Beyond Brazil
Amber Weekes
'Round Midnight Re-Imagined
Tracks
02 – Summer samba
03 – Cristo Redentor/ I want Jesus to walk with me
04 – Sistermoon/ Summertime
05 – My romance
06 – Don't you feel my leg
— The Bar Suite —
07 – Something cool
08 – One for my baby
09 – The man that got away
10 – Lovers
11 – 'Round Midnight
12 – More than you know
Length: 53:30
Musicians
Amber Weekes: vocals on all tracks; hand claps on track 1Danny Grissett: piano on tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6; hand claps on track 1
Trevor Ware: bass on all tracks except 5 & 12; hand claps on track 1
Sherman Ferguson: drums on all tracks except 5 & 12; hand claps on track 1
Louis Van Tayor: alto saxophone on track 1; alto flute on track 2; tenor saxophone on tracks 3, 10 & 11; flute and soprano saxophone on tracks 7 & 8; soprano saxophone on track 9
Greg Cook: guitar on track 1
Mark Cargill: atmospheric sound design on track 1; violin solo on track 2; string arranger and conductor on all tracks except 1 & 6
Joey De Leon: percussion on tracks 2, 4, 10 & 11
“Eddy” Olivieri: piano on tracks 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 & 12; organ on track 10
Phil Upchurch: guitar on tracks 3, 6 & 10
Scott Steen: trumpet on tracks 3, 7, 8 & 10
Dwayne Benjamin: trombone on track 6
Nathaniel Scott: hi hat on track 6 intro
Miller Pertrum: vibraphone on tracks 9 & 11
Lynne Fiddmont: background vocals on track 10
Peter C. Ross: hand claps on track 1
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from 'Round Midnight Re-Imagined. This is “Summer samba,” written by Marcos Valle and Paulo Sérgio Valle with English lyrics by Normal Gimbel. (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.amberweekes.com
Record label: Amber Inn Productions
Distribution: Amazon, Apple Music, CDBaby, and Spotify
Dave Flippo
Dedications — Jazz from Planet Flippo
Tracks
02 – Finch house
03 – Giraffe trek
04 – Third eye open
05 – Rehab
06 – Freewheelin'
07 – Syrtotic
08 – Karma police
09 – Four-four waltz
10 – Spring joy
11 – Metamorphosis
Length: 68:53
All compositions written by Dave Flippo except track 1 (Stevie Wonder), track 5 (Amy Winehouse), and track 8 (Radiohead). All arrangements by Dave Flippo.
Musicians
Dave Flippo: piano, keyboard, and melodicaDonn De Santo: acoustic and fretless bass
Dan Hesler: soprano and tenor saxophones; flute
Heath Chappell: drum set
Aras Biskis: percussion on tracks 3 and 7
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Dedications — Jazz from Planet Flippo. This is Dave Flippo's composition, “Syrtotic,” dedicated to percussionist Aras Biskis. (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.flippomusic.com
Record label: Oppilf Records
Distribution: www.flippomusic.com, BandCamp, Amazon, and iTunes
Joanie Pallatto
My Original Plan
Tracks
02 – Do butterflies cry?
03 – The blank page
04 – The confessional
05 – My original plan
06 – Jon's place
07 – About a song
08 – Rest
09 – The photograph
10 – Almost 65
11 – A simple time
12 – They sentenced us to paradise
13 – This winter
14 – Lucky to belong to you
Length: 62:27
Credits: Music — Joanie Pallatto: tracks 1, 2, 4 (with interlude by Fareed Haque), 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 (with interlude by Fareed Haque) & 14; Bradley Parker-Sparrow: tracks 3 & 8; Bradley Parker-Sparrow and Joanie Pallatto: track 9. Lyrics — Joanie Pallatto: tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13 & 14; Bradley Parker-Sparrow and Joanie Pallatto: tracks 2, 3 & 12. Arrangements — Fareed Haque & Joanie Pallatto
Musicians
Joanie Pallatto: vocals on all tracks; background vocals on tracks 2, 5, 10, 11, 12 & 14; keyboards on track 4; Kurzweil vibes on track 5; human rhythm voice on track 9Fareed Haque: classical guitar on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8 & 13; steel string guitar on tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13 & 14; electric guitar on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13 & 14; acoustic guitar on track 9; piano on track 4; keyboards on tracks 1, 2, 11 & 12; keyboard vibes on track 5; percussion on tracks 10, 11, 12 & 14; guitar body percussion on track 9; shakers on track 1; Kurzweil drums on track 3; Kurzweil tympani on track 4
John Devlin: 6-string electric bass on all tracks except 6, 8, 9 & 13; accordion on track 13; background vocals on track 14
Luiz Ewerling: drums on all tracks except 8, 9 & 13; cymbals on track 13
Steve Eisen: flute & alto sax on track 1
Bill Nolte: vocal “The Priest” on track 4
Bradley Parker-Sparrow: piano “Harp” and “The Last Chord” on track 4; piano on track 8
Juan Pastor: bongos on track 5
Kurt Schweitz: acoustic bass on track 6
Howard Levy: piano and harmonica on track 6; piano on tracks 7 & 8; harmonica on track 14
Bobby Lewis: trumpet on track 9
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from My Original Plan. This is Joanie Pallatto's composition, “About a song,” featuring Fareed Haque on classical guitar. (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.facebook.com/Joanie-Pallatto
Record label: Southport Records
Distribution: www.chicagosound.com, Amazon, iTunes, and Spotify