TACOMA CD RELEASE PARTY
We will be celebrating the release of the album "ContraBand" with a CD release party on Sunday, November 9th at 6:00pm for an all-ages shows at Jazzbones in Tacoma, WA.
The debut album contains jazz arrangements of the music from the 1980’s side-scrolling, run & gun, 8-bit video game called Contra. The songs chronical each level (or stage) of the game, in sequential order. Since the beginning of jazz, musicians have reworked songs familiar to non-jazz listeners and made them their own. Music from pop tunes, movie soundtracks and Broadway shows have been arranged and performed in a jazz format. The album "ContraBand" was created in honor of this tradition. In his arrangements, Cliff has kept the melody, harmony lines, and feel of the compositions true to their original form, while still opening up the songs with jazz chord changes to allow for improvised solos. Tenor saxophonist Cliff Colon will perform all of the tracks from the new CD at the CD release show with Seattle musicians J. Charles on alto saxophone, Frank Seeberger on guitar, Eric Verlinde on rhodes, Chuck Kistler on bass and D’Vonne Lewis on drums.
Jazzbones is located at 2803 6th Ave in Tacoma, WA. All ages are welcome and the cover is $5. For directions and reservations please call (253) 396-9169.
Jazzbones
2803 6th Ave
Tacoma, WA 98406
(253) 396-9169
www.jazzbones.com