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| David Andersen, Salutes Jazz Pioneers With New Album David Andersen, the Ambassador to Music City, is back with Revelations, his fourth Jazz album. This album underscores The Revelations Jazz Band and features Andersen and is a salute to true Jazz pioneers such as Louis Armstrong, WC Handy and Jelly Roll Morton. Revelations is a new take on classic Jazz. The 11 song collection, which is Andersens first Jazz album since 2007, was recorded in front of a live audience in Anaheim, California in order to capture the true spirit of traditional Jazz. When I brought the discs back to Nashville and first listened to them, I knew we had something special, smiles Andersen. We really captured that great sense of feeling and being there. These songs were performed by the Revelations Band and include Crescent City classics, such as Royal Garden Blues and Bourbon Street Parade and King Olivers Dallas Blues and Aunt Hagars Blues. A masterful display of collective improvisation, Revelations showcases classic hits while highlighting the new improvisational freedom of todays Jazz. Andersen solos on guitar on almost every cut and adds his rhythm work to the mix with flair. He has had a longtime dream come true in going back to the roots of American popular music and finding so much joy and feeling in the songs of the forefathers of Jazz. To get a chance to create this joyful music with this great band was truly a revelation, says Andersen. As a child music genius reared in Long Beach, California, Andersen could play music before he could even talk. An accomplished songwriter and proficient on multiple instruments, Andersens music is currently being played on WAMB-FM. Each day, he gives every new friend he meets at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum his signature guitar pick and a challenge..."remember why they came to Nashville and to take time to enjoy the music they came here to find." Indeed, and with a love and deep-seated respect for Music City, Andersen not only remembers but lives and breathes the music of Nashville every day. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |