Artist description 'tales from the blue lounge' is a solid, groovy mainstream jazz album that features fine sax, organ and guitar work. This is the debut instrumental jazz release from Richard Underhill who was the founder of the infamous, audacious and unpredictable Shuffle Demons, and currently leads Blue Rodeo's Bushwhack Horns. 'tales from the blue lounge' features 10 original compositions that touch on important modern jazz elements and reference jazz greats from Monk to Mingus to Ornette Coleman to Mancini. Varied in arrangement style and instrumentation, these memorable compositions are brought to life by some of Canada's top jazz musicians.

Music Style Mainstream Jazz

Musical Influences Monk, Mingus, Ellington, Coltrane, Bird, World Sax Quartet, Ornette Coleman, Stanley Turrentine, Eddie Harris, Arnette Cobb, Shuffle Demons, Air, Old and New Dreams, Sun Ra, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul, Muhal Richard Abrams, Abdullah Ibrahim,

Similar Artists Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaraldi

Artist History Richard Underhill - alto sax, bari sax. The founding member and leader of Toronto's Shuffle Demons, Richard’s distinctive sax playing can be heard on the The Demons underground hits Spadina Bus, Out of my House, Roach and Hockey Night in Canada. He took this groundbreaking Bop Rap ensemble from the streets of Toronto across Canada and to Europe playing jazz and rock festivals from Halifax to Vancouver and from Italy to Estonia from 1986 -1997. From 1997 to present, he has performed and recorded with Toronto jazz stalwarts like Wayne Cass, Steve Coven, and Norman Marshall Villeneuve, and is currently the leader and arranger for Blue Rodeo’s Bushwhack horns. In demand as a session player and sideman, he has written horn and string arrangements for and performed with Hawksley Workman, Wide Mouth Mason, Dr. John, Taj Mahal, Maria Muldar, Molly Johnson, Amos Garrett, Bobby Wiseman, Lorraine Segato, Neil Sedaka, Julius Hemphil, Mike Murley and George Koller to name a few. ‘Tale’s from the Blue Lounge’ is h is first instrumental jazz album.úP

Group Members Richard Underhill - alto/bari sax Dave Restivo - piano/organ Reg Schwager - guitar or Jake Langley - guitar George Koller - bass or Artie Roth - bass Ted Warren - drums or Barry Elmes - drums Bob Brough - tenor sax Chris Gale - bari sax Josh Brown - tromb one or William Carn - trombone Alexis Baro - trumpet or William Sperandei - trumpet Luis Orbregoso - percussion ––

Instruments alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax, piano/organ, bass, drums, guitar, trombone, trumpet

Albums Richard Underhill - tales from the blue lounge

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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