Downtown Blues
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The Grammy-nominated Downtown Blues is Steve Allee
Steve Allee
Steve Allee is an American jazz musician and composer.Allee attended Ben Davis High Schoolin Indianapolis, Indiana. Allee was in a band during the early 1970s called the Baron Von Ohlen Quartet which self-released an album of the same name...

's second album. This album contains music from the John Von Ohlen, Chuck Carter and Steve Allee Big Bands.

The Players

  • Piano: Steve Allee
    Steve Allee
    Steve Allee is an American jazz musician and composer.Allee attended Ben Davis High Schoolin Indianapolis, Indiana. Allee was in a band during the early 1970s called the Baron Von Ohlen Quartet which self-released an album of the same name...

  • Organ: Steve Corn
  • Guitar: Royce Campbell
  • Bass: John Clayton
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     and Bill Moring
  • Drums: John Von Ohlen
  • Vibes: Art Reiner or Claude Sifferlin
  • Timbales: Art Reiner
  • Congas: Michael McFarland
  • Voice: Rita Reed, Chuck Carter
  • Reeds: Tom Meyer, Mark Radway, Harry Miedema, Chuck Carter, Terry Cook
    Terry Cook
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  • Trumpet: Larry Wiseman, David Herndon, Jim Edison, Rick Savage, Steve Robinett, Don Johnson, Larry McWilliams, Al Kiger, Al Hembd
  • Trombone: Flip Miller, Bruce Geske, Tim Riggins, Jared Rodin, Ed Cox, David Pavolka, Ken Kugler
  • Recording engineer: Jack Gilfoy, Mark Hood, John Lazott
  • Mastering: Alan Johnson
    Alan Johnson
    Alan Arthur Johnson is a British Labour Party politician who served as Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010. Before that, he filled a wide variety of cabinet positions in both the Blair and Brown governments, including Health Secretary and Education Secretary. Until 20 January 2011 he was...

    , TRC Studios

The Tunes

  1. Showtime
  2. A Walk Through Bombay
  3. Downtown Blues
  4. Friday's Waltz
  5. Big George
  6. It Could Happen to You
  7. Cariba
  8. Saturn's Dance
  9. The Joint Is Jumpin'
  10. Algeria
  11. Burma
  12. Danse of Siam

Sources

  • http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=3353
  • http://steveallee.com/nyfifties.html
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