NEW YORK (www.joebourne.com) - Vocalist Joe Bourne releases a new CD, "Remembering Mr. Cole" www.cdbaby.com/joebourne12
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.com
Joe 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 in
Europe 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
