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"Your CD is beautiful!" |
Maria Schneider, Grammy-award winning Composer/Arranger |
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"This CD is an example of first rate composing and arranging. Stylistically, it is a straight ahead, hard swinging album with a couple of latin inflected tunes. Gene’s compositions feel very natural, without forcing structures or styles. His charts are excellent and make optimum use of his excellent ensemble. I highly recommend this CD." |
Arturo O'Farrill, Music Director/Pianist,
Chico O'Farrill, Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra |
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"Your CD sounds beautiful, soulful, nice writing, also great playing." |
David Balakrishnan, Turtle Island String Quartet |
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"His tunes are lyrical and melodic, with lush harmonies and exciting rhythms. Gene Marlow shows in ‘A Summer Afternoon With You’ he is a composer for all seasons." |
Andy LaVerne, Pianist/Composer |
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"Eugene Marlow is a melody maker. His CD ‘A Summer Afternoon With You’ is full of memorable melodies and arrangements performed exquisitely by some of New York’s upper echelon players. It will certainly demand repeated listening. BRAVO!" |
Rufus Reid, Bassist/Composer/Educator |
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"I really enjoyed the tunes and hearing how Marlow’s approach to harmony has yielded very creative results. Gene Marlow's music is very inviting, fresh, and listenable. Composer/pianist Mike Abene is a perfect partner." |
Harold Danko, Chair, Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media Department, Eastman School of Music |
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"Swinging and very polished. Bright, upbeat, colorful, maybe a little saudade, as the Brazilians say--pretty, mannerly, a little more complicated, especially harmonically, than a casual listening might suggest; nuanced. Very sophisticated and fun to hear." |
Howard Mandel, President, Jazz Journalists Association |
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"It's beautiful. It's great. I liked it a lot!" |
Christian Fabian
Composer/Bassist |
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A Summer Afternoon With You
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- Taylored For Billy 4:43
- A Summer Afternoon With You 6:24
- Thanks, Duke 5:26
- Gentle Breeze 5:34
- Send My Regrets 6:06
- Song For A Brave Song 4:51
- Where Are You Now? 4:33
- Memories & Reflections 3:53
- Broken Heart 5:15
- Com Calma (Take It Easy) 5:52
Original compositions and arrangements by Eugene Marlow
Recorded at The Studio, New York City, February 27, 2004
Produced by Eugene Marlow; Engineer: Katherine Miller
Mastered at Onomatopoeia, New York City; Ken Takeuchi, Engineer
Musicians: Michael Abene, Piano/Leader; Chip Jackson, Bass; Michael Mossman, Trumpet/Flugelhorn; Bobby Porcelli, Alto Saxophone; Dave Meade, Drums/Percussion
Copyright 2005 MEII Enterprises, 235 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Critics Reviews
"Composer and arranger Eugene Marlow’s debut CD is a swinging delight. Abundantly melodic, A Summer Afternoon With You is. . . a straight ahead album with lush arrangements, great playing and friendly track lengths. Those who bemoan the repetitiveness of standards or the lack of original compositions will find this to be superbly refreshing."
Ed Trefzger, JazzWeek
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Radio Station Reviews
"An outstanding piece of music. Played with style and a considerable amount of skill and invention. Superb."
John Reid, Keith Radio
Scotland
"A truly beautiful CD combining the very special talents of Eugene Marlow and a group of excellent musicians who were able to interpret the very essence of it all."
Michael Criddle, Triple H-FM
Australia
"Great compositions and remarkable instrumental skills."
Joost van Steen - Jazz & Blues Tour, Alphen Stad FM
Netherlands
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Customer Comments
"Thanks for the pleasure of your debut CD. I'm listening to it now, and really enjoying it. I particularly like your “Where Are You Now?” It has that rare quality of playfulness and melancholy, distant, rare and wonderful. Congratulations on a fabulous CD!"
Paula Mallino - New York City
"I like very much what I heard."
Peter Zanelo - Beijing, China
"This is great stuff!"
Gloria O’Donohoe - Burbank, California
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