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Carla Bley Big Band LIVE @ the Monterey Jazz Fetival
Salsa
Interesting Trios
Bone 4tet w/Rhythm
My Junior Recital

Featured soloist:

Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra from Harriet Tubman

The best big band around. Marcus writes for the players in his band...ala Duke!
I feel blessed to have been a part of this band, and for more years than I remember.

MSJO, Harriet Tubman

Bugaboo Big Band

HeftPistole Chamber Music Ensemble

John Schott's Dream Kitchen from Drunken Songs for Sober Times

Joseph's Bones; Origional Reggae Music; 3 Trombones, 3 Guitars, Tuba, Bass and Drums

Carla Bley Big Band LIVE @ the Monterey Jazz Fetival:

where the Grammy nominatedAppearing Nightly at The Black Orchidwas premiered.
Listen to the entire concert as well as an interview with Carla on NPR's JazzSet.

Salsa:

Avance,
LIVE at Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland, CA
One of the best Salsa bands I've heard.
I feel blessed to have been a part of this band for 4 yrs!

Avance

SF Salsa AllStars,

Avance

Bone 4tet w/Rhythm:

LowEnd Theory;
Jazz/Funk/Experimental/Drum+Bass; 4 Trombones and Rhythm
Carmen Fantasy - arr. Marc Bolin

LowEnd Theory,

Carmen Fantasy - arr. Marc Bolin

LowEnd Theory, Carmen Fantasy - arr. Marc Bolin

Whoop Ass

LowEnd Theory, Whoop Ass

Goin' Bolin - feat. Marc Bolin

LowEnd Theory, Goin' Bolin - feat. Marc Bolin

Aquarius by JJ Johnson

LowEnd Theory, Aquarius by JJ Johnson

Raw Deluxe:
2000, voted Best Jazz Band by the San Francisco Bay Guardian
2001, voted Best Music Act by citysearch.com alongside artists such as Green Day, Boz Scaggs, and Vinyl, where they were noted as one of the best original acts currently in the Bay Area.
2002, voted Best Soul / Blues / Funk act by the SF Weekly Music Awards.

Raw Deluxe, Get Some

Darren Johnston's Empty Chamber Ensemble

Empty Chamber Ensemble, Unknown Title 3

Empty Chamber Ensemble, Unknown Title 7

Aaron Novick's Samuel Suite and the Yiddiots

Aaron Novick

Interesting Trios:

Daniel Schnyder's Trio is quite challenging to perform and thus is very rewarding. Schnyder makes use of the full range and technical capabilities of each instrument. All three parts require extended techniques, and "special effects." Although rhythmically and technically complex, the piece is ultimately accessible, with flavors of pop or rock music, "firework-funk" sections and un-metered unison lines reminiscent of Middle-Eastern folk music (Muwashah).

Daniel Schnyder Trio

Jason Levis' Trio She is Inside Remembering is a beautifully written piece that makes makes me reminisce fondly on my time spent in the San Francisco Bay area playing with thoughtful musicians and improvising wholly in the moment. Jason's lyrical melodies soar!

My Junior Recital:

LIVE at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, CA
I shared the recital with Joseph Rodolfo Krueger Munoz (2nd yr Masters Student)
I'd like to take a moment to thank my wife Lisa Marie, as she is a shining example of a helpmate, my best friend and biggest fan (as I am hers). Without her, I would be floundering in the turbulent waters of musical freelance without the rutter of education and sail of support via love. To my UCLA friends, thank you for being you...and such talented "yous" at that! And to the UCLA faculty, to whom I owe so much, I can only say thank you for your coaching, leading, prodding and advice - I will continue to learn from your wisdom for many years to come!

New Orleans has become one of the most standard pieces of repertoire for the bass trombone. Written for French bass trombonist Paul Bernard, the piece is rife with jazz influences: including blue notes and blues scales as well as jazz harmonies in the accompiniment, stride piano bass lines uses of syncopated 16th-note rhythms, and glissandos all hallmarks of ragtime music - a significant influence on this and many pieces by Bozza. The influence of the jazz is unmistakable, and the imagery of the emotional extremes of New Orleans is vividly evoked by the music.

New Orleans

Spillman's Concerto was written for Ed Anderson in 1959, and subsequently premiered in Rochester by David Richey in 1960. The concerto was written to exploit the 88H, which was a big thing at Eastman at the time (with tonal centers of F, E, and C) and to demonstrate both the lyrical and the agile qualities of the trombone.

Spillman Concerto

Hosannah from Cantico del sol di San Francesco d'Assisi, S. 677 (1862) Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Listz's Hossanah was first composed for baritone (and male chorus ad lib.), organ (or harmonium) in 1862, based on the hymn Cantico di San Francesco then re-arranged for trombone and organ in 1867. Hoassanah is the only known work written by Liszt for the bass trombone.

Liszt Hosannah

Charie Small's duet Conversation with Joey Munoz on tenor trombone.

Charie Small - Conversation