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...fine
trombone performance, considerable vocal ability, and excellent scat-singing..."
Patrick Crichton,
Head of the Jazz Department, Western Australian Conservatorium of Music,
Perth, Western Australia; Artistic Director, Jazz Australia; then-Australasia
Representative, IAJE Board |
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"The ITA International
Trombone Festival [concluded] with an
all-time brass blowout—and
an amazing combination of 'Bone Power'—on 'Jazz Night,' featuring
Michael Davis,
Raul de Souza, Antonio García, Bruce Paulson,
Bill
Reichenbach, and Bill Watrous."
The Octopus
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"Your performance on
trombone at the IMEA All-State Convention was superb."
Illinois Music Educators
Association Jazz Division
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"At all times Antonio
never played less than the 100% he promised....
He can be in my band whenever he wants."
Phil Collins |
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"The crowd was simply
blown away by his scat-singing and playing."
Dr. Scott Garlock,
Director of Bands,
Knox College
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Tenor
Trombone Solo Samples
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| Title |
Tempo/Style |
Recording |
Notes |
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Medium Swing |
a YouTube playlist of virtual duets recorded separately by various artists with me
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Wanting to collaborate with other musicians during pandemic lockdown, I began this project, inspired partly by my eternal delight at hearing different musicians improvise on the same musical framework and partly by such wonderful recordings long ago as pianist Bill Evans' "Conversations with Myself." My thanks to my many duet partners on this project! At this writing they include trombonists Russ Phillips and Al Hermann. Soon to be posted are trombonists Wycliffe Gordon and Harry Watters, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, and saxophonist Tom Christensen. |
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A Cappella Uptempo
Bebop |
archival
mp3
file |
stop-time blues with a bridge (composed García) |
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A Cappella Uptempo
Bebop |
archival
mp3
file
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stop-time rhythm changes in F, with harmon mute (excerpt) |
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Uptempo
Bebop |
archival
mp3
file |
with band |
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S.N.O.W.-Bliz Bop
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Uptempo Bebop
|
archival
mp3
file
RealAudio File
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stop-time bop solis,
based on Donna Lee (composed García)
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Medium Up Bebop |
archival
mp3
file |
on Joy Spring changes |
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Medium Waltz |
archival
mp3
file |
from Neil Gonsalves' Southern Skies and Lavender Blue |
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Medium Bird Blues |
archival
mp3
file |
on Blues for Alice changes |
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Medium Bird Blues |
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on Blues for Alice changes |
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Medium Up Bebop |
archival
mp3
file |
based on How High The Moon changes |
| London Town Fantasy* |
Haydn "London" Symphony even-eighths; "Foggy Day"-style medium swing |
performance of live Tbn + MIDI orchestra
also
mp3 of MIDI Tbn + Piano
The orchestral video version above includes trombone improvisation; the piano-reduction mp3 version includes the optional, written-out trombone solo. No improvisational skills are needed by the pianist. |
comm. by the Charlottesville Symphony Society for the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra (VA) to "showcase the trombone in a jazz ballad style and somehow reference the Haydn 'London' Symphony" and elements of George Gershwin's "A Foggy Day (in London Town)."
composed García, currently published in the format of trombone soloist with piano reduction, the orchestral version forthcoming. |
Post-Polyposis 'Gnosis Blues
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Multiphonic Blues |
archival
mp3
file |
(composed García, also playing hi-hat) |
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Multiphonic Ballad |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
| Just A Closer Walk With Thee |
Multiphonic Ballad, then Traditional New Orleans Jazz |
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An improvisatory duet with my friend and trombonist Craig Klein (bandleader; member of the Grammy Award-winning New Orleans Nightcrawlers; co-founder of Bonerama; and a Preservation Hall Jazz Master).
Performed at the memorial celebration for my brother, José L. García II (the first trombonist in my family). |
Loved One* |
Ballad Swing |
What Are We Here
For?, JazzTech Big Band (Sea Breeze SB-2067), 1995
mp3
file
RealAudio File |
The complete chart
is included; Basie-style ballad a la Li'l Darlin' (composed García) |
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Contemporary Ballad Waltz |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
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Multiphonic Ballad |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
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Home Is Where The Heart Is
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Ballad Swing
|
archival
mp3
file
|
The complete chart
is included (composed García)
|
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New Orleans Plunger Ballad |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
| By the
Light of the Dawn* |
Bolero
(Latin ballad) |
live concert
video by the Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage
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The
complete chart is included (composed García). |
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2-3 Clave Blues |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
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Medium Samba |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
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Medium
Samba |
archival
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This
video excerpt from many (many!) years ago is courtesy of the New Trier High School
Jazz Festival (IL). My solo during this pro jam session is preceded by the
wonderful tenor saxophonist Mark Colby and followed by the superb "harmonicat,"
Howard Levy. If memory serves, the great rhythm section is Mike Kocour (piano),
Larry Gray (bass), and Bob Rummage (drums)—my thanks to all! |
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Samba Sin Palabras*
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Medium Samba
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archival
mp3
file
RealAudio File
|
This excerpt is over
the tune's changes. Below you'll find another excerpt over a montuno (composed García). |
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Cha-Cha Yunque*
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Medium Cha-Cha
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archival
mp3
file
RealAudio File
|
Most of the chart
is included. The solo picks up from the entrance of backgrounds (composed García).
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Bossa Nova |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
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Funk |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
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Soft Spot* |
Slower Swing, Plunger |
live concert video
of the club recording session for
Eleventh Hour Live! , JazzTech Big Band (Sea Breeze SB-2110), 2000
 |
The complete chart
is included (composed García): sassy, bump-and-grind plunger trombone feature with blues-march
bridge. My thanks to Brian Jacobi (second trombonist in this band) for
the video footage, which I then synchronized to the audio from the final
CD mix. And special thanks to Rob Parton, whose JazzTech Big Band has
been of the highest quality for decades, all the while promoting
original compositions. |
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Slow C Minor Blues
with Mutes
|
archival
mp3
file
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Unaccompanied minor blues, using a harmon mute, plunger mute, and wearing Bolivian goat nails on the slide-hand. |
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Uptempo
Bluesy |
archival
mp3
file
RealAudio File
|
a
clip from a live recording project |
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Medium Up C Minor Blues |
from
Jazz Band Big, Adrien Re (Do Re Mi Studios SO90653137), 2018
mp3
file |
from Adrien Re's The Full Bob a Loo |
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Slow Bluesy, Plunger |
from
Jazz Band Big, Adrien Re (Do Re Mi Studios SO90653137), 2018
mp3
file |
excerpt |
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Metanoia (A Change
of Heart) |
Rubato Ballad |
archival
mp3
file
RealAudio File
|
Melody and solis
included: ballad shifting to jazz waltz (composed García). |
