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Dave Stryker
Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies

Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies CD cover.

Tracks

01 – In your eyes
02 – Cinema paradiso (main theme)
03 – You only live twice
04 – Taxi driver (main title)
05 – Theme from Shaft
06 – Cavatina
07 – Flirtibird
08 – Low key lightly
09 – Moonglow
10 – Dreamsville
11 – Edelweiss

Length: 61:51
All arrangements by Brent Wallarab.

Musicians

Dave Stryker: guitar
Xavier Davis: piano and Fender Rhodes
Jeremy Allen: acoustic and electric basses
McClenty Hunter: drums

Orchestra Soloists

Sara Caswell: violin solos on tracks 1 & 8
Greg Ward: alto saxophone solos on tracks 4 & 7
Jim Pugh: trombone solo on track 9
Mark Buselli: flugelhorn solo on track 7

Orchestra

Arranger & conductor: Brent Wallarab
Trombone: Jim Pugh (lead), Tim Coffman, Jeff Parker, Andrew Danforth, Richard Dole (bass)
Violin: Sara Caswell (concertmaster), Michelle Black, Joseph Ohkubo, Rachel Patrick, Anna Czernik, Bryson Karrer, Noelle Tretick Gosling, Tricia Bonner, Marisa Votapek, Sage Park, Sarah Cook, Sophie Buselli
Viola: Kathy Hershberger, Derek Reeves, Alex Hoberty
Cello: Yoonhae Swanson, Stephen Hawkey
Alto & soprano saxophones: Greg Ward
Trumpet & flugelhorn: Mark Buselli, Jeff Conrad
String contractor: Richard Dole

Sample Track

Here's a sample track from Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies. This is “In your eyes” from the 1989 film, Say Anything, and featuring Sara Caswell. (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)

Website: www.davestryker.com
Video: www.youtube.com
Record label: Strikezone Records
Distribution: Amazon, Apple Music, Spotify, Bandcamp, www.davestryker.com, and CPI Distribution.

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Brent Laidler
Hidden Gems

Tracks

01 – Haba verde
02 – #5 Shomeday Way
03 – Gemani (Gem-a-nee)
04 – Ballad for B
05 – Riffy business
06 – Somewhere in Central Park
07 – Evening song
08 – Bop like
09 – Petite parasol
10 – Without a tres

Length: 59:44
All compositions by Brent Laidler.

Musicians

Brent Laidler: guitar
Mark Buselli: trumpet and flugelhorn
Ned Boyd: alto sax and flute
Jamie Newman: organ
Richard “Sleepy” Floyd: drums
Scott Pazara: bass on all tracks except 4 & 10

Sample Track

Here's a sample track from Hidden Gems. This is Brent Laidler's composition, “Petite parasol.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)

Website: brentlaidler.com
Video: www.youtube.com
Record label: BEL Records
Distribution: Bandcamp