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Artist Highlight - Paul van Wageningen
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Artist appears on For her debut CD San Francisco based pianist Mauleon has put together a helluva band, with the timbales master Orestes Vilato, trumpeters John Worley and Louis Fasman, trombonist Jeff Cressman, bassist David Belove, drummer Paul Van Wageningen, saxophonist Alex Murzyn, and
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Artist appears on Andy Narell Behind The Bridge CD (1998) Paul Van Wageningen discography BEHIND THE BRIDGE is an enhanced CD containing both a full audio program and multimedia computer files. Combining jazz and world music was nothing new in the 1990s; Jelly Roll Morton had done exactly that in the 1920s. |
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Artist appears on Andy Narell Fire In The Engine Room CD (2000) Paul Van Wageningen albums This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Principally recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California; Sear Sound, New York, New York; Palais De Congres, Paris, France. All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. |
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Artist appears on Mark Levine Isla CD (2003) Paul Van Wageningen CD discography ISLA was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. Smart musicianship, adventurous playing and a deep-seated feel for Afro-Cuban grooves permeate this recording by pianist Mark Levine and his quintet, the Latin Tinge. Levine began his career |
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Artist appears on Laurie Lewis True Stories CD (1993) Paul Van Wageningen music CDs Laurie Lewis has enjoyed most of her support from traditional bluegrass and folk audiences, and yet she's hardly a slave to tradition. A varied release, True Stories ranges from the traditional Irish song "Singing Bird" to the country gems "Who". |
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Artist appears on Mark Levine Serengeti CD (2001) Paul Van Wageningen songs Starting in the late '90s, San Francisco-based pianist Mark Levine led an excellent Afro-Cuban jazz quartet. They will perform on December 14, 2009 at Yoshi's in San Franciscco. |
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Artist appears on Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra Fathom This: A Retrospective CD (1999) |
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Artist appears on Casselberry-DuPree City Down CD (1987) Paul Van Wageningen albums |
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Artist appears on Paul has joined up with Kristina again for Offshore Echoes. |
Paul van Wageningen on drums with Michael Spiro on congas
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"We were very lucky that our parents were always supportive of our desire to play in a band"
Paul van Wageningen
Paul van Wageningen was born in the Netherlands. He comes from a very musical family. Paul and his brother Marc played music ever since they were kids. Both quickly rose to great fame.
Paul attended the Amsterdam Conservatory before moving to New York to be closer to the American music scene. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. A member of the Andy Narell Group, Mark Levine & the Latin Tinge, the Pete Escovedo Band, the Ray Obiedo Group, Los Mocosos, and John Santos and the Machete Ensemble.
He has performed and recorded with Stan Getz, Angela Bofill, Jan Akkerman, Bill Summers, The Whispers, Sadao Watanabe, Sheila E., Dave Samuels, Tom Grant, Henry Kaiser, Cornelius Bumpus, Henry Butler, Kenny Rankin, The Caribbean Jazz Project with Paquito D’Rivera, Tito Puente, Second Sight, Jeff Linsky, Marc Russo, Tom Coster, Omar Sosa, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Claudia Villela and Ricardo Peixoto, Nestor Torres, Jovino Santos Neto and Dori Caymmi and over the past two years joined Bay Area Legend Wayne Wallace on several of his new CDs.
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Paul van Wageningen
Born in Amsterdam, Holland, Paul attended the Amsterdam Conservatory before moving to New York to be closer to the American music scene. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. A member of the Andy Narell Group, Mark Levine & the Latin Tinge, the Pete Escovedo Band, the Ray Obiedo Group, Los Mocosos, and John Santos and the Machete Ensemble. He has performed and recorded with Stan Getz, Angela Bofill, Jan Akkerman, Bill Summers, The Whispers, Sadao Watanabe, Sheila E., Dave Samuels, Tom Grant, Henry Kaiser, Cornelius Bumpus, Henry Butler, Kenny Rankin, The Caribbean Jazz Project with Paquito D’Rivera, Tito Puente, Second Sight, Jeff Linsky, Marc Russo, Tom Coster, Omar Sosa, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Claudia Villela and Ricardo Peixoto, Nestor Torres, Jovino Santos Neto and Dori Caymmi.
