Trumpeter Dennis Angel takes a retro ride upon “Timeless Grooves”

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Amanda Ruzza, Brian Dunne, Dean Brown, Dennis Angel, Jason Miles Producer, Nick Moroch, Romero Lubambo, trumpeter, Will Bernard

The Jason Miles-produced album is a jazzy R&B throwback; radio grooving to “Forever Funk”

Dennis Angel photo by Eleonora Alberto

Scarsdale, NY (4 October 2012): Having successfully released more than a half dozen diverse singles that charted and received radio spins around the globe, trumpeter Dennis Angel will release his debut album, the vintage sounding “Timeless Grooves,” on November 13th via Timeless Grooves Records. Angel wrote eight songs for the varied 10-track set produced by keyboardist Jason Miles (Marcus Miller, Miles Davis, Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross) that brings something refreshing and unique to the contemporary jazz scene.

Angel has a way of gracefully emoting pristine pop melodies from his horn over the type of laidback grooves that bring to mind jazz-funk hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s. After experimenting and dabbling in a wide array of straight-ahead and contemporary jazz, hip hop, R&B and pop to construct an eclectic variety of instrumental and vocal singles, Angel knew he needed a producer to curate the sound for his first album. Enter Miles, who gave Angel the freedom to create and encouraged the trumpeter to also play flugelhorn on the set. Giving the well-crafted material a distinctive R&B edge, Miles (keyboards, synth bass, percussion) recruited “some of the very best players in the studio to play live” including guitarists Romero Lubambo, Nick Moroch, Dean Brown, and Will Bernard, bassist Amanda Ruzza, and drummer Brian Dunne. Joel Mofsenson plays acoustic piano on the vocal tracks and arranged two of the compositions. Long-time Angel collaborator Gottfried Stoger plays saxophones and deftly arranged the remaining compositions based on the classic American form.

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Alex Nolan, Amanda Ruzza, Bass, Chris Stover, Cliff Korman, David Binney, Lucas Pino, Mamiko Watanabe, Mauricio Zottarelli

Amanda Ruzza, This is What Happened

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When new music crosses my path one of the first things I do besides listen is checkout the liner notes to see the track titles, song length and if there is anyone that I’m familiar with playing on the recording. “This is What Happen” is the sophomore album by electric bassist Amanda Ruzza born in São Paulo, Brazil enlisted a stellar cast of musicians which includes: Mauricio Zottarelli (drums and percussion), Alex Nolan (electric and acoustic guitars), Mamiko Watanabe (Rhodes), Cliff Korman (piano), Lucas Pino (tenor and soprano saxophones), Chris Stover (trombone) and David Binney (alto sax).

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Amanda Ruzza, Bass

Amanda Ruzza, This is What Happened

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The debut release from bassist/composer Amanda Ruzza titled “This is What Happened” explores the incredible dynamics and musicianship of this young phenom of the bass guitar. Amanda has performed with many in the industry, and has now brought her own amazing playing and compositional skills to the public.

Joined by some of the music world’s top players like David Binney and Cliff Korman, Ruzza shows why her schedule is full. From the opening track “Larry & I” to the title track “This Is What Happened,” the listener is graced with Brazilian flavor to hard funk driven by the extraordinary technique of this bass master. If “This Is What Happened” we all blessed to listen.

..:: SOURCE: CDBaby.com ::..