This is the Jazz Machine's fifth endeavor, demonstrating the orchestra's prodigious faculties still in progress. Liss' performance credits encompass working with such jazz luminaries as Harry Connick, Sr., Shirley Jones, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Thad Jones, and Louie Bellson. He has carved out a niche for his band in the ballroom jazz forum that won't be waning any time soon.
Read MoreTasty Tunes is the fifth CD by Ira B. Liss' stalwart San Diego-based Jazz Machine, which was formed almost forty years ago, in 1979—a span that, when reckoned in big-band years, is much closer to a century or more. While other bands have come and gone the Jazz Machine has adamantly stayed the course, presenting dynamic big-band jazz to its southern California audiences without watering down the leader's guiding principle, which is to ensure that the music is always creative and swinging.
Read More‘Tasty‘, yes but also spectacular music making by some of the most important big band devotees playing today.
Read MoreThe entire creative life of Ira B. Liss is connected with big band jazz... The Big Band Jazz Machine has produced 5 CDs in its history and this current one, Tasty Tunes, may clearly be the best one yet.
Read MoreSo much swing, a little fusion and the electric guitar solos make everything more listenable and in step with the times.
Read MoreSouthern California-based ensemble, Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, has released a new album. Surprisingly, in the group’s almost 40-year history, their latest recording is only their fifth. “Tasty Tunes” is an eclectic mix of originals and standards that is characterized by energy and style.
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