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The Rochford Jazz Ensemble 5/8/03 rje The Rochford Jazz Ensemble, (Jim, Clacie, and Lonnie) is an instrumental trio consisting of piano, drums, and bass, that play 40's-60's and 70's popular music, along with some older Swing and Jazz standards, with their own arrangements and in their own unique style. The music of their three CD's (Interesting Mix, Swings!, & "3") can occasionally be heard on SD Public Radio's Jazz Nightly, where recently their CD "3" was proclaimed by radio DJ Jim "Uncle Jimmo" Clark to be the "best jazz CD from a SD group for 2002. (We won't even get into how many jazz recording were made by SD artists last year!) Rochford Jazz is a member of the 2002 - 2004 South Dakota Fine Arts Touring Roster. The band has played for President Bush's reception in Sioux Falls SD in 2002, and performed as far away as Boulder CO, but generally play locally in central and western SD. The band went to Rio de Janeiro in early 2003 to study Latin music at its roots, and was invited to play at a club and private party in Rio. Jim Szana, the piano man, was chosen to tour and perform with the 15th Annual SD Acoustic Christmas Concerts in 2004. The group likes to feel that they play music that people can tap and hum along with; that listeners can carry on conversations with friends while still enjoying familiar tunes with interesting arrangements and melodic content. Their danceable music is best described as mainstream easy-listening popular and standard jazz instrumental with a "splash of class; think of champagne and red high heeled dancers. The CD SWINGS! was recorded in 2001 and contains classic songs from well known musicians for your 3 R's; Relaxing, Reminiscing, and Romancing. Enjoy Check out the artist's website: http://www.rochfordjazz.com Track List: 1. Swingin' Shepard Blues 2. Topsy II 3. Moon River 4. Tangerine 5. Five Foot Two, Lazy River, My Blue Heaven 6. The Nearness of You 7. Sweet Caroline 8. It Had To Be You 9. Meditation 10. Pennies From Heaven 11. My Funny Valentine 12. D'jango 13. Girl from Ipanema 14. All of Me Other Genres:
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