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Music Soup Organ Trio
Upbeat Mood

Tracks

01 – Korean apartment
02 – A day in the park
03 – Around the world
04 – My little red book
05 – Freeland (to OP with love)
06 – Fun island
07 – Upbeat mood
08 – Appointment in Athens

Length: 51:40
Composers: tracks 1, 3 & 7 (Dimopoulos and Karlafti); track 5 (Karlafti); tracks 2, 6 & 8 (Dimopoulos); track 4 (Bacharach).

Musicians

Nestor Dimopoulos: guitar
Evgenia Karlafti: organ
Vagelis Kotzabasis: drums

Special Guests

Kym Purling: piano on tracks 3 & 6
Henry Gergen: trumpet on track 8

Sample Track

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Website: www.musicsoupband.com
Videos: www.youtube.com
Record label: Chicken Coup/Summit Records
Distribution: Summit Records, www.musicsoupband.com, and available online everywhere

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Gunhild Carling Big Band
Jazz is My Lifestyle!

Tracks

01 – Jazz is my lifestyle
02 – Shaking the Bangkok
03 – I desire you
04 – Your smile makes the difference
05 – Fire alarm
06 – Chanson
07 – Mardi gras blues
08 – Cosmic drive
09 – Winter's day
10 – You are the music
11 – I'll wait for you in San Francisco

Length: 40:44
All music and lyrics by Gunhild Carling.

Musicians

Gunhild Carling: vocal and trumpet on all tracks except 2, 3 & 6; trombone on all tracks except 2, 4, 9, 10 & 11; harp on tracks 3, 6, 9 & 11; flute on track 6; recorder and harmonica on track 7; theremin on track 8; ukulele on track 11.

Big Band

REEDS
Mark Visher, Danny House, Dan Kaneyuki, Dan Boissy, Ceasar Martinez
TRUMPETS
Jonathan Bradley, Mike Stever, Ray Monteiro, Jamie Hovorka
TROMBONES
Ryan Dragon, Nick Daley, Erm Navarro, Julianne Gralle
RHYTHM
Neil Fontano: piano
Jim Fox: guitar
Ken Wild: bass
Jamey Tate: drums
Johan Blomé: banjo
Luke Kirley: sousaphone
Roy Gerson: piano

Special Guests

Scotty Barnhart: trumpet
Chloe Feoranzo: clarinet
Nathan Tokunaga: clarinet
Viggo Blome: drums
Idun Carling: trombone
Neil Fontano: piano

Strings

The Prague Strings Chamber Orchestra

Sample Track

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Website: www.gunhildcarling.net
Videos: www.youtube.com
Record label: Jazz Art
Distribution: carlingjazz.com, Bandcamp, and all major streaming platforms

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Maria Schafer
Here for You

Tracks

01 – You said it
02 – A chance to make you mine
03 – Where is love
04 – Release me
05 – More than you know
06 – Give us a smile
07 – Here for you
08 – Get up and go

Length: 39:54
All music and lyrics by Maria Schafer (track 1 with Tommy Turrentine), except track 5 (Youmans/Rose and Eliscu). All arrangements by Maria Schafer (with additional arranging on track 3 by Brad Black).

Musicians

Maria Schafer: vocals
Jeremy Siskind: piano
Zack Caplinger: guitar
Karo Galadjian: drums
David Reynoso: bass

Sample Track

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Website: www.mariaschafer.com
Videos: www.youtube.com
Record label: Marsch Music
Distribution: Available from all major streaming services