Tales from the Blue Lounge
Richard Underhill
Baritone Saxophone – Chris Gale (2) (tracks: 5, 6), Richard Underhill (tracks: 5, 10)
Bass – Artie Roth (tracks: 5, 6, 10), George Koller (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9)
Co-producer – Mark Mariash
Composed By, Arranged By, Alto Saxophone, Co-producer – Richard Underhill
Drums – Barry Elmes (tracks: 5, 6, 10), Ted Warren (2) (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9)
Guitar – Jake Langley (tracks: 3, 4), Reg Schwager (tracks: 5, 6, 10)
Mastered By – Jeff Elliott
Mixed By, Edited By, Mastered By – Jono Grant (2)
Organ – David Restivo (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10)
Percussion – Jose “Papo” Rodriguez (tracks: 5), Luis Orbegoso (tracks: 3, 5)
Photography, Graphic Design, Layout – Suzanne Johnson
Piano – David Restivo (tracks: 1, 7, 8, 9)
Tenor Saxophone – Bob Brough, Richard Underhill (tracks: 5)
Trombone – Joshua Brown (3) (tracks: 3), William Carn (tracks: 5, 6)
Trumpet – Alexis Baro (tracks: 5), William Sperandei (tracks: 6)
released 2002
Stubby Records – SRCD-777
Track List:
- Surfing 7:44
- Mr. Fezziwig 5:41
- Big 5:54
- Blues For Suze 9:13
- The Blue Lounge 6:11
- The Old Guys 5:37
- Dreamy Afternoon 5:29
- Guru Ship 6:35
- Pegasus 6:10
- Chillin’ 5:33
Description:
Tales from the Blue Lounge’ is the debut instrumental jazz release from Richard Underhill. This outstanding CD won a 2003 Juno Award and was nominated for the Prix du Jazz at the 2003 Montreal Jazz Festival. ‘Tales from the Blue Lounge’ features 10 original compositions that touch on important modern jazz elements and reference jazz greats from Monk to Mingus to Ornette Coleman to Mancini.
Varied in arrangement style and instrumentation, these memorable compositions are brought to life by some of Canada’s top jazz musicians including George Koller on bass, Ted Warren on drums, David Restivo on piano and Bob Brough on tenor sax. The album was produced by Underhill and Mark Mariash and mixed by Jono Grant.
