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Dale Head brings his high energy and smooth vocals singing jazz, blues and the Great American Songbook. With a natural command of the swing and big band genre, Dale sings, plays trumpet, and leads his talented group of players through a dynamic ride.

His show features hits from Joe Williams to Sammy Davis, Jr., as well as Frank Sinatra and Harry James, along with some classic sounding originals and a new take on some old standards.

Dale Head provides a high-powered, yet dynamic, show that is certain to leave you entertained.

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Dale Head and the MindWinder Orchestra: Swing On The Rocks

Read "Swing On The Rocks" reviewed by Jack Bowers


No matter how ambitious the concept or scrupulous the plan, a musical enterprise can be no better than its material. For Swing on the Rocks, vocalist / trumpeter Dale Head's idea was to embed and amplify fourteen classic rock songs within the powerful framework of an eighteen-piece orchestra--an idea that no doubt looked awesome on paper. Where it runs aground in actuality is in the choice of ingredients (in other words, the songs), which, in one arbiter's modest opinion, simply ...

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Dale Head: Swing, Straight Up

Read "Swing, Straight Up" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Dale Head is a high-energy singer who doubles on trumpet and makes up in drive and enthusiasm for what he may lack in singularity and polish. Swing Straight Up, on which Head is backed by Rory Snyder's admirable Night Jazz Band, underlines the singer's strengths (strong voice, an abundance of self-confidence) while serving as a reminder that Head is several furlongs short of his leading role model, the incomparable Frank Sinatra. There's no doubt that Head's heart ...

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Dale Head: Swing, Straight Up

Read "Swing, Straight Up" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Vocalist and trumpeter Dale Head is an unheralded local guy and a staple sideman from the Bay Area who performs the music of Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams to Harry James and others as he plays the classic to standards for audiences throughout southern California and elsewhere. On Swing, Straight Up, Head makes a splashing, swinging national recording debut singing and playing the horn in re-imagining and re-invigorating music from The Great American Songbook and putting a new spin on old ...

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Dale Head And The MindWinder Orchestra "Swing On The Rocks" Release Date July 13!

Dale Head And The MindWinder Orchestra "Swing On The Rocks" Release Date July 13!

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations

Hard Rockin' Big Band! Release Date: July 13, 2018 Dale Head releases his latest album, Swing on the Rocks (MindWinder Records) on July 13, 2018, and expands the Great American Songbook with 14 classic rock songs re-imagined in an innovative big band format. Swing on the Rocks explores “soundscapes" in a nod back to the progressive rock of the 1970s. Headphone icons on the album notes indicate where these features enhance the listener's experience. Dale's background is in rock music, ...

Vocalist and trumpeter Dale Head is an unheralded local guy from the Bay Area. On Swing, Straight Up, Head makes a splashing, swinging national recording debut singing and playing the horn in re-imagining and re-invigorating music from The Great American Songbook

The music is pure big band swing with terrific vocals from a unique artist with a varied background. On this exciting debut, Head and the band fly high and pack quite a punch in interpreting swinging arrangements that make old favorites sound like brand new releases

Head delivers one of the most romantic versions of the classic Gene De Paul song "Teach Me Tonight" in a killer of a performance.

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