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Lurrie Bell

&

Frank Catalano

SAX & GUITAR BLUES ENSEMBLE

"SET ME FREE"

CATALANO MUSIC

RELEASE DATE : AUGUST 23,2024 

(USA)

LURRIE BELL - GUITAR, VOCALS + FRANK CATALANO - SAX

AND

TOM VAITSAS - PIANO + AARON MITTER - BASS + KURT LUBBE - DRUMS

PLAYING TOGETHER THE NEXT SONGS

01 Everyday I have the blues 05:33  02 The sky is crying 06:46  03 Set me free 04:09  04 Shakin’ 04:16  05 Georgia on my mind 04:22  06 Tuna town 05:30  07 I’m ready 04:23  08 Kicking 07:56  09 At last 04:40

Listen to samples . Lurrie Bell & Frank Catalano - Set Me Free

BELL 

INDIVIDUAL RECORDINGS

CATALANO

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BOTH BORN IN CHICAGO, BLUES LEGEND GUITARIST LURRIE BELL AND JAZZ SAX PLAYER HERO FRANK CATALANO HAVE JOINED THEIR MUSICAL GENIUS IN THE ALBUM "SET ME FREE", STANDARDS AND ORIGINALS, CHICAGO BLUES, PLAYED BY THE GRACE OF TWO EXCEPTIONAL MUSICIANS. BELL AT THE VANGUARD OF BLUES SINCE HIS BEGINNINGS IN THE MID-SEVENTIES WHEN HE STARTED FOR FOUR YEARS IN KOKO TAYLOR'S BAND AND FOUNDED SONS OF BLUES WITH BILLY BRANCH, A DECISIVE BLUES BAND IN THOSE YEARS. CATALANO RECORDED HIS FIRST ALBUM "CUT IT OUT" IN 1988 THROUGH DELMARK RECORDS, HIS REGISTER AS A SAXOPHONIST HAS ALLOWED HIM TO MAINTAIN A CAREER AT THE VANGUARD OF CONTEMPORARY JAZZ PLAYING, AMONG MANY OTHER ARTISTS, WITH HARD BOP ARTISTS SUCH AS JIMMY McGRIFF OR JOHNNY SMITH, BEBOP LIKE CLARK TERRY, MILES DAVIS  AND STAND GETZ, LATIN JAZZ LIKE ARTURO SANDOVAL AND TITO PUENTE, CROONERS LIKE TONY BENNETT,  POP STARS AS BEYONCE AND SEAL OR ROCK METAL BANDS SUCH AS SMASHING PUMPKINS OR MINISTRY. BELL AND CATALANO'S WORK ON THIS ALBUM IS CHARMING, THE SAX BEAUTIFIES EVERY PASSAGE THROUGH THE NINE SONGS THAT MAKE UP THE ALBUM WHILE LURRIE'S GUITAR SHOWS THE WAY FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL BAND TO FOLLOW. AN ALBUM TO BE PERPETUATED IN DELIGHT.

BLUES                   AND                JAZZ

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