Straight No Chaser | New Orleans Brass Quintet Plays Jazz
THIS LONG LOST 1986 NEW ORLEANS BRASS QUINTET RECORDING OF "STRAIGHT, NO CHASER" THAT WAS RECOVERED IN NOVEMBER 2018 IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF TUBA VIRTUOSO, NEAL TIDWELL (1945-2007 RIP)
Personnel:
Bob Amato – Leader/Founder 1st Trumpet
Sweet Willie Singleton – 2nd Trumpet - http://www.sweetwilliesingleton.com
Jack "Mr. Fabulous" Gardner – French Horn
Mike Genevay – Tenor Trombone - https://www.reverbnation.com/musician... and / michael.genevay
Neal Tidwell – Tuba (1945-2007 RIP) Obituary - http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obit...
Composer: Thelonious Monk
Arranger: Antonio Garcia- http://www.garciamusic.com/
Technical:
Antonio Garcia – Producer and Sound Recording Editor - http://www.garciamusic.com/
David Farrell – Sound Engineer for Southlake Recording Studios in New Orleans
ABOUT THE TUNE AND THE PERFORMANCE:
"Straight, No Chaser" is a jazz standard composed by Thelonious Monk. It was first recorded on Monk's Blue Note Sessions in 1951. It has been recorded numerous times by Monk and others and is one of Monk's most covered songs.
Arranged by native New Orleanian, Antonio Garcia, this clever NOBQ version of "Straight, No Chaser" begins with an atonal, rythmic intro that transitions to Jack "Mr. Fabulous" Gardner on Horn picking
up the 'head' of the tune beginning at the 00:34 mark of the recording. The head of the tune is then repeated at the 00:48 mark by trumpet player, Bob Amato. At the 1:10 mark
trombonist Mike Genevay and tubist Neal Tidwell play a very groovy and exceptionally tight 'be-bop' jazz lick in one octave low register separation that is exceedingly cool to
listen to. At the 2:25 mark, trumpeter Sweet Willie Singleton lays down a funky jazz solo. At the 2:55 mark, French Hornist, Jack "Mr. Fabulous" Gardner nails his own sublime jazz solo.
At the 4:14 mark, Jack "Mr. Fabulous" Gardner, Genevay, and Singleton trade '4's'....the arrangement winds down quietly near the end that transitions into a powerful ensemble push led by the lead trumpet work of Bob Amato and is finally capped by an explosive and exciting 5 octave 'Concert F' quarter note 'BOP'.
ABOUT THE NOBQ:
The New Orleans Brass Quintet (NOBQ) was founded by trumpet player, Bob Amato in late 1985.
The (NOBQ) produced only one recording in 1986 - "The New Orleans Brass Quintet Plays Jazz” - • New Orleans Brass Quintet Plays Jazz | Com... was originally intended
to be titled "The New Orleans Brass Quintet: MAKING IT'S MARK!"
This 12 tune effort was recorded digitally in a 'natural' accoustic, non-studio setting at the beautiful Long View Gardens Play House in New Orleans. - https://longuevue.com/
This recording was lost over 30 years ago, and was recently located and recovered in November 2018 by Producer- Antonio Garcia.
The MP3 files that comprise this YouTube recording were transferred from an old fashioned 'home style' cassette 'reference' recording that Producer, Antonio Garcia found buried in his closet at home in Virginia. This 'Home Cassette' is the reason that there is background hiss and occasional echo that creeps into some of the sound breaks scored into some of the musical passages of this recording.
This recording effort was essentially a 'glorified' sight reading exercise. Due to professional time constraints and commitments, rehearsal time was limited to 30 minutes per arrangement. Recording time for each of the 12 arrangements was also limited to 30 minutes. One recorded run through, plus an additional 1-3 takes per track. There were three - two hour recording sessions. 4 arrangements were recorded at each of the 3 sessions.
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