Each arrangement that peels off this CD is like a plump, juicy piece of sweet fruit. I enjoy the variety of jazz styles that they celebrate. One minute they celebrate Duke Ellington’s popular “Love You Madly” and they follow that with “Bass, The Final Frontier” that features the funky, exciting, electric bass of Nathan East.
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The Southern California sensations Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine return with a dozen new, swingin’ tunes, and they’ve got some esteemed guests on hand to help flesh out the fun.
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It’s not often that a group reaches a 40th Anniversary together, but Ira’s rousing rollicking big band jazz group has done just that…
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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with San Diego-based Jazz Big Band Leader Ira B. Liss.. We talked to him in mid_January 2021 about his latest 2021 CD with the Big Band Machine – Mazel Tov Kicktail - A Celebration of 40 Years. This sixth full length album from The Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine and is full of action.
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What started out as a way to have a high school music teacher give his charges a way to hone chops and blow off steam has become a SoCal institution now celebrating it's 40th year of madly swinging.
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