Straight ahead and Latin jazz from the Great American Songbook with so much heart and soul that everything old becomes new again.

9 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Traditional Jazz Combo, JAZZ: Bossa Nova



Details:
Rio Fiumara started playing saxophone at age 9 and was playing
professionally at 14. His early jazz influences were Paul Desmond,
Stan Getz, Cannnonball Adderly and Phil Woods. After many years of
playing "all kinds" of gigs he spent 9 years with Arlene and the Guys
Big Band (originally Big Band Staff). He also played with Doc
Anello's Swing Machine at Disneyland and was a member of the Jimmy
Dorsey Band that traveled to Thailand at the invitation of the King
to play the 2000 Millennium celebration in Bangkok. Rio is heard on
this recording playing a Couf Superba I tenor and a Yamaha model 62 alto. You can find out more at Rioâs website: sax4jazz.com.

Pianist and vocalist Tom Armbruster landed in LA from Pittsburgh in the mid 80's. He's written over 100 released songs and lent his keyboard and vocal talents to studio projects for such diverse artists as Mickey Mouse, Kermit The Frog, the Rainbow Fish and Ren & Stimpy. In addition Tom has done a lot of scoring for animation, software and DVDs. He's played with a few live human beings along the way as well including Celine Dion and Jim Carrey (for Man On The Moon). Tom is planning a CD of his original vocal jazz songs in the near future.

Jim McCarty works as a full-time session drummer in the Los Angeles area recording custom drum tracks for songwriters and music producers locally and worldwide using the Internet. In addition, he has also recorded
numerous Drum and Bass Backing Tracks for performing musicians and
students. His website can be found at www.drum-tracks.com

Bill Von Ravensberg is a bass player with an extensive professional music career. A Los Angeles native, his first "big" job came in 1971 when he joined Pat Boone on a tour of the orient and landed him for a time in Las Vegas. He later spent nine months working with Ray Anthony's band, Jennifer Warnes, Andy Williams, and, from 1980-88 Tom Jones. Bill also maintains a career doing "voice overs". He can be heard on his web site at www.ravenvoice.com.