Beyond Brazil
Dave Stryker
As We Are
Tracks
02 – Lanes
03 – River man
04 – Hope
05 – Saudade
06 – One thing at a time
07 – As we were
08 – Dreams are real
09 – Soul friend
Length: 55:52
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 & 9 composed by Dave Stryker. Track 6 composed by Julian Shore. Music arranged by Julian Shore.
Musicians
Dave Stryker: guitarJulian Shore: piano
John Patitucci: bass
Brian Blade: drums
String Quartet
Sara Caswell: violin 1; solos on tracks 3 & 9Monica K. Davis: violin 2
Benni von Gutzeit: viola
Marika Hughes: cello
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from As We Are. This is Dave Stryker's composition, “Saudade,” featuring Julian Shore. (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
Record label: Strikezone Records
Distribution: www.davestryker.com, Bandcamp, Amazon, and Apple Music
Dawn Derow
My Ship: Songs from 1941
Tracks
02 – Let's get away from it all/How about you
03 – Skylark
04 – Boogie woogie bugle boy/Don't sit under the apple tree/Hut sut song
05 – Why don't we do this more often?
06 – Chattanooga choo choo
07 – Just squeeze me (but please don't tease me)/I got it bad (and that ain't good)
08 – Blues in the night
09 – Baby mine
10 – The saga of Jenny
11 – My ship
12 – At last
13 – White Christmas
14 – (There'll be bluebirds over) the white cliffs of Dover
Length: 50:30
Arrangements by Ian Herman and Barry Levitt. Orchestrations by Tom Kochan (tracks 1-4, 6, 10 & 12) and Blake Allen (tracks 5, 11 & 14). Produced by Paul Rolnick.
Musicians
Dawn Derow: vocalsIan Herman: piano; music director
Tom Hubbard: bass
Daniel Glass: drums and percussion
Robin Zeh: violin
Joyce Hammann: violin
Paul “Dale” Woodiel: violin
Katarzyna Bryla: viola
Deborah Assael: cello
Sean Harkness: guitar
Benny Benack III: trumpet and cornet
Aaron Heick: saxophone, flute, and clarinet
Dan Levine: trombone
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from My Ship: Songs from 1941. This is “At last,” written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren. (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.dawnderow.com
Record label: ZOHO Music
Distribution: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Tower Records, and more
Edward Simon
Solo Live
Tracks
02 – Monk's dream
03 – Monk's mood
04 – Country
05 – I loves you, Porgy
Length: 31:58
Track 4 composed by Edward Simon.
Musicians
Edward Simon: Yamaha CFX pianoSample Track
Here's a sample track from Solo Live. This is Billy Strayhorn's composition, “Lush life.” (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.)Websites: www.edwardsimon.com, edwardsimon.bandcamp.com, and www.youtube.com/EdwardSimonmusic
Record label: Ridgeway Records
Distribution: www.edwardsimon.com and edwardsimon.bandcamp.com