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Ok, all you Trombone lovers, here is a treat especially for you. Alan Goidel and Howard Levy and their quintet Slide Attack have just released their new CD, "Road Trip". The CD is a nod to the great J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding whose musical while recordings made over 60 years ago under the group name "J & K" and are still popular today. I still have the album they recorded in the late 50's, "J & K at Newport". At first blush, a recording with two Jazz Trombone players might seem unusual. But fear not, these two bone players can really play and all of the music on this CD were composed by Goidel and Levy with the exception of one from their Piano Player, Hiroshi Yamazaki. The CD really cooks with straight ahead Jazz. Both of these top-level Jazz musicians went to music school in New York. Alan is a graduate of the State University of New York and received a masters in Jazz/Commercial music from the Manhattan School of Music. Howard is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and received his master's degree from the Lehman College in Applied Music. Both of these gentlemen have extensive musical resumes performing with many of the most outstanding big bands of the last 60 years.
Players:
Howard Levy- Trombone
Alan Goidel- Trombone
Hiroshi Yamazaki- Piano
Michael Goetz- Bass
Chuck Zeuren- Drums
Playlist:
1. Spring Roll
2. Road Trip
3. Clauditti
4. Struttin
5. Look Within
6. Owens
7. A Walk In The Park
8. Early Morning
9. Bluedemic
I know you will enjoy the two songs that I have attached from this CD. The first song is called "Struttin" written by Howard Levy. His inspiration for this composition came from Herbie Hancock's classic "Watermelon Man". The selection is the title tune from the CD "Road Trip" written by Alan Goidel. It's a fun piece that relates to the great feeling of getting away on a road trip.
"Struttin"
