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The Ed Palermo Big Band ‎- Plays the Music of Frank Zappa

I know a lot of people who love Zappa’s music but only if Palermo does it (it’s completely instrumental)

The Ed Palermo Big Band - A Lousy Day In Harlem

In a radical departure, jazz’s state-of-the-art orchestra – The Ed Palermo Big Band – has recorded a thrilling program of…jazz! An ingenious arranger, composer and alto saxophonist, Ed Palermo has spent much of the past three decades earning international renown with a series of albums transmuting fervidly loved rock songs by Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, and their British brethren into supremely imaginative vehicles for improvisation with his 18 piece jazz big band. With A Lousy Day in Harlem, he unleashes his talent-laden ensemble on a gorgeous array of music by Ellington, Monk, Coltrane, Egberto Gismonte, and his own finely wrought originals. Slated for release on Sky Cat Records, the album captures a master arranger and jazz big band leader at the top of his game, putting his own unmistakable stamp on canonical compositions. Firmly in the tradition, the project reveals that Palermo’s nonpareil gift for recasting beloved tunes encompasses jazz too. “The thing about this record is, I wanted it to be jazzier,” says Palermo. “We play a lot of jazz in my band, but I’ve been doing Zappa and British Invasion stuff for years and I’ve had these other types of music in my book, jazz tunes that had been close to my heart for decades. I finally felt ready to record these tunes – tunes I’d composed, and tunes I’d arranged. It felt like the right time to show the world another side of the band.” All in all, Palermo’s Lousy Day In Harlem makes for a thrilling musical outing, even if his very big band failed to show up for the cover art photo shoot. Palermo’s photos were taken on the steps of the same brownstone where Art Kane captured 57 jazz legends and sundry neighborhood kids for Esquire magazine on that fateful summer morning in 1958. His kidding reference to the iconic jazz image “A Great Day in Harlem” makes sense given Palermo’s off-beat, self-deprecating humor and the album’s mission to align The Ed Palermo Big Band within the esteemed tradition and history of jazz.

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Also arrangements by Benny Golson, Patrick Williams, Gordon Goodwin and Jools Holland. Music by Ellington, Gershwin, Ray Noble, Jelly Roll Morton & Joe Zawinul.

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Jazz Para Ti (Programa 004) [Podcast]

En la cuarta entrega de Jazz Para Ti (6 de marzo de 2018), el contenido central del programa es una amplia entrevista con el saxofonista almendralejense Narci González que acaba de publicar Nothing Changes (FreeCode JazzRecords, 2018). Además de sus palabras, se pueden escuchar dos temas de su nueva grabación. En la sección de novedades Jazz de Hoysuenan tres grabaciones en las que el piano…

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Song Review: The Ed Palermo Big Band - “Flamingo”

If Frank Zappa had put together a jazz band to cover Todd Rundgren songs, the results probably wouldn’t have been too far from the Ed Palermo Big Band’s take on “Flamingo.”

Which is entirely the point on the first single from Palmero’s the Adventures of Zodd Zundgren, a forthcoming album of Zappa and Rundgren covers. On “Flamingo,” Palermo and company render Rundgren’s electronic A Wizard, A True Star instrumental in a horn-infused arrangement that would’ve been ideal for Zappa’s 1988 band and is strikingly similar to the versions Rundgren’s played at the handful of symphony shows he’s done in recent years.

Palermo likes the juxtaposition of Rundgren’s often compassionate material with the more-aggressive Zappa, who famously said “Broken Hearts are for Assholes.”

“Todd Rundgren’s music was there to give you a hug,” Palermo said in an online statement. “I wanted to contrast the hard-bitten Zappa followed by a bleeding-heart Rundgren ballad.”

Out Oct. 6, the Adventures of Zodd Zundgren features 11 Zappa tracks such as “Montana,” “You Are What You Is” and “Peaches En Regalia” and a dozen Rundgren tunes including “Hello it’s Me,” “Wailing Wall” and “Influenza.”

Grade card: The Ed Palermo Big Band - “Flamingo” - B+

9/1/17

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Ed Palermo’s Big Band fantastic cover of “Wailing Wall” off Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_spp-Hmvgn4

and if you like even bigger bands, Todd performing with The Metropole Orchestra https://youtu.be/-HPSSW39W8o http://www.blogtalkradio.com/runt/2016/06/22/rundgren-radio-with-special-guest-ed-palermo

#ed palermo #ed palermo big band #todd rundgren #i need to upload songs more often #wailing wall