Bianca reimagined:Music for paws and persistance - Dan Pugach Big Band

August 23, 2024 Outside in Music

Tracks:                      (Featured solo)         

1. Masa                      09:10       

 (Dave Adewumi - tpt, Jeremy Powell - t. sax, Dan Pugach - drums)

2. Bella the Bear           05:58           

(Jasim Perales - tbn) 

3. Bianca                     06:44                    

  (Eitan Gofman - tenor sax, Stuart Mack - tpt)

4. The Bridge  06:37

(Nicole Zuraitis - voice, Jonathan Saraga - trumpet) 

5. Little Fears  07:14

(Nicole Zuraitis - voice, Troy Roberts - tenor sax, Mike Fahie - trombone)

6. Tolerance                  07:36                

 (Mike Fahie - tbn, Patrick Cornelius - alto sax

7. Schleppin’                 07:21     

 (Sam Weber - bass, Nitzan Gavrieli - piano, Alan Ferber - tbn)

8.Travel                      05:32   

 (Nicole Zuraitis - voice,Jeremy Powell - tenor sax, Stuart Mack - tpt)

9.Dreams                      06:31                     

   (Nicole Zuraitis - voice, Pete McCann - guitar)

10.Discourse This!          07:24 

(Dave Smith - tpt, Andrew Gould - alto sax, Dan Pugach - drums)

11.Bianca (Alt. Take)      07:28

(Eitan Gorman - tenor sax, Stuart Mack - tpt)

Personnel:

Featured Vocalist - Nicole Zuraitis 

Reed 1 - Andrew Gould

Reed 2 - Patrick Cornelius

Reed 3 - Eitan Gofman

Reed 4 - Jeremy Powell (Troy Roberts on #4,#5)

Reed 5 - Andrew Hadro

Trumpet 1 - Sam Hoyt

Trumpet 2 - Dave Smith

Trumpet 3 - Dave Adewumi (Jonathan Saraga on #4,#5)

Trumpet 4 - Stuart Mack (Alex "Pope" Norris on #4,#5)

Trombone 1 - Mike Fahie

Trombone 2 - Alan Ferber

Trombone 3 - Jasim Perales

Bass Trombone - Jen Hinkle (Jeff Nelson on #4,#5)

Guitar - Pete McCann

Piano - Nitzan Gavrieli

Bass - Sam Weber

Drums - Dan Pugach

Composed by Dan Pugach except for The Bridge (Nicole Zuraitis), Travel (Nicole Zuraitis), Little Fears (Nicole Zuraitis & Dan Pugach) and Dreams (Van Halen)  

Arranged and orchestrated by Dan Pugach

Recorded at The Bunker Studio Brooklyn, NY on February 12&13 2023 and May 28, 2024 

Recorded and mixed by Aaron Nevezie

Mastered by Alex DeTurk

Design by Jamie Breiwick, B Side Graphics

Session Photos by Alex Weitz

Bianca Cover drawing by Jen Hinkle

Executive producer: Susan Bloomberg 

Associate producers: Dr. George DiGiacinto, Brett Zuraitis

Outside in Music 2024

This album is supported by the Café Royal Cultural Foundation Music Grant

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