Jazz pianist Bill O'Connell has established a well-earned reputation as an innovative composer of jazz and Latin jazz, along with being a veteran working musician. Features long-time associate Dave Valentin on flutes, Bobby Maloch on tenor sax, bassists Charles Fambrough, David Fink and Lincoln Goines, along with drummers and percussionists Steve Barrios, Milton Cardona and Kim Plainfield. With Latin jazz fantasy, O'Connell pulls out all the stops and has created a compelling tour de force, composing songs for small groups and large orchestra with a full string and horn section. It's not only big, but it churns, bubbles and rocks.
Bassist Charles Fambrough presents a live album recorded at Zanzibar Blue, a jazz club in Philadelphia. It features original compositions by Fambrough, one vocal standard, and a 4/4-time funk rendering of "All Blue" by Miles Davis. Features pianist Bill O'Connell, trumpeter Sean Jones, saxophonist Joe Ford, drummers Lenny White and Wilby Fletcher, and percussionist Roland Guerrero.
O'Connell's forte is Latin Jazz, and he presents an album in that idiom, performing all original work on 67 minutes of music. Features drummer Steve Berrios, bassists Andy Gonzalez & Charles Farnbrough, trumpeter Randy Brecker, flautist Dave Valentin, congas/vocalist Milton Cardona, saxophonist Joe Ford & others.
