High Definition Big Band
Big Band jazz in Hi Def!
The High Definition Big Band is a my 17 piece jazz big band. The HD-BB includes many members of the Paris Jazz Repertoire Orchestra (1988-1993), which I co-led with Larry Gillespie. The HD-BB features an original repertoire ranging from swinging straight ahead (très original) to salsa flavored big band charts. I have written tribute tunes honoring trumpet greats Lester Bowie and Randy Brecker.
The High Definition Big Band was featured on the French Canadian TV show called Paris Bouche à Bouche this past August on the Evasion TV channel in Quebec.
I am also giving big band workshops so if you are interested having me do a workshop at your school or conservatory just send me an email so we can set it up.
repertoire:
Straight ahead jazz
- Surgical Strike (shuffle)
- the Flake Factor (swing - minor blues)
- A Dingo Ate My Bassist (swing - contrabass feature)
- Skewed to the Right (strange jazz waltz - blues)
- You Had Me At ....... WTF? (ballad - trumpet feature)
- Shifting Dopplers (dedicated to Lester Bowie)
- the Day After Yesterday (bossa - swing)
- the Check Please (introduction piece & break tune)
- The Bag Lady (medium swing)
- Shrimp Head (easy swing - dedicated to Tony Kissane)
- Pas de pitié pour les croissants (up tempo swing)
- Va dove ti porta il cuore (ballad)
- Juss Wangs (bluesy medium tempo swinger in 12/8)
- Whose city is it now? (slow, dark & moody in 3/4 - trombone feature)
- Jingle Mail (medium tempo swing - tribute to Stockton, California. US foreclosure capitol)
- Toxic Assets (up tempo burner)
- the Shape Shifter (tribute to Randy Brecker)
- Off the Grid (mean, funky and gritty trombone section feature)
- a Won, a two, a Won, two, three, four (dedicated to Mel Won)
- a Won, a two, a Won, two, three, four (dedicated to Mel Won)
- I wasn’t talkin’ to you, I was talkin’ to the Injun (dedicated to Daniel Bejarano. very ethnic)
- Mitch
- Reunion at Newport
- Mitch
- Reunion at Newport
- 42nd & Broadway
- Woody ‘n’ Me
Salsa flavored jazz
- Guajira (guajira)
- Guanguanco (trumpet feature)
- Abakua (12/8 abakua & 4/4 guanguanco)
- El Sucio (trumpet feature)
- Guajira (guajira)
- Guanguanco (trumpet feature)
- Abakua (12/8 abakua & 4/4 guanguanco)
- El Sucio (trumpet feature)
Stay tuned for more information:
Contact:
ron meza in Paris +33.9.62.38.67.00 / portable +33.6.85.24.93.09
ron meza in Los Angeles +1.310.306.0950
ron meza in Paris +33.9.62.38.67.00 / portable +33.6.85.24.93.09
ron meza in Los Angeles +1.310.306.0950
ronmeza@y a h o o . c o m (take the spaces out - poor man’s spam filter)
last update: December 18, 2009
