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The Ed Palermo Big Band — Oh No! Not Jazz!! (2014)

 The Ed Palermo Big Band — Oh No! Not Jazz?!?! (2014)

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♣   On the Double-Album, Oh No! Not Jazz!!, Ed Palermo and His 18-Piece Big Band Dare to Pair Frank Zappa’s Compositions with the First Collection of Palermo Originals in over 25 Years.
♣   Ed Palermo has been leading his own big band for more than 25 years, an accomplishment all by itself. Prior to that he had performed or recorded with Aretha Franklin, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Lou Rawls, Melba Moore, Debbie Gibson, the Spinners, and many others.
Location: New York City
Album release: February 4, 2014
Record Label: Cuneiform Records
Duration:     106:15
Tracks:
01 Inca Roads (feat. Napoleon Murphy Brock)     10:50
02 The Uncle Meat Variations     6:01
03 Little Umbrellas     4:45
04 The Dog Breath Variations     6:56
05 Chunga’s Revenge     5:34
06 Lumpy Gravy     4:51
07 The Black Page #2     5:49
08 America Drinks and Goes Home (feat. Mike James)     5:14
09 Moosh     6:12
10 Prelude to an Insult     3:48
11 Why Is the Doctor Barking?     5:50
12 Prelude to a Catastrophe     0:51
13 A Catastrophe (Is Just Around the Corner)     5:23
14 Let’s Reproduce     5:24
15 An Escape Nonetheless     9:06
16 Nostalgia Revisited (for Susan)     6:29
17 The Insult     9:59
18 Good Night, Everybody! God Love Ya!     5:30
19 She’s So Heavy     2:03
20 ...     0:40
℗  2014 Cuneiform Records
CREDITS:
The Ed Palermo Big Band:
Ed Palermo: (arranger, alto saxophone)
SAXOPHONES:
Cliff Lyons: (alto saxophone, flute, clarinet)
Ben Kono: (flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone)
Bill Straub: (flute, tenor saxophone)
Barbara Cifelli: (piccolo, flute, baritone saxophone, clarinet)
Phil Chester: (piccolo, flute, soprano & alto saxophones)
TRUMPETS:
Ronnie Buttacavoli 
John Bailey
TROMBONES:
Charlie Gordon
Joe Fiedler
Matt Ingman
RHYTHM SECTION:
Bob Quaranta: (piano)
Ted Kooshian: (harpsichord, organ, synthesizer)
Bruce McDaniel: (vocals & guitar)
Paul Adamy: (bass)
Ray Marchica: (drums)
Katie Jacoby: (violin)
Ed Palermo: Arranger, Alto Saxophone, Guitar
Producer: Bruce McDaniel
Executive producer: The sax monster who gobbled up Katie Jacoby on the back cover of this CD. If I give you more royalties, can we have Katie back? Just puke her back up.
Recorded at Peaceful Waters Studio.
Engineer: Wayne Warnecke
Mixing, additional engineering, and mastering by Bruce McDaniel at Rock Ridge Recording.
Artwork by Nancy Palermo.
Photos: all selfies by the Ed Palermo Big Band.
Tracks #1-8:
Compositions by Frank Zappa.
Arranged by Ed Palermo
Tracks #9-19:
Compositions by Ed Palermo except:
“Moosh” (David Leone)
“She’s So Heavy” (Lennon & McCartney)
Arranged by Ed Palermo
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Ronnie Buttacavoli Trumpet
John Hines Trumpet
Charlie Gordon Trombone
Joe Fiedler Trombone
Matt Ingman Bass Trombone
Cliff Lyons Alto Saxophone, Clarinet
Phil Chester Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Ben Kono Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Bill Straub Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Barbara Cifelli Baritone Saxophone
Bob Quaranta Acoustic Piano
Ted Kooshian Synthesizer
Paul Adamy Bass Guitar
Ray Marchica Drums
Bruce McDaniel Guitar, Vocals
¶    “Palermo developed these charts during years of live shows with these musicians, and their mastery of the material shows in the performances, which turn on a dime yet feel fierce with spontaneous invention.... Palermo’s arrangements and these performances are precise, dedicated, raucous and incisive — just like Zappa himself.” — JazzTimes
Description:
¶    Ed and his amazing 17 piece band (+ guests) return with their third album of his distinctive, big-band interpretations of the great 20th century composer, Frank Zappa. ¶    This body of work has won them huge acclaim from both new and old fans of the music and they even appeared on NPR's Weekend Edition for a short feature which was heard by millions of listeners in 2006. For those not already familiar with Ed's colorful, jazz-based arrangements of Zappa's compositions, Ed has led a big band for 30 years (!) and has had his band performing the music of Frank Zappa for 15 years. Many years of playing these pieces in front of hugely enthusiastic crowds have honed the band’s skills interpreting Zappa's beautiful but notoriously difficult material to where they are able to perform these challenging charts with apparent ease. All of these musicians are high caliber, hugely talented NYC professional players, and most of them have been playing this music for a decade and a half with this group, not because it is a good paying gig (it isn't) but because they all admire and appreciate the genius of Zappa's work and they love having the opportunity to be able to perform these terrifically exciting charts.
