The great northern jazz collective
known as the Hamilton All Star Jazz Band have released their latest
LP record, “Feelin' Good.” The album has been published as an
independent release and offers 11 classic jazz tracks for an
approximate total listening time of 45 minutes. A sparkling potpourri
of jazz, blues, and gospel songs from one of the most distinguished
and best-loved ensembles ever founded, “Feelin' Good” by the
Hamilton All Star Jazz Band is easily the most remarkable jazz LP to
be released in spring of 2015.
Gershwin, Gillespie, Nat King Cole,
Aretha Franklin – these names demonstrate the caliber of music
played by the Hamilton All Star Jazz Band, who celebrated their 30th
anniversary as a group in 2014. “Feelin' Good” features lead
singer and soloist Candace Walkes. It is the ninth official studio
production from the band.
“We mostly perform jazz standards,”
writes board of directors president Dr. John Knechtel, “but we do
at times perform new jazz compositions and suites written by our
graduates.”
As one might infer from the word
'graduates,' the Hamilton All Star Jazz Band is not your everyday
orchestra belting out big-band favorites. The organization has been
home to nearly 1,000 young musicians in its history.
“Hamilton All Star Jazz Band is where
future stars prepare for life,” Dr. Knechtel explains. “Many have
gone on to lucrative careers, recording and touring with great bands
and orchestras all over the world. Others have become legendary
authors and arrangers of jazz and classical compositions for some of
the world's best-known artists.”
Neither have these musicians gone
unrewarded for their talents and performances.
“There have been dozens of nominees
and winners of Juno and Grammy Awards, as well as multiple winners of
local Hamilton Music Awards,” writes Dr. Knechtel.
Based in Hamilton, ON, the Hamilton All
Star Jazz Band was started 31 years ago by Dr. Russ Weil. It is one
of Canada's premier amateur big-band organizations. The Hamilton All
Star Jazz Band have been regular performers at the world-famous
Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, and played for Prime
Ministers, Governor Generals, and even the Queen of England. At the
request of the Federal Minister of Culture they have performed at the
Canadian Ambassador to France's personal abode in France, as well as
at the Juno Beach War Memorial in Normandy. The Hamilton All Star
Jazz Band also headlined the spectacular performance at
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France for the 400th anniversary of the naming
of the Americas by the scholars of Ste. Die.
“Feelin' Good” by the Hamilton All Star Jazz Band will be available online worldwide starting 1 April 2015. Get in early, jazz fans.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
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