Marc van Wageningen
Born and raised in Amsterdam, Holland, Marc started playing bass guitar at the age of 16. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1980 and started playing with jazz greats Eddie Marshall, George Marshall, Larry Schneider and Mel Martin. Over the years, Marc has had the opportunity to play with numerous musicians including:Pete Escovedo, Mark Murphy, Francisco Aquabella, Keiko Matsui, Luis Conte, Cornelius Bumpus, George Duke, David Garibaldi, Stan Getz, Esther Phillips, Paul Winters, Diane Reeves, Andy Narell, Sheila E., Steve Halpern, Steve Erquiaga, Ray Obiedo, Second Sight, Rebecca Mauleon, Tom Grant, Tom Coster, Steve Smith, Mark Russo and Vince Welnick.
love how your musicality is so consistent...I KNOW that Moacir is smiling
You're an international treasure, Mark"
- John Santos
"moacir santos' music is like pure sunlight, and your arrangements and playing as well as the entire band's grace, mastery, cooperation and positive energy is so wonderful on my ears."
- Benny Green
"I can imagine how happy Moacir is watching this from up there..."
- Mario Adnet
Mark Levine & the Latin Tinge
Off & On
Widely considered one of the best Brazilian composers of the 20th century, saxophonist Moacir Santos nonetheless saw few paper returns from the three albums he recorded for Blue Note in the 1970s. They were under-promoted and never reached a definite market; according to local pianist and former Santos collaborator Mark Levine, Blue Note ultimately lost the masters. It wasn't until shortly before his death in 2006 that Santos recorded two albums that garnered popular and critical recognition. Nonetheless, he remains indelibly etched in Brazil's music history. Santos' tunes are characterized by extravagant but immediately catchy rhythms and lean, singable melodies. They provide terrific material for a small combo with a tight percussion section. For Mark Levine and the Latin Tinge — a quintet featuring woodwinds expert Mary Fettig, percussionist Michael Spiro, drummer Paul van Wageningen, bassist John Wiitala, and Levine on piano — Santos' oeuvre is a perfect fit. .....
A mix of bossa novas and sambas, the songs usually require Spiro and Wageningen to play two completely autonomous rhythms in tandem, which makes for a busy percussion system. Levine anchors the band with careful, elegant comping, which sounds most imaginative on "Suk-Cha" — probably the best tune on the album. By Rachel Swan, East Bay Express
A sharp abinico from drummer Paul van Wageningen transitions the group into an energetic improvisation from Fettig that inspires pronounced accents and fills from the rhythm section. Left Coast Clave
"Cha Cha Cha Para Mi Alma", a charmingly simple number, starts this recording in a relaxed, swinging style. Mark Levine leads the quartet from the piano, and he leads it well. His economical, melodic solo and the crisp ensemble play within is a microcosm of the good taste and compositional approach the band utilizes throughout the date. These aren't "head tunes" that are vehicles for childish displays of chops, but rather separate pieces of music - small group arrangements (with intros, re-harmonizations, soli sections, vamps, and rhythmic hits) in the genre that feature the strengths of this talented and professional quartet. "A Shade of Jade", the classic Joe Henderson number, is four minutes and forty-two seconds of jazz excitement. Michael Spiro and Paul Van Wageningen get down! - Jim Josselyn, allaboutjazz.com
Simultaneously Paul van Wageningen participated in the recording with Kristina's Offshore Echoes. Offshore Echoes is a great CD that sounds beautiful.
Paul van Wageningen was also featured on the 2004 GRAMMY NOMINATED! Best Latin Jazz Recording with Mark Levine and the Latin Tinge Isla ;