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 PARTY FOR REACH IN THIS DREAM ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH!
Tom Ross: global jazz songs
Moon & River Cafe
with Dean Mirabito, tabla
115 S Ferry
Schenectady, NY
8 pm. Admission is free.
Guests receive a FREE copy of Reach plus discounts on other music! With tabla ace Dean Mirabito.
The guitar-drenched project of global jazz songs is all-acoustic, with
rhythms and tones from India and Africa. Tom's lyrics spring from poets
such as Billy Collins and W. S. Merwin. Joining the composer's vocals,
guitars, sax and percussion are Jody Cormack, vocals; Steve Gorn, Indian
bamboo flute; Josh Zucker, bass; Dave Black, drums; and Deedee Huntington,
Emeralda Ross and Rosa Thomas, background vocals.
The festivities will be enhanced by surprise performances by musical
luminaries, with an ART SHOW of the original paintings appearing in
REACH's lavish 8-panel foldout. They're acrylics averaging 4 by 5 feet,
including the REACH cover of Tom's face-painted daughter as well as the
Javanese dancer "Triwik" performing with the Cornell Gamelan, which
recently played Tom's piece for gamelan and chorus, "She Rode Through the
Fair." And there's the 6 x 5-foot "The Sabetha Cornet Crank Band,"
developed from a tintype photo of the Kansas band that includes Tom's
great-grandfather on cornet.
Be sure to grace this special event on Saturday, November 18th in
Schenectady!
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Booking:
Tom Ross
Tel: (518) 372-2611
623 Rankin Ave
Schenectady, NY 12308
E-mail:
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Concerts coming soon...
Late this year, two more CD RELEASE PARTIES for REACH IN THIS DREAM are planned: at Bill Lenderking's house in Lexington, Mass., and in San Francisco with bassist Josh Zucker and madman drummer Greg Johnson.
Stay tuned for East and West Coast appearances and join the mailing list (
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Tom Ross’s new album of global jazz songs is finished. The guitar-drenched music is rooted in jazz with influence from India and Africa. Lyrically, the songs spring from poets such as W.S. Merwin, Stephen Dobyns, Billy Collins, and Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano.
The stories range from a dream about being saved by a dolphin, to being trapped in a tree and carved into a mermaid, to the fate of a man who falls in love with a star.
The all-acoustic album has Jody Cormack, vocals, Steve Gorn, Indian bamboo flute, Josh Zucker, bass, and Dave Black, drums, with Tom on voice, guitars, soprano sax, and percussion. The moods range from brooding to sexy to funny.
Available now. Click here for the order form.
 Another upcoming release, Treble in Paradise, is a 3-CD set of Tom Ross electronic instrumentals and songs. This album is still in production.
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