The cool sounds of West Coast jazz from the 50's - The "Chamber Jazz Onsombo" was conceived with the idea of playing and recreating the sound of some of the great small jazz bands of the 1950's: Gerry Mulligan, Benny Golson, Horace Silver, Miles Davis etc

10 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Cool Jazz, JAZZ: Chamber Jazz



Details:
The "Ray Oram Chamber Jazz Onsombo" was conceived with the idea of playing and recreating the âCool West Coastâ sound of some of the great small jazz bands of the 1950's: Gerry Mulligan, Benny Golson, Horace Silver, Miles Davis, Marty Paich etc. The name onsombo comes from the combination of ensemble and combo. Members of the octet are:

Leader & tenor sax: Ray Oram - Ray has played in the bands of âTexâ Beneke, Bob Crosby, Doc Severinson and Ray McKinley, recorded with Chubby Checker & Frankie Avalon and worked on shows with Phyllis Diller, Vic Damone, Dionne Warwicke and Sonny & Cher.

Writer & arranger: Condit Atkinson - Connie played with the great pianist Bill Evans for seven years, in several symphony orchestras and jazz bands and to date has published over 200 compositions and arrangements including arrangements for the legendary trombonist Art Sares.

Alto sax: Sid Parker
Baritone sax: Edgar Monroe
Trumpet: Tommy Smith
Trombone: Peter DâArgenzio
Drums: Bob Beurer
Bass: Linc Lackey

Piano: Marilynn Seits - Pianist Marilynn Seits has recorded several CDs with her own band The Vibrations Jazz Ensemble, wrote one of the songs on this recording and produced and recorded the CD in her West Palm Beach studio, Creative Music Recordings.

Recording engineer: Dennis Hetzendorfer
Mixing engineer & graphic design: Sean McAusland

All songs © Condit Atkinson except track 5, RMN © Marilynn Seits. All graphics & album design ©2006 CMR Inc.