Album Notes

Sixteen-piece big band with featured soloists Ernie Watts, Kim Richmond, Vince Trombetta, Keith
Bishop, Brian Williams (saxophones). Steve Huffsteter, Lee Thornburg, (trumpets). John Proulx (piano).
Joel Hamilton (bass) and leader Mike Barone
METROPOLE - Mike Barone Big Band
Recorded live at L.A. Valley College Recording Workshop,
Valley Glen, California on March 12, 2006
Rhubarb Recordings #103 - CD release October 2006
METROPOLE
IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT:
thejazzmart.com
cdbaby.com
Mike Barone is available for
interviews or can be contacted
by industry professionals at
(951) 301-5041
or musick60@gmail.com
THE PUBLIC MAY FIND MORE INFO ABOUT
AND CONTACT MIKE BARONE AT:
mikebaronemusic.com
youtube.com/user/mikebaronebigband
myspace.com/mikebarone
THE BAND:
LEADER, TROMBONE SOLOIST:
Mike Barone
TRUMPETS:
Lee Thornburg
Pete DeSiena
Bob Summers
Steve Huffsteter
TROMBONES:
Charlie Loper
Dick Hamilton
Bill Booth
Craig Gosnell
SAXES:
Kim Richmond, alto sax
Keith Bishop, alto sax
Ernie Watts, tenor sax
Vince Trombetta, tenor sax
Brian Williams, bari sax
RHYTHM SECTION:
John Proulx, piano
Joel Hamilton, bass
Paul Kreibich, drums
THE SONGS:
1. Metropole (Mike Barone)
Steve Huffsteter, trumpet solo. Lee Thornburg, lead trumpet.
2. Yes Sir, That’s My Baby (Gus Kahn / Walter Donaldson)
Keith Bishop, alto solo. Lee Thornburg, lead trumpet.
3. Blues In The Night (Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer)
Vince Trombetta, tenor solo. Lee Trombetta, written & improvised trumpet solos. Pete DeSiena, lead trumpet.
4. Grand Central (John Coltrane)
Ernie Watts & Vince Trombetta, tenor solos. Lee Thornburg, lead trumpet.
5. Nobody Else But Me (Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Kim Richmond, alto solo. Joel Hamilton, bass solo. Lee Thornburg, lead trumpet.
6. We’ll Be Together Again (Frankie Laine / Carl Fischer)
Ernie Watts, tenor solo. Pete DeSiena, lead trumpet.
7. Dat Dere (Bobby Timmons / Oscar Brown, Jr.)
Bob Summers, trumpet solo. John Proulx, piano solo. Pete DeSiena, lead trumpet.
8. Passe (C. Sigman / J. Meyer / E. Delange / Sablon / Geiringer)
Mike Barone, trombone solo. Lee Thornburg, lead trumpet.
9. Flatfoot (Mike Barone)
Brian Williams, bari solo. Kim Richmond, alto solo. Bob Summers, trumpet solo. Pete DeSiena, lead trumpet.
10. I Won’t Dance (J. Kern / J. McHugh / O. Hammerstein II / O. Harbach / D. Fields)
Steve Huffsteter, trumpet solo. Lee Thornburg, lead trumpet.
All musicial arrangements written and produced by Mike Barone.
“Well-crafted and imaginative, Mike Barone’s arrangements and compositions are consistently intriguing.”
––Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times