"Go-Go and Gumbo, Satchmo 'N' Soul"

A La Carte Brass & Percussion featuring Chuck Brown and Shaun Murphy on vocals. "Go-Go and Gumbo, Satchmo 'n Soul" (Wildchild! CD #04752)
Released 1997

The brilliant second CD by the decade's most fun new big band, 14 pieces that are half New Orleans brass and half salsa percussion. Even more danceable groove and swing than the band's debut release, Boogeyin! Swamprock, Salsa & 'Trane (Wildchild! #02452). The vocals drip with funk and soul from the king of D.C. go-go and the lead female singer from Little Feat. A great party record: everything from P-Funk served up with lots of salsa percussion to a J.J. Johnson jazz classic with a mambo groove.

THE PERFORMERS

SOUSAPHONE
• Pete Ostle

SAXOPHONES
• Gary Johnson Tenor
• Rick Parrell, baritone

TRUMPETS
• Tony Klatka
• Vaughn Nark
• Jimmie Howard
• Kenny Rittenhouse
• Terry Bingham
• Jack Garner
• Dave Detwiler
• Chris Walker
• Marc Weigel

TROMBONES
• Bill Holmes
• Jerry Barnett
• John Jensen
• George Allen

DIDJERIDU
• Karl Kalbaugh

HAMMOND B-3
• Tommy Lepson

PERCUSSION
• Gali Sanchez timbales, bongos
• Tim Huesgen snare drum, chekere, guiro
• Rob White congas, tres golpe, iya,wind chimes, cajon, snare and bass drum
• Myles Overton bass drum, claves, tambourine, kokorico
• Jack O'Dell snare drum
• Charles Ostle bass drum
• Alejandro Lucini timbales, gua-gua, repinque
• Rashidi Bowe iya, bongos
• Nelson Rodriguez quinto, claves, vocals
• Gene Cedras effects

VOCALS
• Chuck Brown
  - D.C.'s "King of Go-Go"
• Shaun Murphy
  - lead singer for "LITTLE FEAT"
• Tommy Lepson
• Nap Turner

You can order this CD from Mapleshade Records.

"Boogeyin', Salsa, Swamprock, and 'Trane"

Released in December 1994 by Wildchild!, a subsidiary of Mapleshade Records, "Boogeyin!" received many wonderful reviews. Recorded live to 2-track analog at Mapleshade Studio, homebase of Mapleshade Records, the vibrant and contagious energy isfaithfully captured without the use of equalization, compression, filtering, mixing console, noise reduction, multitracking or overdubing. What you hear is an extremely talented, LARGE group of musicians, captured "AS IT HAPPENED", and clearly demonstrating their ability to pull it off.

THE PLAYERS (and others!)

LEADERS
• Pete Ostle - Sousaphone
• Gary Johnson - Tenor Sax

MUSICIANS (with track credits)
• Tom Williams - Trumpet
• Chris Battistone - Trumpet
• Roger Rossi - Trumpet
• Chris Walker (4,6,7)- Trumpet
• Craig Fraedrich (4,7)- Trumpet
• Rick Parrell - Bari Sax
• Bill Holmes - Trombone
• Mat Niess (9)- Trombone
• Galí Sanchez - Timbales, Percussion
• Tim Huesgen - Bass Drum, Percussion
• Rob White (Not on 6)- Congas, Percussion
• Myles Overton (not on 8,9)- Snare Drum, Percussion
• Josh Howell (2,5)- Congas, Percussion
• Alejandro Lucini (3)- Brazilian percussion

SINGERS
• Alvy Powell (1)
• Chuck Brown (3)

ARRANGERS
• Mike Tomaro (2,7)
• Jim Roberts (9,10)
• Mark Taylor (6,8,11)
• Charlie Barnett (1)
• Chris Battistone (3)
• Eric Richards (5)

You can order this CD from Mapleshade Records.