NEW
YORK (Jonaja Records) - With more than 10 European LPs and CDs under
his belt, Joe Bourne, who lived in The Netherlands for 25 has mixed
jazz, and easy listening genres in his U.S. debut CD on the Independent
label, Jonaja records. (Jonaja 1045).
www.joebourne.comJoe
is backed on this CD by the Gary Moran trio, with Moran on piano, Scott
Black on bass and Ed DeLucia on guitar. Joe and the trio recapture the
unique
Nat King Cole trio sound of the late 1940s. This 16 track
tribute includes memorable as well as some exciting, not so overly
exposed Cole repertoire such as Your Looking at Me, For all we Know,
Satchell Mouth Baby,
Little Girl, Walking My Baby Back Home, On the
Sunny Side of the Street, This is My Night To Dream, Besame Mucho, 'Tis
Autumn, The Best Man, Slow Down, When I Fall In Love and more.
Born
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Joe Bourne was inspired by many of the big
names of Jazz and popular music that toured the
Boston area. Joe,
always seems to capture the audience with his own elegant style, warm
mellifluous jazz baritone, voice and his dynamic showmanship. He has
the virtuosity combined with ease of execution needed to communicate
the fun and swing of this music.
Joe has shared the stage with
Natalie Cole, Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Dionne Warwick and several
other jazz and popular music greats.
Over the years, Joe has
received several prestigious awards such as The Diamond of the year
award presented by The Bund Botschafter Ohne Grenzen. and the Kunstler
des Jahres (Artist of the Year award) both for Top class entertainment
in Germany. The
Silver Orpheus in Bulgaria and the Jimmy Kennedy award
in Ireland both for his special presentation of Gershwin's
"
Summertime". Joe was recently the guest vocalist in concert with the
Cleveland Pops Orchestra and is the current board vice president of the
Tucson Jazz Society.
Gary Moran, a jazz educator with a Masters
in
Music from Virginia Commonwealth University, Carpenter Center
Performing Scholar, and an MFA from the Art
Institute of
Chicago has a
deep respect and understanding of Nat's piano style and the music of
his trio. He has transcribed the arrangements from the original
recordings and contributes his own improvised solos that are
contemporary, yet rooted in the 1940s style.
Bourne, Moran and
Black will be joined by guitarist Matt Mitchell for future concerts.
Matt Mitchell who is influenced by rock, blues jazz and Latin has a
degree in classical guitar and recently was one of five nominees for
the 2002 Arizona Arts Award. Bassist Scott
Black is a graduate of
Indiana University and brings his extensive New York and Chicago
experience to the mix.
Remembering Mr. Cole has been Nominated for the annual Top 10 list for the International Jazz Journalists Association Polls.
The track, "For All We Know", will appear on the compilation CD of JAZZIZ Magazine in February, 2005
