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Albums
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"Real Virtuosi don't show off; they simply make the impossible sound effortless.
That's how jazzman Russ Little plays trombone.....".
-New jazz CD review of Slow Burn in March, 2011, Toronto Star.
Slow Burn: "A new album by Russ Little showing off his vast trombone wares is always welcome,
guaranteed to be both different from past entries
(like the outstanding "Footwork" and "On The Shoulders of Giants") and entertaining."
-April, 2011, Geoff Chapman, iconic Canadian jazz critic.
Winner of the prestigious National Jazz Awards', "Best Trombonist of 2007".
Two-time nominee (for Best Album and Best Trombonist).
"Russ Little's --- virtuoso performance on the albums Snapshot and Footwork could not be denied."......
-J.D. Considine writing in the Toronto Globe and Mail, April, 2007.
Geoff Chapman, National Jazz Critic for the Toronto Star, has declared Russ Little's latest release, "Footwork", to be
"one of the Top 10 Best Albums of 2006".
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Slow Burn
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"It is a truth, widely acknowledged among musicians, that the art form of improvisational jazz, performed at any chosen speed, volume or style, is best performed with a powerful, underlying intensity that can most accurately be described as a Slow Burn."
Track Listings:
1. My Mama Told Me So Listen
2. Body & Soul Listen
3. Jive Samba Listen
4. Here's That Rainy Day Listen
5. Speedball Listen
6. Blue Skies Listen
7. My Foolish Heart Listen
8. Tutu Listen
9. Creepin' Listen
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"...even as he delivers the satiny upper register and silky articulation, his solos carry the bluesy grit of Curtis Fuller.
Hence the Slow Burn of the title ..."
-J.D. Considine, Toronto Star, March 26th, 2011.
Slow Burn is filled with "...tracks that demonstrate Little's ease whatever the genre."
-Whole Note Magazine, April, 2011.
Featuring:
Russ Little - trombone
Brian Barlow - drums, percussion, tambourine, congas, timbales, shaker
Mike Francis - guitar, rhythm guitar
Rob Piltch - nylon string guitar
Scott Alexander - bass, electric bass
Tom Szczesniak - electric bass, piano, electric piano, Hammond B3 organ
Robi Botos - piano, electric piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
David Restivo - electric piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
Michael Stuart - tenor saxophone
Perry White - tenor saxophone
Vern Dorge - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
John Johnson - soprano saxophone
Steve McDade - trumpet
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On The Shoulders Of Giants
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"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
Sir Isaac Newton,
February 5th, 1675
Track Listings:
1. Cottontail Listen
2. Along Came Betty Listen
3. Friday Night At The Cadillac Club Listen
4. Star Crossed Lovers Listen
5. Sister Sadie Listen
6. Memories Of You Listen
7. I Remember Clifford Listen
8. Django Listen
9. Blue Monk Listen
10. Song For My Father Listen
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Featuring:
Russ Little - Trombone
Steve McDade - Trumpet
Tom Szczesniak - Keyboard, Electric Piano
Scott Alexander - Bass, Electric Bass
Brian Barlow - Percussion, Drums, Congas, Tambourine
Vern Dorge - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Robi Botos - Hammond B3 Organ, Piano, Electric Piano
John Johnson - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Rich Brown - Electric Bass
Michael Francis - Electric Guitar
Rob Piltch - Guitar, Nylon String Guitar
John Lamb - Bass
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Footwork
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For all its acknowledged nobility and sonorous power, the
Trombone, by its very nature, lends itself to neither fleetness
nor effortless grace, which is why we all spend many long and lonely hours of intense and unremitting practise hoping to achieve the necessary - "Footwork".
Track Listings:
1. Footwork Listen
2. The Boy Next Door Listen
3. Midnight Sun Listen
4. Nikki's Grin Listen
Russ Little - Trombone(First Solo)
Slide Hampton - Trombone(Second Solo)
5. Four Brothers Listen
6. Six Inch Spike Listen
7. Peace Listen
8. She Listen
9. Up Jumped Spring Listen
10. Things Ain't What They Used To Be Listen
Slide Hampton - Trombone(First Solo)
Russ Little - Trombone(Second Solo)
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Featuring:
Russ Little - trombone
Slide Hampton - trombone
Vern Dorge- tenor sax
Phil Dwyer- tenor sax
Mike Francis- guitar
Tom Szczesniak - piano
Robi Botos - piano
Scott Alexander - bass
Brian Barlow - drums
Rob Piltch - guitar
John Johnson - tenor sax
Alan Hetherington - pandeiro & tamborim
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"In Russ Little's hands, the trombone transforms into a musical magic lamp
capable of granting anything your heart desires."
-Frank Nakashima, Whole Note Magazine --- February, 2007.
"Uncanny precision --- Extremely versatile"
-Frank Nakashima, Whole Note Magazine --- February, 2007.
"...a rollicking frolic."
-The Toronto Star, 2006
"...this seriously talented leader explores sound possibilities and different stylistic approaches."
-The Toronto Star, 2006
"...charges into bluesy territory inhabited in earlier days by Horace Silver."
-The Toronto Star, 2006
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Snapshot
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We chose Snapshot as the name for this collection of song
recordings because, like every family album snapshot, this CD
captures and preserves a particular moment in time -- a kind
of sonic photograph of my style of playing jazz trombone,
circa 2004-2005.
Track Listings:
1. Undecided Listen
2. My One And Only Love Listen
3. Where Can I Go Without You? Listen
4. Cold Duck Time Listen
5. Out On A Limb Listen
6. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square Listen
7. Autumn In New York Listen
8. Smile Please Listen
9. Little Prince Listen
10. More Than You Know Listen
11. Exactly Like You Listen
12. One Note Samba Listen |
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Featuring:
Russ Little - trombone
Phil Dwyer - tenor sax
Rob Piltch - guitar
Tom Szczesniak - piano
Lorne Lofsky - guitar
Brian Barlow - drums
Scott Alexander - bass
Michael Stuart - tenor/alto sax
John Johnson - tenor/alto/soprano sax
Mike Francis - guitar
Bill McBirnie - flute
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"What a marvelous record this is, a spellbinder from start to finish..."
-Geoff Chapman, National Jazz Critic for the Toronto Star, August 4th, 2005
"No matter how virtuosic his solos get, what comes across most strongly
is the clarity of his melodic ideas."
-J.D. Considine, Toronto Globe & Mail
"It's seldom obvious that what he's doing is spectacularly difficult."
-J.D. Considine, Toronto Globe & Mail
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