Beyond Brazil
Marc Jordan
Waiting for the Sun to Rise
Tracks
02 – Best day of my life
03 – Coltrane plays the blues
04 – Waiting for the sun to rise
05 – Frontier
06 – Rio Grande
07 – Everybody wants to rule the world
08 – Tell me where it hurts
09 – The moon's a harsh mistress
10 – Bad time to say goodbye
11 – The downtown lights
12 – Cradle to the grave
Length: 53:53
Composers: Lou Pomanti: tracks 1 & 5; Marc Jordan: tracks 2 & 6 (with Steven Mackinnon); tracks 3 & 4 (with John Capek); track 8 (with Bruce Gaitsch), and tracks 10 & 12 (with Lou Pomanti). Orchestrations and programming by Lou Pomanti.
Musicians
Marc Jordan: lead vocals on all tracks; background vocals on tracks 7, 8 & 11; piano intro on track 11Lou Pomanti: piano on all tracks; background vocals on track 6; bass on track 12
Scott Alexander: bass on tracks 2, 6, 7, 9 & 11
Marc Rogers: bass on tracks 3 & 10
Bruce Gaitsch: guitar and bass on track 8
Mark Kelso: drums on tracks 2, 6, 7, 9 & 11
Paul Leim: drums on track 3
Doug Yowell: drums on track 8
Kevan McKenzie: drums on track 12
Randy Brecker: trumpet on tracks 2, 6 & 7 (solo)
Tony Carlucci: trumpet on tracks 3 & 7
William Carn: trombone on tracks 3 & 7
John Johnson: sax on tracks 3 & 7
Roly Platt: harmonica on track 6
Ezra Jordan: background vocals on tracks 6, 7, 8 & 11
Prague Smecky Orchestra: strings on all tracks except 3, 7 & 8
Sample Track
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Record label: Linus Entertainment
Distribution: The Linus Entertainment official store plus Amazon, Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp. For links, visit Linus Entertainment
The Las Vegas Boneheads
Sixty and Still Cookin’
Tracks
02 – Ceora
03 – Samba deez bones
04 – Home again
05 – Carl
06 – Skylark
07 – The nervous Nellie
08 – I thought about you
09 – Cherokee
10 – Giant steps
Length: 55:21
Composers: tracks 3 & 7 (Curt Miller); track 4 (Gordon Goodwin, commissioned for Andy Martin and the Boneheads). Arrangers: tracks 2, 6 & 10 (Nathan Tanouye); tracks 8 & 9 (Curt Miller); track 5 (Bill Holman — adapted by Curt Miller).
Musicians
Curt Miller: trombone/leader; solos on tracks 3, 5, 6 & 8Nathan Tanouye: trombone; solos on tracks 2, 3, 8, 9 & 10
Nate Kimball: trombone; solos on tracks 1, 2, 5, 7 & 10
Andrew Boostrom: trombone on all tracks except 5 & 6; solo on track 1
Ilai Macaggi: trombone on tracks 5 & 6; solo on track 5
Sonny Hernandez: bass trombone
Ralph Pressler: bass trombone
Uli Geissendoerfer: piano on all tracks except 10; solos on tracks 2, 3, 6 & 7
Steve Flora: bass on all tracks except 10; solo on track 8
Larry Aberman: drums on all tracks except 10
Special Guest
Andy Martin: trombone and solos on tracks 4, 7 & 9Guest Musicians
Alex Stopa: percussion on tracks 3, 4 & 9Rene Toledo: guitar on track 4
— from “Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns” —
Dave Richardson: piano and solo on track 10
Rochon Westmoreland: bass on track 10
Johnny Friday: drums on track 10
Sample Track
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Video: YouTube
Distribution: curtmillermusic.com/boneheads, Amazon, and many streaming services found here: boneheads.hearnow.com
Michael Rabinowitz
Next Chapter
Tracks
02 – Minor blues experiment
03 – Next chapter
04 – MRab
05 – Twelve note samba
06 – Emily alt line
07 – One four all
08 – Tuesday blues
Length: 55:48
All music written by Michael Rabinowitz except tracks 4 and 5 (Matt King).
Musicians
Michael Rabinowitz: jazz bassoonTommy Campbell: drums
Matt King: piano and melodica
Andy McKee: bass
Sample Track
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Record label: Blue Ridge Bassoon Records
Distribution: www.jazzbassoonist.com, Bandcamp, and all major streaming services