Intimately Live at the 501 – Tony Monaco Trio
8 July 2014 Darby
This album’s hot, and Monaco’s trio smokes….Monaco explodes in a climactic style….Exuberance, skillful dynamics and galvanic solo construction are this organ trio’s assets….Monaco and company are a welcome addition to the jazz organ fraternity.
— Owen Cordle, Jazz Times
Intimately Live at the 501 – Tony Monaco Trio (Digital download full cd)
22 June 1922 Kip
This album’s hot, and Monaco’s trio smokes….Monaco explodes in a climactic style….Exuberance, skillful dynamics and galvanic solo construction are this organ trio’s assets….Monaco and company are a welcome addition to the jazz organ fraternity.
— Owen Cordle, Jazz Times
Intimately Live at the 501 – Tony Monaco Trio
3 October 1814 Darby
This album’s hot, and Monaco’s trio smokes….Monaco explodes in a climactic style….Exuberance, skillful dynamics and galvanic solo construction are this organ trio’s assets….Monaco and company are a welcome addition to the jazz organ fraternity.
— Owen Cordle, Jazz Times
Hora Decima Brass Ensemble
28 May 2014 Howard Wear
The Hora Decima Brass Ensemble is dedicated to the presentation,
promotion, and preservation of music for brass instruments. In today’s
world of the internet, MTV, videocassettes, and synthesizers, accoustic
instrument groups face stiff competition. While there are many smaller
brass groups performing today, the appearance of a large brass ensemble
is a rare event. Sometimes symphony orchestras will feature their brass
sections in one or two selections in an orchestra concert, but full
concert programs by large brass groups are seldom heard outside of
college music departments. The Hora Decima Brass Ensemble is the only
large brass ensemble of professional players in the New York City area
that plays together on a regular basis.
Mike Vax
12 May 2014 Howard Wear
Mike Vax is an International Artist for the Getzen Musical Instrument Company. He is also a Summit Records recording artist. Mr. Vax performs exclusively on Getzen trumpets, cornets and flugelhorns. He has played lead and solo trumpet with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, the Clark Terry Big Bad Band, and the U.S. Navy Show Band.
Washington Symphonic Brass
6 May 2014 Howard Wear
The Washington Symphonic Brass is comprised of some of the finest professional musicians in the Washington/Baltimore area. While the members are in constant demand for orchestral, solo, and chamber music performances, they have assembled to play some of the great literature written for large bra ss ensemble. Conductor Milt Stevens and Trumpeter Phil Snedecor formed this group of players out of their love of and excitement about this fine literature. Individually, the members of the WSB have performed with many of the nation’s best orchestras, such as The National Symphony, The Baltimore Symphony, and The Philadelphia Orchestra, among other illustrious institutions. The WSB performs throughout the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan area, appearing at some of the great performance spaces on the east coast. Specializing in compositions written for large brass ensemble and percussion (four trumpets, four horns, four trombones, euphonium, tuba, timpani, and percussion instruments) with organs, choruses, and other instruments optional, the varied repertoire of the Washington Symphonic Brass covers five centuries.