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| FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Mark Morganelli BRASIL! Mark Morganelli & The Jazz Forum All-Stars Brasil! Best Latin Jazz Album This is Mark Morganelli's fifth CD as leader, presented together with: Abelita Mateus, Steinway & Sons piano, fender rhodes, vocals • Eddie Monteiro, midi-accordion, vocals • Monika Oliveira, vocals • Nilson Matta, bass • Adriano Santos, drums • Nanny Assis, percussion, guitar, vocals • Carlos Barbosa-Lima, guitar "lyrical and joyful. This music will bring a smile to your face!" - David Sanborn "As a master musician, Mark Morganelli has used his gifts as a soloist, band leader and tour guide to bring you to Brasil and Brasil to you, with this classic new album of musical gems. Each song is a treasure. Listen to it over and over (I have done so five times already) Your kids will love it too!" - David Amram "Mark, congratulations on a beautiful tribute to your other favorite country - on all counts - repertoire, performances, and art work by your son Jaren." - Claudio Roditi Trumpeter and flugelhornist Mark Morganelli has led his own groups since high school days on Long Island. He has performed at the 1976 Montreux Jazz Festival, the 1992 & 1994 Syracuse Jazz Festivals, the Du Maurier Downtown Toronto Jazz Festival, JVC/NY and Saratoga Jazz Festivals, New Orleans' French Quarter Fest, and several tours of Italy, including in 2018. He's also played many concerts and festivals in Europe, Japan, Brazil and the Caribbean, and hosted nightly jam sessions aboard the QE2 to the Newport Jazz Festival from 1996-99. His first record "Live On Broadway" was recorded in 1982 at his 2nd Jazz Forum loft in NYC and featured James Spaulding, John Hicks, Billy Hart and others. In 1987, he recorded "Five Is Bliss" in the studio, featuring six originals and five standards including a couple of Brazilian tunes by Jobim. Morganelli has produced forty CDs for Candid Records, including his own "Speak Low" at Birdland in 1990 with Kenny Barron, Ron Carter & Jimmy Cobb. His fourth recording as a leader, "My Romance" was issued from live summer concert performances and featured Houston Person, Richie Hart, Rick Petrone & Joe Corsello. Morganelli has also recorded with Paquito D'Rivera, James Moody, Clark Terry, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Roland Hanna, Milt Hinton, Bucky Pizzarelli and others. He continues to perform with his Jazz Forum All-Stars and Brazil project around the region and "Brasil!" is his fifth CD as leader. Morganelli and his wife, Ellen Prior opened their new Jazz Forum club venue in Tarrytown, NY in June, 2017. write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |