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Audio recording of "There Will Never Be Another You", performed by the Martin Hoff Big Band. Arrangement by Frank Digesere and recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.

The group is a collection of talented musicians who get together for the love of making this kind of music. 

This was recorded virtually, with each band member recording their part into personal equipment (some of them phones) and uploading for audio processing.

There Will Never Be Another You - Big Band

Tad Dameron's On A Misty Night. My friend Brian on soprano and tenor saxophone.

On A Misty Night

Re-upload of this pretty tune.

Recorded with my friend Martin on the tenor sax. 

This recording is my first attempt at integrating orchestral strings into an arrangement, and uses Native Instruments' Session Strings Pro 2. The bass is Orange Tree Samples Core Pear Bass, and the drums are provided by Steinberg's Groove Agent. The Piano is Native's The Grandeur. This recording was mixed and mastered using Cubase Elements on an iMac.

Autumn Nocturne

Killer Joe Conclave Maiden gig Aug. 2015 
Robbin's Reef Yacht Club
Special guests,  Ed Beales-Trumpet

Killer Joe - Conclave 8.15 - 8 28 15, 1.01 PM

Rendition of Paquito D'Rivera's "Samba For Carmen", performed by Conclave, a jazz fusion group based in New Jersey.

April 2016

Samba For Carmen - A Conclave Recording

Rendition of Robben Ford's composition "Revelation", performed by Conclave, a jazz fusion group based in New Jersey.

Revelation - A Conclave Recording

On the Sunny Side of the Street-LJS

Marty Hoff Big Band performing Makin' Whoopee, Featuring Cliff Hoff on Tenor Saxophone. Song written by Walter Donaldson and arranged for big band by Chris Connolly.

These musicians are part of a collective that gets together once a month for the love of the great big band jazz music of the past and present.  Musicians from their 20’s through their 70’s make up the band at every rehearsal.  This project welcomes and features a nonagenarian in 93 year old Cliff Hoff, a Dorsey Bros., Maynard Ferguson and Glenn Miller band alumnus.

Makin' Whoopee - Big Band

Just a casual Jazzer. I am not seeking commercial gain from any of my projects, and do not permit others to profit from my own work.

These recordings are created to share a little bit of how I see music, as well as to learn new skills in home recording and virtual instrument techniques. 

My main DAW is Cubase Elements, and I use VST instruments and effects mostly by Arturia and Native Instruments. I also play Nord and Roland keyboards. I am not endorsed by anyone, nor am I interested in an endorsement for financial purposes.

Autumn Nocturne

Mike Jazz Piano

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