Art Abrams Swing Machine Big Band
Artist Personnel:
Trumpets / Joel Riddell, Greg Garrett, Paul Mazzio, Matt Carr, Buzz Graham
Trombone / Dave Parker, Rick Tippets, Ed Green, John Ohnstad
Saxophone / Jeff Homan, Allan Mair, John Nastos, Susie Jones, Pete Boule
Piano / Mike Horsfall
Bass / Kevin Deitz
Drums / Mike Snyder
This band’s impressive collection of musicians and their musicianship is what makes the Swing Machine stand taller and swing harder and longer than any other band on the scene today. The musicianship of this band allows it to play to any situation, be it a dance or a concert. It gets down and blue with tunes like “Goin on Blues”, played in the gospel style of “God Bless the Child”, it captures the romanticism found in the delicate harmonies of ballads like “Misty”, and it can generate the hard swinging heat of Woody Herman’s Apple Honey”
To say this band swings is an understatement – it flat out cooks. What makes this band so entertaining is the sound that only a big band can generate. The sounds that make this big band so different from all the others are its unique book of charts. Under the guidance of Art Abrams, new charts by contemporary arrangers as well as standards have been arranged by some of the best jazz arrangers in the business. This adds new energy, depth, and style to the music of the Swing Machine.
