Beyond Brazil
Various
Salsa de la Bahia, Vol. 3: Renegade Queens
Bands/Artists
Renegade QueensXiomara Torres
Mary Fettig
Maria Marquez
The Blazing Redheads
Lichi Fuentes
Jackie Ryan with The Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
La Doña
Sandy Cressman
Carolyn Brandy
Cocomama (Christelle Durandy)
Kristen Strom
Bobi Cespidés with The Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
The Montclair Women's Big Band
Kat Parra
Grupo Falso Baiano (Ami Molinelli)
Avotcja with The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra
Key Elements
Disc 1 Tracks
02 – Me quedo contigo (Xiomara Torres)
03 – Take the RR train (Mary Fettig)
04 – La lagrima (Maria Marquez)
05 – Cosmo (The Blazing Redheads)
06 – Momento (Lichi Fuentes)
07 – Love walked in (Jackie Ryan with The Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet)
08 – Can't eat clout (La Doña)
09 – Deixa o amor florescer (Let love flourish) (Sandy Cressman)
10 – Odie (Carolyn Brandy)
Disc 1 length: 49:53
Disc 2 Tracks
02 – Estoy ahora en la punta (Cocomama [Christelle Durandy])
03 – Moving day (Kristen Strom)
04 – The peanut vendor (Bobi Cespidés with The Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet)
05 – Caravan (The Montclair Women's Big Band)
06 – Por la tu puerta (Kat Parra)
07 – Frevo no morrozinho (Grupo Falso Baiano [Ami Molinelli])
08 – Matter is (Avotcja with The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra)
09 – Samba nova (Key Elements)
Disc 2 length: 48:32
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Salsa de la Bahia, Vol. 3: Renegade Queens. This is Maria Marquez singing “La lagrima.” (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: renegadequeens.com
Videos: www.youtube.com
Record label: Patois Records
Distribution: Amazon and online everywhere (visit orcd.co).
De Pavel a Pavel
De Pavel a Pavel
Tracks
02 – Tu eres la flor
03 – Sincero
04 – Santiago de frente
05 – El pendejo
06 – Estaré
— Bonus track —
07 – El amor
Length: 22:54
Music and lyrics: Tracks 1 & 2 (Núñez and Polanco-Safadit); tracks 3 & 7 (Polanco-Safadit); tracks 4, 5 & 6 (Núñez).
Musicians
Pavel Núñez: lead vocals on all tracks except 7Pavel Polanco-Safadit: piano and background vocals on all tracks
Leah Crane: background vocals on tracks 1-6; lead vocals on track 7
Ivonne Blanco: background vocals on tracks 1-6
Mitch Lohman: background vocals on track 7
Gustavo Barette: bass guitar on tracks 1-6
Steve Dokken: bass on track 7
Victor “Nino” Barette: electric guitar on tracks 1-6
David Allee: trumpet on all tracks
Rob Dixon: sax on all tracks
Rich Dole: trombone on all tracks
Matt McGraw: drums on all tracks
José Febrés: congas on tracks 1-6
Andrés Reyes: minor percussion on tracks 1-6
Andre Rosa Artis: congas on track 7
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from De Pavel a Pavel. This is the bonus track, “El amor,” featuring Leah Crane on the vocal. (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.)Online: instagram.com/pavelnunez, instagram.com/pavel_polancosafadit, facebook.com/pavelnunezmusic, and www.facebook.com/pavel.directcontact
Videos: www.youtube.com
Distribution: Available on all major platforms.
Steve Allee Big Band
Naptown Sound
Tracks
02 – Twins
03 – Spang a lang
04 – Cookin' at The Kitchen
05 – Naptown nights
06 – Wes at The Turf
07 – Hubbub
08 – Friends
09 – Zebra II
Length: 60:27
All songs composed by Steve Allee except tracks 1 and 9.
Musicians
Steve Allee: piano and Fender Rhodes; piano solos on tracks 2, 7 & 8John Clayton: conductor
Michael Stricklin: flute, soprano and alto saxophones; alto saxophone solo on track 4
Matt Pivec: clarinet and alto saxophone; alto saxophone solo on track 7
Chip McNeill: clarinet and tenor saxophone; tenor saxophone solo on track 3
Rob Dixon: soprano and tenor saxophones; tenor saxophone solos on tracks 1, 5, 6 & 8
Ned Boyd: bass clarinet and baritone saxophone
Frank Glover: clarinet; solos on tracks 2 & 9
Jim Pugh: lead trombone; solo on track 7
Zach Granger: trombone
Rich Dole: trombone
Jared Rodin: bass trombone
Joey Tartell: lead trumpet/flugelhorn
Derrick Gardner: trumpet/flugelhorn
Ansyn Banks: trumpet/flugelhorn; trumpet solo on track 5
John Raymond: trumpet/flugelhorn; trumpet solo on track 3
Jeff Conrad: trumpet/flugelhorn on tracks 3 & 8; trumpet solo on track 8
Rusty Burge: vibraphone and percussion; vibraphone solos on tracks 1 & 5
Sandy Williams: guitar
Dave Stryker: guitar and solos on tracks 1 & 6
Brian Kilgore: percussion
Jeremy Allen: bass
Steve Houghton: drums; solos on tracks 3 & 7
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Naptown Sound. This is Steve Allee's composition, “Friends.” (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: stevealleejazz.com
Videos: www.indyjazzfoundation.org and www.youtube.com
Record label: Jazzville Records
Distribution: Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Spotify.