Jazz
Bobby Gordon-clarinet, Randy Reinhart-trumpet, Keith Ingham-piano, celeste and arrangements, Russell George-violin, James Chirillo-guitar, Vince Giodano-bass, Arnie Kinsella and Steve Little-drums
Commemorating Joe Marsala's centennial year, Marsala's protege Bobby Gordon makes the bandleader's compositions come to life with fresh arrangements from pianist Keith Ingham, rendered by a sparkling group of musicians. The music evokes the Hickory House on that famed 52nd Street of jazz in New York City in the 1930s and '40s. Look around, you might catch Ian Fleming nursing a bourbon and branch water at the bar; Harpo Marx asking Adele Girard for jazz harp lessons and on ay given night you might catch actors Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke, opera star Lawrence Tibbett and lyricist Lorenz Hart. The band is hot and Joe's clarinet cooks! - Eleisa Marsala Trampler, the daughter of Joe and Adele Girard Marsala
* Never previously recorded |
