Gerry Beaudoin & The Boston Jazz Ensemble - Sentimental Over You (2013)

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Gerry Beaudoin & The Boston Jazz Ensemble - Sentimental Over You (2013)

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An award winning jazz ensemble composed of Boston's finest jazz musicians continues to provide lush ballads and swinging arrangements of well known songs from the Great American Songbook.

This CD Sentimental Over You is the second in a three CD series of great songs from the Great American Songbook performed Tby the Boston Jaz Ensemble. The Boston Jazz Ensemble is an all-star group put together by award winning jazz guitarist Gerry Beaudoin. Boston has a jazz history that is long and legendary. When putting together this group Gerry chose the cream of the Boston jazz scene. Drummer Alan Dawson is best known for his stints with pianist Dave Brubeck and vibist Lionel Hampton but has performed with a who's who in the jazz world including Kenny Burrell, Tal Farlow, Ruby Braff, Dave McKenna,Scott Hamilton and a host of others. The three Boston Jazz Ensemble CD's also feature Alan on vibes. Pianist Paul Schmeling is the Chairman of the piano department at Berklee College Of Music. His performance credits range from vocalists Dakota Staton and Carol Sloan to Jackie McClean, Scott Hamilton, Ruby Braff and Herb Pomeroy. Bassist Bob Nieske is the jazz artist in residence at Brandeis University and a graduate of New England Conservatory. Jeff Stout from the Buddy Rich Band plays trumpet and flugelhorn , Fred Lipsius Grammy winning arranger from Blood, Sweat and Tears is on alto sax, and Dick Johnson a world reknowned clarinetist, flautist and the leader of the Artie Shaw Orchestra add's his considerable talent to this project. Leader,arramger and guitarist Gerry Beaudoin is a guitarist's guitarist having performed or recorded with John and Bucky Pizzarelli, Jack Wilkins, Jimmy Bruno, Howard Alden, Frank Vignola. Ronnie Earl,Duke Robillard and J.Geils. He has also performed or recorded with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Fred Lipius from the seminal jazz rock group Blood Sweat and Tears , Dick Johnson from the Artie Shaw Orchestra, legendary Kansas City pianist Jay McShann, Carol Sloan, and Jerry Portnoy from the Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton Bands. His 1998 recording Just Among Friends was " submitted for consideration for a Grammy nomination." He is a featured performer on the Mel Bay Productions DVD Cafe Benedetto and a member of the New Guitar Summit featuring Gerry alongside blues icon Duke Robillard and rock superstar Jay Geils from the J. Geils Band. In 1992 In A Sentimental Mood by the Boston Jazz Ensemble was released to critical acclaim and rave reviews. It relieved a Cadence Jazz Magazine Editors Choice Award and was soon followed by this CD Sentimental Over You and then Sentimental Christmas.