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¶    The Ed Palermo Big Band is led by alto saxist and arranger Ed Palermo; he has had this big band with much of the same personnel for over 30 years, which is a hugely impressive feat in itself, and has had his band performing the music of Frank Zappa for 20 years. The band is a 18 piece ensemble of five woodwind players, four trumpeters, three trombonists, two keyboardists, guitar, violin, bass and drum.
¶    Oh No! Not Jazz!! consists of two albums of musical performances. The first album (tracks 1-8) further explores Ed’s distinctive, big band interpretations of the music of Frank Zappa and for the most part, he concentrates here on Frank’s initial burst of creative works from original Mothers of Invention era of 1966-1970.
¶    In addition, two notable pieces are performed here. One of Frank’s most loved works, Inca Roads, with a vocal by guest Napoleon Murphy Brock contrasts with one of his most ‘notoriously difficult’ works, The Black Page #2. All of the performances and arrangements of these great pieces are fun, musically witty and masterful. The second album (tracks 9-19) features Ed’s own colorful compositions, which are here featured on a recording for the 1st time in over 25 years!
¶    This double album shows that despite the financial and practical difficulties of running a large sized band, that the very fact that there are so many musical voices in a big band allows for showcasing arrangements better than any other vehicle. This is an exciting listen for fans of Frank Zappa and all adventurous rock and jazz music.
Website: http://www.palermobigband.com/
Bandcamp: http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/oh-no-not-jazz
Label: http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/
¶    The Ed Palermo Big Band is led by alto saxist and arranger Ed Palermo; he has had this big band with much of the same personnel for over 30 years, which is a hugely impressive feat in itself, and has had his band performing the music of Frank Zappa for 20 years.
¶    The band is a 18 piece ensemble of five woodwind players, four trumpeters, three trombonists, two keyboardists, guitar, violin, bass and drum. There are a number of ensembles performing the music of Frank Zappa, who, 20 years after his death, is now recognized as one of the greatest American composers of the 20th century, but no one does it with the ease, skill and originality that Ed and his band do!
¶    'Oh No! Not Jazz!!' consists of two albums of musical performances. The first album (tracks 1-8) further explores Ed's distinctive, big band interpretations of the music of Frank Zappa and for the most part, he concentrates here on Frank's initial burst of creative works from original Mothers Of Invention era of 1966-1970. In addition, two notable pieces are performed here. One of Frank's most loved works, Inca Roads, with a vocal by guest Napoleon Murphy Brock contrasts with one of his most 'notoriously difficult' works, The Black Page #2. All of the performances and arrangements of these great pieces are fun, musically witty and masterful. The second album (tracks 9-19) features Ed's own colorful compositions, which are here featured on a recording for the 1st time in over 25 years!
¶    This double album shows that despite the financial and practical difficulties of running a large sized band, that the very fact that there are so many musical voices in a big band allows for showcasing arrangements better than any other vehicle. This is an exciting listen for fans of Frank Zappa and all adventurous rock and jazz music.
Website: http://www.palermobigband.com/
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The Ed Palermo Big Band — Oh No! Not Jazz?!?! (2014)

 

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