Quintology performing "African Violets" from their CD entitled Blues by Five. Featuring Charlie Dennard (piano), Brian Seeger (guitar), Brent Rose (sax), Mark DiFlorio (drums) and Brady Kish (bass). Written by Mark DiFlorio.

African Violets

Charlie Dennard's opening track to his CD "From Brazil to New Orleans". Co-written with Rafael Alterio at Estudio Gargolandia in Alambari, SP Brazil in 2009. Itape is short for Itapetininga which is a small city located in the interior part of São Paulo Brazil near Estudio Gargolandia.

Itape

Capoeira Mata Um

Senhorinha

Africa Mae

Sampler of 6 tracks from Charlie Dennard's organ trio record entitled 5 O'Clock Charlie. All compositions by Charlie Dennard and Brian Seeger.

5 O'Clock Charlie Sampler

Charlie Dennard (composer, arranger, producer, keyboards), Doug Belote (drums), Max Moran (bass), Steve Masakowski (guitar), Ray Moore (saxes, flute), Eric Lucero (trumpet, flugel horn), Marc Solis (saxes, bass clarinet, flute), Jason Mingledorf (tenor sax, bass clarinet), Josh Geisler (bansuri flute), Andrew McLean (tabla, sarod), Brian Seeger (guitar), Rick Trolsen (trombone), Brad Walker (tenor sax), Carlos Lopez (percussion)

Father

Joe's Crusade

Trois Fois

Deep Blue

Wanderlust

Mojave

St Charles Strut

Charlie Dennard interview by Fred Kasten on his Jazz New Orleans radio show at WWNO on FridayOct 4, 2019.

JNO PLAYER OF THE WEEK FEATURE: CHARLIE DENNARD

Charlie Dennard (b. Nov. 3, 1969) is a North American keyboardist, composer and arranger who is currently the musical director for Cirque du Soleil's "Totem". Over the last 20 years Charlie has performed and recorded internationally with a variety of jazz, blues and world music ensembles as well as theatrical productions. From 2002 to 2007 Charlie was the assistant bandleader and keyboardist for the Grammy nominated Cirque du Soleil show “Alegria” and with them successfully performed over 1,700 shows in 12 different countries. Before joining Cirque du Soleil, Charlie received his Masters Degree in Music from the University of New Orleans in 1998 where he was a jazz piano student of the legendary Ellis Marsalis and in 1992 Charlie earned his Bachelors Degree in Music Media and Industry from the esteemed University of Miami.

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