Multi-talented Rich Willey has released a tasty new CD, "Puttin On The Ritz". Rich Willey is very impressive performing on Trumpet and Bass Trumpet. Willey also plays Valve Trombone, Tuba and Electronic Valve Instruments (EVI). Rich Willey has an extensive academic Jazz background and a vast performing resume that includes touring with the Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau , Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Cab Calloway Orchestra, the Sammy Kaye Orchestra and the Nelson Ridddle Orchestra. His Trumpet tone and improvisation skills are at the highest level as his arranging skills are world-class. He performs regularly in the Southeast. Willey taught at University of North Carolina Asheville for tweleve years and seven years at Clemson University. His Jazz education background includes being a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music earning a master's in Jazz performance/Trumpet.
His style and touch on the Trumpet and his arranging are strongly rooted in the traditional American Jazz approach to music. "Puttin On The Ritz" contains some beautiful Jazz standards and a few Willey original compositions he arranged for four horns The CD was produced by the phenomenal Trumpeter and gifted Arranger Carey Deadman. Deadman also arranged the string parts on eight tunes.
As you listen to the songs attached below, it will transport you back to the time when you first started loving Jazz. They are intelligent understandable arrangements played by highly professional Jazz artists.
I have attached two "YouTube" videos below. The first is the standard "If I Should Lose You" with a tasty arrangement and solos by Rich Willey on Trumpet and Paul Mutzabaugh on Piano. The string arrangement was by Carey Deadman. The second tune is an up-tempo Willey arrangement of "Poor Butterfly". It features solos by Rich Willey on Bass Trumpet and EVI and Paul Mutzabaugh on Piano. The string arrangement was done by Carey Deadman.
"If I Should Lose You""Poor Butterfly"
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