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A cast of 38 musicians deliver performances from all 7 Continents via the internet.
Maurice leads the way with soaring, passionate and thoughful sax and flute. |
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The Songs and Guests:
1) SUDAMÉRICANA (M. Gainen) - mp3
Fernando Beckerman delivers scorching percussion from Buenos Aires, Argentina on this new original composition.
2) ABORIGINAL DREAMSCAPE (M. Gainen/K. Benton) - mp3
Kristian Benton in New South Wales, Australia transports you to a place you have never been with his Didgeridoo, clapstick and Kamilaroi language vocal.s
3) HELP ME SING THIS SONG OF JOY (M. Gainen) - mp3
Are you ready to go to church with special guest vocalists The Hues Corporation (“Rock The Boat”)?
4) ADIÓS NONINO (Astor Piazzolla) - mp3
Marcelo Berestovoy’s arrangement of this Pizzolla classic is always a hit in live performance.
5) NGIYEKHAYA (I’m Going Home) (Mxolisi Sithole/Sthembizo Zuma) - mp3
Special Guests in Kenya: Christopher Opwapo, Naomi Njeri, Billy Mwaura and Muhammed Masila. These fantastic musicians face challenges just living day to day that we can't even begin to fathom. Still, they found time and energy to put joy into this music.
6) L’ÉTÉ EN HIVER (Summer in Winter) Music - M. Gainen/Michael Bialys - French Lyric - Karoline Blandin/Bruno Blum - mp3
Karoline Blandin delivers a luscious vocal that will make you want to get on the next plane to Paris to hear her .
7) BRAHANA (Dawn) (Aloke Dasgupta) - mp3
8) CHASING THE LIGHT (Aloke Dasgupta/M. Gainen)
Ensemble in India: Aloke Dasgupta, Ranjeet Veer, Debasish Halder, Chirodeep ,Samrat Guha, Dr. G. Babu, Uduppi S. Sreekant, Perukavu P.L. Sudheer, Kottyam Murali, James Anose, Debojoyati Nag, Sourav Chaudhury, Arnab Mukherjee . Another trip to a place you may not have been physically or musically. - mp3
9) JUST DO SOMETHING (Global Jam Remix) - (M. Gainen) - mp3
This features many of the musicians on the CD and samples from all of the songs. Instructions to musicians for this song: “Just do something...2 takes, not too much thought...I’ll mix it up later.”
10) MERGAPATI (Procession) - mp3
(Balinese themes arranged by Cliff DeArment)
New Pacific (Cliff DeArment, Maria Bodman, M. Gainen , Mike Pievak and Barry Newton) was a band that explored the similarities between the music and instrumentation of East and West..
11) ANTARCTIC SUNRISE (M. Gainen/Douglas Quin) - mp3
Special Guest: Douglas Quin (Antarctica) - Antarctic Austral Soundscapes. All of the sounds and animals you hear including the ones that sound "synthesized" were recorded during one of Douglas' three seasons in Antarctica.
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| JAZZ FLUTE JAMS |
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MUSICIANS
Maurice Gainen - Flute
Marcelo Berestovoy - Guitars
Jamieson Trotter - Piano
Tom Lerner - Bass
Joe Dougherty - Drums
Emiliano Almeida & Paul Alexander Gonzalez- Percussion
Darek Oles - Bass.
Tom Hartman- Strings
Craig Owens-Keyboards
June Angela & Angela Carole Brown "The Angelas" - Vocals
DRange-Rap
General- Vocals & Beats
Herman Brooks, Erez Ginat, George Jiri Grosman, Preetysha, Sameer - Backup vocals
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THE SONGS
LITTLE LINDA is a firey version of the Spyro Gyra song, with a hot percussion break by Emiliano Almeida.
FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE is the Roberta Flack classic with the sultry background vocals of June Angela.
LA CITA (THE QUOTE) is an original by Marcelo Berestovoy, one of the most respected guitarists in Los Angeles. Flamenco spoken here! It features percussionist Paul Alexander Gonzalez. Paul and Marcelo can be seen world-wide touring with Latina superstar Paulina Rubio.
MEDITATION is the Jobim classic with June Angela singing the lead vocal.
EUROPA - There are two great versions of this song. One is the original by Santana and the other by Gato Barbieri - which was the theme to the Brando film, "Last Tango In Paris." This version pays tribute to both, with its own spin.
COMIN' HOME BABY was a huge hit for flautist Herbie Mann in the early '60's. It was one of the first "funkajazz" tunes.
The next 2 songs are from the classic 1959 movie "Black Orpheus" that catapulted the music of South America to the north.
