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Angela DeNiro: Swingin' with Legends 2
by Jack Bowers
On Swingin' with Legends 2, her fourth recorded collaboration with arranger (and husband) Ron Aprea's big band, vocalist Angela DeNiro sings beautifully--and receives a lot of help from her friends, especially guests Ken Peplowski on clarinet, Randy Brecker on trumpet and Lew Tabackin on tenor sax and flute. And what a band! Well-stocked with stars who are eager to fly whenever Aprea raises his baton. Not that DeNiro needs much help. She is quite simply a marvelous ...
read moreAngela DeNiro: Swingin' with Legends 2
by Pierre Giroux
Vocalist Angela DeNiro sings with blue-ribbon vocal abilities. This is evident in her release Swingin' With Legends 2 . Accompanied by the Ron Aprea Big Band, supplemented by special guests Randy Brecker, Ken Peplowski and Lew Tabackin, she sails through fourteen love songs written by some of the greatest composers of the American Songbook, providing a deep understanding and command of the material she performs. The album opens with New York City Blues," a not frequently ...
read moreAngela DeNiro with the Ron Aprea Big Band: Swingin' with Legends 2
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Swingin' with Legends 2 from Angela DeNiro with the Ron Aprea Big Band, is a follow-up to their first Legends effort in 1988. The album, as was its Grammy-entered predecessor, is a quintessentially classic big band recording featuring a fine female vocalist. The fourteen tunes here are predominantly from the Great American Songbook, with jazz greats Randy Brecker, Lew Tabackin, and Ken Peplowski delivering outstanding cameos. The opener New York Blues" is a flat-out swinger with DeNiro belting ...
read moreOn June 7, 2005 Midlantic Records Releases Citizen Zen from New York Electric Piano, featuring Pat Daugherty, Aaron Comess and Tim Givens
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All About Jazz
RED CAT PUBLICITY J a s o n B y r n e 415 85th Street, #3R, Brooklyn, New York, 11209, tel 718 921 1330, fax 347 402 1912 Email [email protected] On June 7, 2005 Midlantic Records Releases Citizen Zen The Second Recording from New York Electric Piano Featuring Pat Daugherty on Fender Rhodes, Tim Givens on Bass and Aaron Comess (of The Spin Doctors) on Drums New York Electric Piano will be celebrating the release of Citizen Zen with ...
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