...Mike Longo "Aftermath" with The New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble, CAP956
Hear in Real Audio ! Urban Jungle Urban Jungle; Naima; Moody's Groove; Love Dreams; Hooters; Day Spring; Yomamo; Wee; It Never Entered My Mind .....excerpt from the liner notes: Exploring rhythmic and melodic zones not only frees the improvisor from pre-conceived licks that donŐt swing, it also profoundly affects the way the composer/arranger hears and writes. Mike Longo has been playing in that zone for a long, long time: as a teenager with Cannonball Adderley, as a young piano student of Oscar Peterson, and finally as a mature artist with lifelong associations with Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody. His composition and arranging role models are equally profound: fellow Gillespie alum Lalo Shifrin, Quincy Jones, the great Benny Carter, Don Sebesky, Thad Jones, Gil Evans, and of course Dizzy and Gil Fuller. With such strong, deep influences and a hyperawareness of rhythmic and harmonic subtlety, Mike writes some pretty amazing stuff. Matt Snyder	Mike Longo Adam Rafferty Lyn Christie Darryll Pellegrini Bob Magnuson Lee Greene Frank Perowsky Patience Higgins Matt Snyder Frank Basile Virgil Jones Burt Collins Joe Shepley Joe Magnarelli Nubate Isles Darryll Shaw Gary Guzio Lynn Welshman Rob Suttman Sam Burtis Eric Goetz Wayne Andre Piano Guitar Bass Drums Alto Sax, Oboe, Flute Alto Sax, Flute, Clarinet Tenor Sax, Clarinet Baritone Sax, Bass Clarinet Baritone Sax, Bass Clarinet Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet Trumpet, Flugelhorn Trumpet, Flugelhorn Trumpet, Flugelhorn Trumpet, Flugelhorn Trumpet, Flugelhorn Trumpet, Flugelhorn Trumpet, Flugelhorn Bass Trombone Trombone Trombone Trombone Trombone