Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: SMT-778
- Format: CD
- UPC: 099402778921
- Street Date: 05/07/21
- PreBook Date: 03/05/21
- Label: Summit Records »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 76:54 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Year of Production: 2021
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: WORLD
- Language: English
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Matt Niess & The Capitol Bones - The Beat Goes On
The long awaited fourth release has finally arrived!...featuring some of the best jazz players in the Nation's Capitol!
- List Price: $15.99
- Your Price: $15.99
- In Stock: 14
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GENRE: Jazz / Large Jazz Ensemble / Trombone Led / Trombone COMPOSERS: Sonny Bono, Raymond Premru, Pat Metheny, Charles Mingus, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, JJ Johnson, James Pankow, Robert Lamm
Group founder and leader Matt Niess has joined forces with some of the best jazz performers and writers in the Nation's capital to showcase the awesome power and musical range of this incredible ensemble. To hear this group live is to hear something truly special. The musicality and technical expertise is incredible. "The Beat Goes On" puts this all on display. The level of musical maturity and seasoning mixes perfectly with the collective love of the artform. This is an album for serious listeners. The music will challenge and energize lifelong fans of the group, as well as those who hear them for the first time.
Matt Niess is a Washington, DC based cross-over trombonist who served in The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) for 30 years. He was a member of The Army Blues Jazz Ensemble and The US Army Brass Quintet.
Tenor Trombones
Matt Niess
Jim McFalls
Jay Gibble
Zach Niess
Bass Trombones
Matt Neff
Jerry Amoury
Jeff Cortazzo
Piano
Tony Nalker
Guitar
Shawn Purcell
Jim Roberts
Bass
Paul Henry
Drums
Todd Baldwin
JAZZTIMES says of the Capitol Bones:
"...Whether playing bop, ballads, funk, or Latin jazz, this sensational D.C.-area band generates ensemble and solo work that brings the oft-ignored trombone to glorious prominence..."
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Sales Points
- For fans of big sound, superior arrangements, and world-class playing...and if you love the trombone, you'll revel!!
Press Quotes
Whether playing bop, ballads, funk, or Latin jazz, this sensational D.C.-area band generates ensemble and solo work that brings the oft-ignored trombone to glorious prominence.
—Nancy Ann Lee, JazzTimes
'...outstanding Concerted effort.'
—Harvey Siders, JazzTimes
'...a crisp, swinging affair with classy contrapuntal arrangements...the charts sound immaculate...the playing's top notch...'
—Dave Zaworski, Down Beat
