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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 29 November 2004 |
LOUIS NEAL is a Kansas City area bandleader, educator,
composer and arranger whose most recent release, "Bigger and Better" captures
swing, Kansas City style. This release is currently available at the American
Jazz Museum's Swing Shop and contains splendid arrangements of the following
compositions: "Meet Ellen"; "Robin's Nest"; "My One and Only Love"; "For the
Love of You"; "Groovin' High (On the Down Low)"; "My, My, My"; "The Boy from
Ipanema"; "It's All Relative"; "Love Won't Let Me Wait"; "In the Mix"; and,
"Moten Swing".
Mr. Neal is the arranger of several Alaadeen compositions
that are available here at Fandeen Publishing Company's website. As an active
artist/educator, Mr. Neal and his ensemble can be heard performing regularly at
venues in the Kansas City area. As a freelance artist and solist, he is also one
of the original founding performing members of the "18th and Vine Big Band".
This ensemble is under the direction of world-renowned, saxophone artist,
composer, and jazz educator, Prof. Bobby Watson.
For more information
about Mr. Neal's original catalogue of works visit the American Jazz Museum's
website: Swing Shop - LOUIS NEAL.
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