DocG Records latest release - JAZZICALE - features the stunning improv and technique of WAYNE GALLOPS. The album is an eclectic blend of Piano Jazz improvisation on jazz standards, classical Gershwin, and Piazzolla.
JAZZICALE is an effort to infuse the artistic ideal of Jazz improvisation - music created in the moment by the performer - into works that are rooted in the traditional classical artistic ideal. For the listener of “classical" music, this album may serve as a bridge into the world of Jazz Piano performance. Many NPR and Smooth Jazz radio stations are already airing tracks from this album.
A native of Tampa, FL, Wayne has performed and/or recorded as a soloist or backup musician and conductor for numerous artists throughout the US and Japan including: The Irish Tenors, Eddie Arnold, Dianne Carroll, Eric Darius, Tito Puente, Joseph Vincelli, Christian Howes, Jennifer Holiday, The Funk Brothers of Motown, Disney Studios, Busch Gardens, The Anne Reinken Broadway Theater Project, The Tallahassee Symphony, Florida West Coast Symphony, and The Florida Lyric OperaWayne is a product of the rich cultural and musical milieu of South Florida. Direct exposure in his early years with latin and jazz greats such as Ramon Lopez, Nat Adderly, Al Hirt, Marcus Roberts, and John Lamb influenced Wayne's unique blended approach to improvisation.
JAZZICALE is an effort to infuse the artistic ideal of Jazz improvisation - music created in the moment by the performer - into works that are rooted in the traditional classical artistic ideal. For the listener of “classical" music, this album may serve as a bridge into the world of Jazz Piano performance. Many NPR and Smooth Jazz radio stations are already airing tracks from this album.
A native of Tampa, FL, Wayne has performed and/or recorded as a soloist or backup musician and conductor for numerous artists throughout the US and Japan including: The Irish Tenors, Eddie Arnold, Dianne Carroll, Eric Darius, Tito Puente, Joseph Vincelli, Christian Howes, Jennifer Holiday, The Funk Brothers of Motown, Disney Studios, Busch Gardens, The Anne Reinken Broadway Theater Project, The Tallahassee Symphony, Florida West Coast Symphony, and The Florida Lyric OperaWayne is a product of the rich cultural and musical milieu of South Florida. Direct exposure in his early years with latin and jazz greats such as Ramon Lopez, Nat Adderly, Al Hirt, Marcus Roberts, and John Lamb influenced Wayne's unique blended approach to improvisation.
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