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| 1. | Top Cat
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| 2. | Black Dog
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| 3. | Captain Kangaroo
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| 4. | Message in a Bottle
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| 5. | Spider-Man
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| 6. | The Simpsons
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| 7. | Batman
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| 8. | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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| 9. | Baubles, Bangles, And Beads
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| 10. | Don't Give Up
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| 11. | Bullitt
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Jazz / Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz
Ted Kooshian - Producer, Arranger, Piano
Daniel Traynor Package Design
Jeff Lederer Saxophone, Clarinet
Jim Clouse Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
Warren Doze Drums, Percussion
From The Simpsons theme to Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog," this record is chock-full of an odd assortment of familiar tunes, brilliantly performed. Most recently the pianist for the national tour of the Broadway show Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Ted Kooshian performs regularly around the NY area.
Kooshian is a member of the Ed Palermo Big Band and has performed with Aretha Franklin, Blood Sweat Tears, Chuck Berry, and many others. His bandmates, some of New York's finest jazz musicians, include Jeff Lederer, a member of Matt Wilson's Acoustic Jazz Group.
"Ted Kooshian's sleek and fluent soloing adds spice and color."
--- All About Jazz
Pianist Ted Kooshian is well known to fans of the Ed Palermo Big Band, though this is only his second outing as a leader. Like Palermo, he's not one to be satisfied with playing the same mix of standards and familiar jazz compositions. Instead, he mostly opts for a mix of television theme songs and rock, with plenty of surprises in store, while keeping the listener hooked with imaginative arrangements. Most of the folks who remember "Top Cat" are likely to have been born before 1961, but Kooshian delivers a spirited interpretation, with Jeff Lederer swinging along with him on tenor sax. "Captain Kangaroo" is the theme from the long-running children's show, though the pianist transforms it into a driving 7/8 groove that wails. "Spider Man" is a hoot, played in a classic, bluesy New Orleans setting, with a bit of stride piano and Lederer's mournful clarinet. He revamps "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" into furious post-bop, while slowly building the tension in a funky treatment of "Bullitt." The rock songs work just as well. Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" settles into a soulful groove comparable to the work of Eddie Harris and Les McCann. Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up" is a curious alchemy of musical elements, including gospel and pop with the occasional air of ancient English folk, with delicious solos by Kooshian and Lederer (the latter on soprano sax). Finally, there is one standard, a breezy setting of the show tune "Baubles, Bangles and Beads." Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet is out of this world! ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Ted Kooshian
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Oct 08, 1961 in San Jose, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Modern Big Band, Post-Bop
Pianist Ted Kooshian is a versatile journeyman who has worked with a vast array of artists from across many genres. On his own, Kooshian leans toward straight-ahead jazz . A native of San Jose, CA, he began playing piano in grade school and by junior high he was studying jazz. He studied music at San Jose State College beginning in 1979, and eventually found work as a pianist on cruise ships before moving to New York City in 1987. From that point on, Kooshian was an in-demand freelance musician for Broadway pit orchestras as well as jobs with such well-known artists as Chuck Berry, Sarah Brightman, and Blood, Sweat & Tears, to name a few. He released his self-produced debut solo album, Clockwork, in 2004. His sophomore effort, Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet, followed in 2008. He has also appeared on many other recordings as a sideman and is a regular member of the Ed Palermo Big Band.
--- Matt Collar, All Music Guide |
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