Jim
Wonnacott
Music Director
Larry Patch Paciorek
Managing Director & CFO
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Ron Davis
Marketing Director
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Ron Davis
Doug Day
George
Ellis
Larry Patch Paciorek
Jim
Wonnacott
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SAXOPHONES
Ken Mehalko
Don Kubec
Larry Patch
Marc Paige
Dick Ingersoll
TRUMPETS
Jim Wonnacott
Frank Cosenza
Mike Galloway
Anthony Anastasi
TROMBONES
Bruce Lehtinen
Dave Hartman
David Betts
Gary Twining
RHYTHM
Doug Day, piano
Don T. Day, bass
George Kiteley, drums
VOCALISTS
Ron Davis
Larry Patch
SUPER SUBS
Jack Brndiar, trumpet
Brian Dorr, bass
Mike Fisher, trumpet
Brian Griebel, trombone
Larry Herman, trumpet
Bruce Koscheck, sax
Tim Keehn, trombone
Eric Rowles, trombone
Dave Sterner, sax
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CD #2|
The
CLEVELAND Tough
Old
ProS
SWINGBAND
Our
first studio CD was released in 2005. We built a library of fresh arrangements of great old songs with a goal of entertaining senior audiences, made our first TV appearance and earned the respect and support of many generous individual sponsors and foundations, and we are having more fun than any of us AARP-qualified musicians could have ever imagined!
And it truly does make us "Feel Young Again" to play Classic Big Band Music for Seniors by Seniors.
Six of the songs on the CD are represented. The song samples below are encoded in stereo mp3 format. Make sure your speakers are turned on. If you don't hear the music when you click the link, you may need an mp3 player or an upgrade. Download the FREE Quicktime player from Apple. Either Mac or Windows.
SONG
SAMPLES
1. You Make me Feel So Young 2.5MB - Mack Gordon, Joseph Myron.
The theme of this CD, indeed the idea behind the TOPS Swingband, this hopeful song is treated cheerfully by Betsy Guy. Jazz solos are Jim Wonnacott on trumpet and Buddy Sullivan on tenor sax.
2 Jericho as in Joshua fit the Battle of 1.1MB - Spiritual arranged by Chris Sharp. Bob McKee's drumming drives this fun flag-waving rendition. The walls surely do tumble!
3. Georgia On My Mind 1.6MB - Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell. Ron Davis' plaintive and rich vocal does more than justice to the tune that Ray Charles made famous. Hoagy and Ray would have loved this!
4. Exactly Like You 2.3MB - Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields. Betsy makes this great old love song ever so believable and sincere! Once again solos by Buddy on tenor, Jim on trumpet.
5. My Heart Belongs to Daddy 1.8MB - Cole Porter. A swingin' instrumental features the whole band with solos by Buddy on alto sax and Dick Wooley on trombone.
6. It's Alright with Me 1.9MB - Cole Porter. Larry Patch takes us to the very heart of the fun, exciting "Rat Pack" era of Las Vegas showrooms with this rousing version of a Cole Porter favorite.
Note: All
arrangements for this CD are by Dick Wooley except Sweet Georgia Brown, My Funny Valentine, 'S Wonderful, All Right-OK, and The Nearness Of You.
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