BLACK ORPHEUS
SAMBA DE ORPHEUS
MERCY, MERCY, MERCY was written by Joe Zawinul, and recorded by many people including Cannonball Adderly, The Buckinghams and Queen Latifa.
BLUE BOSSA- Every Jazz musician has played this one!
JUST FRIENDS features Darek Oles on Acoustic Bass. Maurice mastered and/or mixed all 3 of Darek's "L.A. Jazz Quartet" CDs. He also mixed his solo CD featuring Brad Mehldau. He currently tours with Janis Segal of the Manhattan Transfer.
MEDITATION (Acid Jazz Remix) Lead Vocal: June Angela. This is Track 4 sped up, chopped, reversed, delayed, morphed, mangled and otherwise altered, with added new parts created by Craig Owens and Maurice.
FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE- Featuring Rap by DRange. Maurice wanted had to have some tasty Rap on the CD. DRange and General brought it to the table.
LA PORTENA (Maurice Gainen) This original song is a tribute to the Argentinian restaurant that was the catalyst for this band playing together.
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BIO
In the world of music, Maurice Gainen should just be called "MG" - Master of Genre of Music from around the Globe. For nearly two decades, MG has produced, recorded, mixed and mastered numerous CDs in music genres spanning Jazz, Alternative, Rap, R&B, Rock, World Music and Broadway in his own Los Angeles-based recording studio, Maurice Gainen Productions. He has added his touch on sax and flute to many of these projects. Working over the years with an impressive roster of well-known stars, such as Darek Oles w/Brad Mehldau and Bennie Maupin, Jim Hershman w/Lee Konitz and Scott Colley, Larry Koonse, Eric Von Essen and the L.A. Jazz Quartet, MG has even done Sound Design for Patty Austin. He does CD mastering for all of the 5 major record labels and his recent credits include the last 85 CDs for Starbucks.
read the complete bio
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MEDIA REQUESTS AND PUBLICITY
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Stacey Kumagai
Media Monster Communications, Inc.
BrainGASM Productions Entertainment Media
Phone: 818/506-8675
mediamonster@yahoo.com
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MUSICIANS
Emiliano Almeida
June Angela
Shashanka Bakshi
Marcelo Berestovoy
Gregg Bissonette
Joe Dougherty
Julia Estacolchic
Dave Ferris
Mike Flick
Maurice Gainen
Jason Hann
Mike Jacobson
Kendall Kay
Kez
Tom Lerner
Jason Marshall
Jota Morelli
Suzette Moriarty
Craig Owens
George Rossi
Ken Shima
Sonship Theus
Coco Trivisonno
Jamieson Trotter
Eric Von Essen
Gary Willis
Cengis Yaltkaya
Yutaka
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TRACK LIST
(mp3's are excerpts)
1) GITANO CORAZON
features Maurice's flute and the Spanish guitar of Marcelo Berestovy, who co-wrote the song with Claudia Brant. - mp3
2) JUNE IN MAY
is an original composition with Asian flavor.
3) CALLING YOU
is the gorgeous and haunting theme from the movie "Bagdad Café". - mp3
4) KEITA
is another original with African inspiration and multi-layered flutes. - mp3
5) IN THE AIR
Tony Award nominated vocalist June Angela is the foil for the soprano sax. - mp3
6) BAMBOO BALLAD
was written by Ken Shima, the Bob James of Japan, who is featured on piano along with Smooth Jazz star Yutaka on koto and Maurice on the alto, bass and "C" flutes.
7) CA VA?
is another Gainen original with him again playing all of the instruments, except for the acoustic bass of Mike Flick.
8) MANGO (Maurice's Tango)
the most recent composition features Bandoneon legend Coco Trivisonno for a brief trip to Argentena where Berestovoy's guitar and the flute meet again. - mp3
9) THE GOSPEL TO END ALL GOSPELS
lands right back in America at a church somewhere in the South with the soprano sax telling the story. It is another Gainen original.
10) ONE FOR MY DAD
is a heartfelt dedication to Maurice's father, played on flute with a Latin flavor.
11) MAKE IT LAST
is a lovely piece by Jason Marshall that features longtime Al Jarreau drummer Jota Morelli.
12) NO TRANE, NO GAIN
is Maurice's homage to the legendary John Coltrane. It features the drums of the great Sonship Theus and puts us somewhere between New York City, the Middle East and India. - mp3
13) MANGO (Kez Remix)
is a R&B reworking of Track 8, featuring the spoken word of the alluring Julia Estacolchic in English with her lovely native Argentinan accent.
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| June Angela |
The legendary Coco Trivisonno with Marcelo |
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| Marcelo Berestovoy |
Coco with Maurice |
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