Veteran jazz pianist and award-winning composer MIKE CATALANO brings you his NEW CD, A TRIO AFFAIR, with a historic all-star lineup… straight from New York City with a touch of Rio. Catalano is joined by LEGENDS of the past sixty years of modern jazz recordings!
A TRIO AFFAIR is the culmination of an album trilogy that began with the release in 1989 of A RIO AFFAIR, followed by A MANHATTAN AFFAIR eighteen years later. Each album reflects the latest state of jazz at the intersection of New York City groove and Rio de Janeiro rhythms.
Catalano’s TRIO members round up a history of modern jazz. On TRIO AFFAIR, Catalano’s joined by:
STEVE GADD - Drums
EDDIE GOMEZ - Acoustic Bass
WILL LEE - Electric Bass
CLINT DE GANON - Drums
RANDY BRECKER- Trumpet and Flugelhorn
LOU MARINI - Saxophones and Flutes
ROB MOUNSEY - Orchestration
GEORGE WHITTY - Orchestration
BOB MANN - Nylon Guitar
BIRCH JOHNSON - Trombone
BASHIRI JOHNSON - Percussion
ARMANDO MARCAL - Percussion
MARIVALDO DOS SANTOS - Percussion
• 11 New Songs! 8 of Catalano’s original compositions, including “Night Side Up,” “Moon Over Manhattan,” “Bluesy,” “Remember When/Marcio’s Theme,” “Bossa Avenue,” “Just A Little Samba,” and “Take Me Back to Rio.”
• 3 cover songs, including 2 Ivan Lins’ Lembra De Mim and Dois Corregos, and Christmas Time is Here” by the late Vince Guaraldi.
• 12-page, full-color Booklet with liner notes by acclaimed Jazz journaliist BILL MILKOWSKI.
From straight-ahead Swing to Bossa, Blues to piano ballads, there’s something for all palates in modern jazz!
“Catalano has taken four decades of friendships, influences and musical memories and transformed them into something remarkably alive.” allaboutjazz.com
“Exploring these songs based on the Trio format influenced and drawn from my developing years as a musician in New York City, and my early trips to Brazil with the musicians I’ve known for decades has been quite invigorating for me as a composer.”
MIKE CATALANO
