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Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra
Basically Baker Vol. 2: The Big Band Music of David Baker

Disc 1 Tracks

01 – The Harlem pipes
02 – The Georgia peach
03 – Walt's barbershop
04 – Soft summer rain
05 – Black Thursday
06 – Shima 13

Disc 2 Tracks

01 – Bebop
02 – Honesty
03 – 25th and Martindale
04 – Kirsten's first song
05 – Terrible T

Length: 91:21
All compositions by David N. Baker, except “Bebop” (Dizzy Gillespie). All arrangements by David N. Baker.

Musicians

Brent Wallarab: conductor/ musical director
Tom Walsh: alto saxophone; solos on disc 2, tracks 1 & 2
Bill Sears: alto saxophone; solos on disc 1, track 5 and disc 2, track 5
Rich Perry: tenor saxophone; solos on disc 1, tracks 2, 4 & 6
Rob Dixon: tenor saxophone; solos on disc 1, track 3 and disc 2, track 1
Ned Boyd: baritone saxophone; solos on disc 1, track 1 and disc 2, track 3
Tim Coffman: trombone; solo on disc 1, track 4
Freddie Mendoza: trombone; solo on disc 1, track 2
Brennan Johns: trombone
Rich Dole: bass trombone
Celeste Holler-Seraphinoff: horn
Dan Perantoni: tuba
Luke Gillespie: piano; solos on disc 1, track 1, and disc 2, tracks 4 & 5
Jeremy Allen: bass; solo on disc 2, track 3
Steve Houghton: drums; solo on disc 2, track 1
Mitch Shiner: vibraphone; solo on disc 2, track 4
Monika Herzig: celeste
Tony Kadleck: trumpet
Scott Belck: trumpet; solo on disc 2, track 5
Graham Breedlove: trumpet; solos on disc 1, track 3, and disc 2, track 1
Jeff Conrad: trumpet
Mark Buselli: trumpet; solos on disc 1, tracks 2 & 5
Pat Harbison: trumpet; solos on disc 1, track 1, and disc 2, track 3

Guest Soloists

Randy Brecker: trumpet solo on disc 2, track 4
Dave Stryker: guitar solo on disc 2, track 4
Wayne Wallace: trombone solo on disc 2, track 2

Sample Track

Here's a sample track from Basically Baker Vol. 2. This is “Black Thursday,” featuring solos by Bill Sears and Mark Buselli. (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: myspace.com/bwjo
Record label: Patois Records

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Gabriel Espinosa
Songs of Bacharach and Manzanero

Songs of Bacharach and Manzanero CD cover.

Tracks

01 – Adoro
02 – (They long to be) close to you
03 – Como yo te ame
04 – The look of love
05 – Esta tarde Vi llover
06 – What the world needs now
07 – Somos novios
08 – Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
09 – Cuando estoy contigo
10 – Alfie

Length: 50:03
All arrangements by Gabriel Espinosa.

Musicians

Gabriel Espinosa: vocals on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9; electric bass on tracks 1, 8 & 9
Tierny Sutton: vocals on tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10
Misha Tsiganov: piano & Fender Rhodes
Maurício Zottarelli: drums & percussion
Jim Seeley: trumpet; flugelhorn on tracks 4 & 7
Hendrik Meurkens: harmonica on tracks 3, 5, 8 & 10
Gustavo Amarante: electric bass on tracks 2, 3, 4 & 7
Joe Martin: acoustic bass on tracks 5, 6 & 10
Rubens de La Corte: acoustic guitar on tracks 7 & 9
Itai Kriss: flute on track 2
Jonathan Gomez: bongos on tracks 5 & 9

Sample Track

Here's a sample track from Songs of Bacharach and Manzanero. This is “Alfie” by Burt Bacharach. (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.gabrielespinosamusic.com
Record label: ZOHO Music

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Black Olive Jazz
Exotica

Tracks

01 – Bali Hai
02 – A night in Tunisia
03 – Enchantment
04 – Surrey with the fringe on top
05 – Slow hot wind (Lujon)/ Key Largo
06 – Never never land
07 – Wisteria
08 – Lotus land
09 – Caravan
10 – Passion flower
11 – Cleopatra and the viper
12 – Out of this world

Length: 73:29
Tracks 7 and 11 written by Noel Jewkes and Kay Kostopoulos. Track 3 lyrics by Kay Kostopoulos. All arrangements by Noel Jewkes.

Musicians

Noel Jewkes: reeds on tracks 1, 6, 8 & 10
Grant Levin: piano on tracks 1, 6, 8 & 10
Carla Kaufman: bass & cello on tracks 1, 6, 8 & 10
David Rokeach: percussion on tracks 1, 6, 8 & 10
Kay Kostopoulos: vocals & finger cymbals (zills) on tracks 1, 6, 8 & 10
Adam Gay: bass on tracks 7 & 11
Jake Shandling: drums on tracks 7 & 11
Larry Vuckovich: piano on tracks 9 & 12
Bill Douglass: bass on track 9
Eddie Marshall: drums on track 9

Sample Track

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Website: www.blackolivejazz.com