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Pan American Nutcracker Suite
For the second straight year, the innovative drummer, composer Joe McCarthy and his Latin Grammy award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band (NYABABB) will crisscross the country to perform The Pan American Nutcracker Suite. McCarthy released The Pan American Nutcracker Suite album in 2022, on his Angelface Records label, which LatinJazz.net hailed as “a five-star performance from end to end.” Reimagined in McCarthy and co-arranger/conductor Vince Norman’s arresting arrangements, and driven by McCarthy’s Tony Williams and Ray Barrett-inspired, in-the-pocket drumming, the recording includes the infectious, Afro-grooved take on “Overture,” the martial mambo-fired bolero “March,” and a cha-cha-cha/6/8 take of “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.” “Trepak” reminiscences in Ellington’s terrific tempos he recorded on his 1960 recording of The Nutcracker Suite with Billy Strayhorn, contrasted to the atmospheric, Gil Evans-inspired vibe on “Arabian Dance.” The Chinoiserie cadences on “Chinese Dance,” are matched in intensity by the partido alto-pulsed Brazilian rhythms on “Dance of the Reed Flutes” and the Venezuelan joropo dance grooves on “Waltz of the Flowers,” which was nominated for a 2023 Grammy Award® In the Best Arrangement category.
Joining McCarthy on the stage are: Omar Ledezma, percussion; Boris Kozlov, bass; Marco Diaz, piano; Dave McNab, guitar; Nick Marchione, lead trumpet; Neil Levonius, Maneco Ruiz, Mike Rocha, trumpet; Alejandro Aviles, lead alto sax; Jesse Levit, Galen Green, Marcus Stephens, Aaron Lington, saxophone; Francisco Torres, lead trombone; Jamie Dubberly, Sam Gonzalez, Derek James, trombone.
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