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CATMAN RECORDS INC.
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Jazz veteran PIANIST and award winning COMPOSER Mike Catalano brings you his NEW CD, A TRIO AFFAIR, with historic all star lineup... straight from New York City with a touch of Rio.
Catalano’s Affair is indeed “A TRIO AFFAIR” with LEGENDS: DRUMMER STEVE GADD (Chick Corea, Steps Ahead, Chet Baker, Paul Simon), BASSISTS EDDIE GOMEZ (Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan) and BASSIST WILL LEE (The Brecker Brothers, Herbie Mann, Horace Silver, Pat Metheny, David Letterman Band) and special guest drummer Clint De Ganon, Multi grammy winning TRUMPETER RANDY BRECKER, along with SAXOPHONIST “BLUE LOU” MARINI (Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Original Blues Brothers Records and Movies, SNL original Band, James Taylor), VETERAN ARRANGER ORCHESTRATOR ROB MOUNSEY (Ivan Lins, Eddie Daniels, Michael Franks, Steely Dan, Milton Nascimento, David Sanborn), Percussionists including legend BASHIRI JOHNSON from NY and from the shores of Brazil ARMANDO MARCAL (Pat Metheny Group), and MARIVALDO DOS SANTOS (Eliane Elias).
• 11 New Songs, 8 from Pianist Catalano’s original compositions songs like “Night Side Up”, “Moon Over Manhattan”, “Bluesy”, “Remember When/Marcios theme”, “Bossa Avenue”, “Just A Little Samba”, “Take Me Back to Rio”, its quite inclusive Straight Ahead Swing, to Bossa, to Blues to piano Ballads, there’s something for all pallettes here in modern jazz, lovely orchestrations by Rob Mounsey, reminiscent of Claus Ogerman, Horn Arrangements by Blue Lou Marini.
• 3 cover songs, including 2 Ivan Lins classics, and a holiday Classic by the late Vince Guaraldi.
• 12 Page full Color Booklet with Liner notes by Jazz Journalist BILL MILKOWSKI.
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PREVIOUS RELEASE
This is the CD by
Pianist & Composer - Mike Catalano
"A Manhattan Affair"
Produced by Mike Catalano and Will Lee
Featuring Pianist Mike Catalano with musicians:
Will Lee, Rob Mounsey, Bob James, Ivan Lins, Chuck Loeb, Randy Brecker, Lou (Blue Lou) Marini, Steve Gadd, Peter Erskine, Shawn Pelton, Ricardo Silveira, Bashiri Johnson, Jeff Mironov, Nico Assumpcao, George Whitty, Vanessa Falabella
FEATURING THE SINGLE "Take me Back to Rio"
13 TRACKS
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Produced by Mike and bassist Will Lee (Late Show with David Letterman, Horace Silver, Pat Metheny and many more), this album features a variety of modern jazz songs and a stellar lineup accompanying pianist Mike Catalano—a who's who of the jazz world.
Will Lee, Rob Mounsey, Bob James, Ivan Lins, Chuck Loeb, Randy Brecker, Lou (Blue Lou) Marini, Steve Gadd, Peter Erskine, Shawn Pelton, Ricardo Silveira, Bashiri Johnson, Jeff Mironov, Nico Assumpcao, George Whitty, Vanessa Falabella
"A Manhattan Affair" follows Mike's prior successes, including theme music for TV's A Current Affair with Maury Povich, Good Day New York, and his acclaimed 1989 debut album "A Rio Affair" released in Brazil and Japan.
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* Mike Catalano's song "Smooth as Silk" w/ special guest Randy Brecker, plus radio singles "Right on Time", "Lelena", and "Urban Delight".
* Will Lee singing "Fool on the Hill".
* Special guest appearance by Bob James on Rhodes duet with Mike's acoustic piano on Disney's Beauty and the Beast and "Moonlight in Baja".
* Duet with Brazilian legend and Grammy winner Ivan Lins singing the Jobim tune Dindi in full versions in ENGLISH and PORTUGUESE.
* Rob Mounsey's amazing orchestrations throughout the CD and featured on "Mr. Swing".
* The soulful saxophones of Blue Lou Marini (SNL, Blues Brothers, James Taylor).
* 16-page CD booklet with liner notes by New York Post journalist Steve Dunleavy.
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CD LINER CREDITS, NOTES, Musician Production and Studio Credits HERE
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