"Tasty Tunes" The Ira B. Liss Big Band Machine

...This is, plain and simple, a gathering of first rate players soaring on fresh, stimulating, and often challenging arrangements.

Tasty Tunes, ReviewS. HouseApril 4, 2018High Standards Jazz, George Fendel, You Don't Know What Love Is, Early Autumn, Over the Rainbow, Oleo, I didn't Know What Time It Was, Big Brassy BandComment

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...The wide array of material makes this a rather unique performance.

Tasty TunesS. HouseMarch 7, 2018wtju, 91.1 fm, university of virginia, radio, dave rogersComment

IRA B. LISS BIG BAND JAZZ MACHINE IS TASTY INDEED

Joe Lang reviews Tasty Tunes for Jersey Jazz Magaine.

Tasty Tunes, ReviewS. HouseMarch 1, 2018Jersey Jazz, Tasty tunes, Joe Lang, cd review, 2018

Big Band Beauty and Combo Creativity

Right out of the gate, this big band races into the sound space with the fastest renditions of "You Don't Know What Love Is" that I've ever heard. It was an exciting production with arrangements full of ebullition.

Tasty Tunes, ReviewS. HouseFebruary 28, 2018Dee Dee McNeil, You Don't Know What Love Is, Eric Richards, Early Autumn, Eric Marienthal, Janet hammer, I didn't Know What Time It Was, Bob Mintzer, When the Lady Dances, swing, Holly Hofmann, Nature Boy, Recon, Dean Brown, Big Band MusicComment

CD Review: Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine: Tasty Tunes

This latest release from the San Diego Big Band, Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine sounds like fun.

Review, Tasty TunesS. HouseFebruary 19, 2018Keys and Chords, CD review, Tasty Tunes, Bob Mintzer, Eric Marienthal, Holly Hofmann, Dean Brown, You don't know what Love is, Early Autumn, janet Hammer, patrick van de wieleComment

Tasty Tunes from the Lustrous Jazz Machine

This is the Jazz Machine's fifth endeavor, demonstrating the orchestra's prodigious faculties still in progress. Liss' performance credits encompass working with such jazz luminaries as Harry Connick, Sr., Shirley Jones, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Thad Jones, and Louie Bellson. He has carved out a niche for his band in the ballroom jazz forum that won't be waning any time soon.

Review, Tasty TunesS. HouseFebruary 13, 2018review, Tasty Tunes, Amazon, five starsComment