GERARD
PRESENCER – GROOVE TRAVELS
Groove
Travels is the highly anticipated new album from British trumpeter, arranger
and composer Gerard Presencer, featuring the Danish Radio Big Band. Groove
Travels is set to be a defining album both for Gerard and for new Big Band
conceptions. This new release is without doubt his most ambitious and
well-executed solo recording to date and will happily stand alongside the
leading voices in contemporary big band music. The idea for this album first
took root when Gerard moved to Copenhagen to take a trumpet seat in the band.
As Gerard explains: ‘It’s taken five or six years for me to get this album
together which is great for a project like this, because I got to know
everybody, we play together all the time, so the tunes that I’ve chosen are
specifically chosen for the musicians that are playing them’. Over the
past 25 years Gerard Presencer has carved out a formidable reputation as one of
the most respected trumpeters on the European scene. He exploded onto the
international scene, aged 18, when US3 asked him to play the solo part on Blue
Note’s Cantaloupe Island (re-imagined as Cantaloop Flip-Fantasia), that became
one of the biggest selling jazz records of the 1990s. Since then, he has
performed with a who’s who of international jazz artists, and has developed a
career as an educator, arranger and composer.
DAVID SERERO - THE CROONER BARITONE: THE FRANK SINATRA CLASSICS
French actor and baritone, David Serero, releases The Frank Sinatra Classics. Serero has received international recognition and critical acclaim from all over the world. At only 34 years old, this fresh performer has already performed more than 800 concerts and performances throughout the world. Some of these have been broadcast on worldwide televisions totalizing an average audience of 30 millions of viewers and 18 millions on radios. Performing on the most prestigious worldwide stages and for the most important occasions, this true Show-Man and Entertainer brings a fresh approach to the Opera world by giving more than 80 concerts per year, during which he brings all his eclectic repertoire (Opera, Broadway, World Music, Jazz and Comedy), resulting as unique shows.
French actor and baritone, David Serero, releases The Frank Sinatra Classics. Serero has received international recognition and critical acclaim from all over the world. At only 34 years old, this fresh performer has already performed more than 800 concerts and performances throughout the world. Some of these have been broadcast on worldwide televisions totalizing an average audience of 30 millions of viewers and 18 millions on radios. Performing on the most prestigious worldwide stages and for the most important occasions, this true Show-Man and Entertainer brings a fresh approach to the Opera world by giving more than 80 concerts per year, during which he brings all his eclectic repertoire (Opera, Broadway, World Music, Jazz and Comedy), resulting as unique shows.
MARK BLAKE - NICE AND EASY: FRANK SINATRA 100TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE
Mark Blake
releases Nice and Easy album as a tribute to Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday. “
I wanted to celebrate his birthday in a special way," says Mark Blake.
"Sinatra performed many great songs so I purposely picked some of the
songs that are not necessarily mainstream but I feel they represent his unique
style and tell a good story," says Blake. A portion of the proceeds from
the Nice and Easy album sales will be donated to a charity that Sinatra often
supported. “It has been known that Sinatra quietly donated to several
charities. To truly celebrate his birthday, I feel it’s necessary to give a
portion of the sales to a charity he supported," says Blake.
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