Artist: Drew Paralic
Album: Mary's Place
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Artist Name Drew Paralic
Album Mary's Place
Style of Music jazz
Hometown Brooklyn, New York, United States
Website drewparalic.com
Artist Email jazzdrew212@aol.com
I am a non-performing jazz composer & arranger, straight-ahead music, with about 45 recordings of my original music to my credit, all available on Spotify, Apple Music & iTunes. Drew Paralic drewparalic.com
Influences Thelonius Monk, Lester Young
Sounds Like Stan Getz, Paul Desmond, Bill Evans

Back in 2000, I decided to begin recording my compositions. Although I play piano, I chose to hire far better players than myself to record my music. I began studying piano rather late in life, at the weathered age of 20. Being a native New Yorker -- Brooklynite, to be exact -- I had access to several great music education institutions including The Jazz Mobile in Harlem and Turtle Bay Music School in the upper east side of Manhattan. I also spent a semester up in Boston at the Berklee School of Music. Many great teachers and musicians guided me on ways to put music together both in NY and in Boston, and beyond. I have arranged my music, over 45 originals recorded thus far, in a variety of settings: quartets, trios, duos and solo piano pieces. I have often employed different lead instruments -- various saxes, clarinets, flute, trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, and even vocals on two pieces, “How Billlʼs Heart Sings” and “My Wintertime Sky”.  (Of course, I owe a tremendous debt to the Great American Songbook as well as many great American jazz artists, such as Bill Evans and Thelonius Monk). The results have been much more than I ever dreamt! From my first CD, “Too Little, Too Late” which won an OMA award in 2002 through my fifth and current “Mary's Place”, I have been happy to have experienced virtually unanimous critical success.  Financial? Well....................... You know how to make a million dollars in jazz? First, start with two million... So please give a listen to my passion. And support jazz -- not just my music, but THE music.

 

Street Date: 9/1/20

Artist: Drew Paralic, Jazz Composer

Title: Mary’s Place

Label Name: self-produced

Catalog Number:

UPC Code: 195269020941
 

ALL MUSIC WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY DREW PARALIC

1. Just Remember That Sunshine Always Follows the Rain 6:33

2. Meet Me At Mary’s Place 7:38

3. Roll With It, Baby 5:04

4. Too Many Changes 4:43

5. Did You Put the Lights On? 4:17

6. Too Little, Too Late 5:12

7. The Second Passion 8:58

8. Unbelievable 6:38

9. Blues for George 6:31

TOTAL TIME: 55.34
 

MIKE MCGINNIS: TENOR SAX, CLARINET, FLUTE

ELIAS BAILEY: UPRIGHT BASS

VINNIE SPERRAZZA: DRUMS

HYUNA PARK: PIANO

BRIAN DRYE: TROMBONE

GABE TERRACCIANO: VIOLIN

JAMES NEWMAN: PIANO (TRACK 5)

 

 

"Drew's music is hip and understated, steeped in vintage jazz and blues, with a melodic touch

all his own. Amidst his supple, spacious arrangements, the artful players stretch out beautifully."

Kirk Nurock: composer, jazz pianist, New School professor


THIS IS MY FIFTH ALBUM OF ORIGINALS, 45 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RECORDED SO FAR

I WAS PROMPTED TO DO THIS ALBUM FOR TWO REASONS: MY 60TH BIRTHDAY WAS COMING UP AND I WANTED TO REMEMBER MY MOTHER (INDEED SEVERAL TUNES WERE

WRITTEN BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCES WITH HER, MARY. “DID YOU PUT THE LIGHTS

ON?”, FOR EXAMPLE, DEALS WITH MY COMING TO GRIPS WITH HER REPETITIVE

DEMENTIA IN HER FINAL YEARS.) DUE IN NO SMALL PART TO THE EXCELLENT PLAYING ON THIS ALBUM, I FEEL IT IS MY BEST EFFORT TO DATE!

Available From: APPLE MUSIC, SPOTIFY, ITUNES, CDBABY

 drewparalic.com


 

 

 

     
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