Richie Kaye's Music & Mirth

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1.	(Say It's Only A) Paper Moon 02:12	info	buy track
2.	Talk of the Town 02:02	info	buy track
3.	Sweet Tooth 02:30	info	buy track
4.	Tiny Capers 02:12	info	buy track
5.	Love is Just Around the Corner 02:43	info	buy track
6.	Desafinado 02:28	info	buy track
7.	Lean Baby 01:57	info	buy track
8.	Somewhere 02:01	info	buy track
9.	Runnin' Wild 01:28	info	buy track
10.	MEDLEY: Out of Breath and Scared to Death / You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me 04:24	info	buy track
11.	They All Laughed 01:47	info	buy track
12.	Lazy River 02:22	info	buy track
13.	MEDLEY: Margie/Avalon 03:04	info	buy track
14.	There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York 02:06	info	buy track
15.	I Remember You 02:40	info	buy track
16.	Just Friends 01:22	info	buy track
17.	My Foolish Heart 02:21	info	buy track
18.	Have You Met Miss Jones 02:20	info	buy track
19.	I'll Take Romance 02:32	info	buy track
20.	Back in Nagasaki 02:12	info	buy track
21.	Aren't You Glad You're You 01:32	info	buy track
22.	Tequila 02:15	info	buy track

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Classic American Jazz: All Melody, All the Time

Finalist Nominees in the 10th Independent Music Awards, Jazz Song Category

If you think jazz musicians don't play the melody any more, this little jazz group will surprise and please you. Richie Kaye’s Music & Mirth debuts a duo (and sometimes trio) of musicians who breathe new life into old melodies.

Richie Kaye and Tony LaVorgna play the great songs of classic American jazz of the 1920s to the 1960s in a buoyant and bouncing style that sounds at once traditional and refreshingly revived. The boys believe that they bring the essence of these songs to life again in a new vein, so that the everyday listener of today can enjoy them at home, in the car, at the office: anywhere a little upbeat happiness is needed.

“When they leave the theater, we’d like the audience to be smiling more broadly than they were when they entered,” says Richie of the group’s performances. “And we set about making this recording with the audience’s pleasure first in our minds.”

Often witty, always well-played, their music scintillates with variety: swing, ballads, bebop, rag, showtunes, even novelty numbers. But not all of the songs they’ve selected are well-known. The group’s recording of “Tiny Capers,” nominated as a finalist in the 10th Independent Music Awards, Jazz Song Category, is a Clifford Brown tune rarely performed or recorded since it was written in 1957. And, even though jazz fans will immediately recognize “Paper Moon,” “Love is Just Around the Corner” and “My Foolish Heart,” they might never have heard “Sweet Tooth” – also known as “My Sweet Tooth Says I Wanna (But My Wisdom Tooth Says No).”

You'll hear the songs you know and love, melodies that still inspire played on haunting clarinet or soaring saxophone -- all grounded by a swingin' rhythm guitar that just bounces along. And you might find yourself singing along with the lyrics that still make us chuckle, move the heart or delight with turn of phrase. No odd times, nothing avant-garde -- just the sweet tunefulness that makes American music the gem that it is, played with an occasional comic twist.

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released August 9, 2011

Richie Kaye: voice and guitar
Tony LaVorgna: saxophone and clarinet
Sam Kuslan: piano on Tiny Capers, percussion on Tequila

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Richie Kaye Houston, Texas

www.richiekaye.com

Richie Kaye is a musical performer who has worked on television, on the live stage, in theaters, museums and clubs and in the subway. Now based in Houston, Texas, he's performed in the U.S. and Asia.

Prior recorded work includes Whinin' and Complainin': Classic Nashville Out-of-Love Songs, The Last Whoop-dee-doo, Richie Kaye's Music & Mirth and Fire and Fall Back ... more

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