozen years later, and he makes several standards (along with a few originals) sound fresh and lively. Jack Sheldon helps out on "Play It Again Sam" (during which he quickly sums up the entire plot of Casablanca), "Who Can I Turn To," "Which Craft?," and "Alexander's Big Time Band," while trombonist Bill Watrous takes warm and heated solos on "Slightly Off the Ground" and a relaxed "When You're Smiling." The band swings hard, Kubis sounds fine on tenor and soprano, and the ensemble has a recognizable identity. For Tom Kubis, this was an impressive start to a productive career.~ Scott Yanow 

http://www.allmusic.com/album/slightly-off-the-ground-mw0000273008

Slightly Off The Ground

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The Tom Kubis Big Band - Live And Unleashed

Size: 179,3 MB
Time: 77:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Jazz: Big Band
Art: Front

01. No Smoking In The Boy's Room (Live) (8:02)
02. I'm Gonna Tell (Live) (4:19)
03. Theme In Search Of A Spy Movie (Live) (5:59)
04. Purple Porpoise Parkway (Live) (4:39)
05. No 3 Ways About It (Live) (3:57)
06. Pearl For Merle (Live) (8:27)
07. Snappy Yet Snippy (Live) (7:33)
08. Please No Saxting! (Live) (5:54)
09. No Shortage Of Coolness (Live) (6:15)
10. Well Alright Ok You Win! (Live) (3:56)
11. One More (Live) (5:58)
12. Mario Bros. (Live) (4:57)
13. Streetcorner Symphony (Live) (4:36)
14. Police Squad (Live) (2:26)

Tom was recognized in the middle 60's as an outstanding saxophone and flute player. He performed on saxophone with such jazz greats as Frank Rosolino, Bill Watrous, Arturo Sandoval, Jack Sheldon, Pete Christlieb and Louis Bellson.

After studying 20th century composition at Long Beach State, Tom’s interests turned towards jazz composition and arranging. In addition to motion picture and television assignments, the sought after composer/arranger has worked with many outstanding jazz artists and celebrities including long time commissions with Steve Allen (seven years) and Helen Reddy (five years). Among his television credits are arranging and conducting the CBS Jackie Gleason 30 year Reunion Special and The Bob Newhart 20 Year Anniversary show.

Tom's musical arrangements and those of Bob Florence, Roger Newman and Alan Broadbent were featured at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC in Portraits of Jazz. This presentation was penned by famed composer Cy Coleman and Academy Award winners, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, with whom Tom has worked for many years. In 1993, Tom conducted his arrangements with Jack Sheldon at Carnegie Hall in New York, also his Big Band performed his arrangements for two nights at the Orange County Performing Arts Center with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.

Tom Kubis's musical arrangements define the contemporary big band sound and have been performed at virtually every major jazz festival in the world including the Playboy Jazz Festival, the Montreaux Jazz Festival and theBerkeley Jazz Festival to name a few. His charts have been played in just about any place or city that has a big band. There are literally hundreds of CDs available where Tom's arrangements can be heard from college to professional bands.

Tom’s playing, arranging and sequencing skills have taken him all over the world for concerts and clinics. As the Los Angeles Times puts it, "His charts are crisp and swinging are finely crafted with superbly linked written passages that flow with tremendous urgency and drive".

Live And Unleashed

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