Otis McDonald aka Joe Bagale composed this song for Jazz Mafia’s “Emperor Norton Suite” which premiered at Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco in summer of 2011. We are in the process of finishing and releasing many of the recordings from this collection.
Thanks to Jeremy Kittel for the unreal viola solo!
from
Family Business,
released March 18, 2022
written by Otis McDonald
arranged/orchestrated by Otis McDonald & Adam Theis
Otis McDonald - all vocals, bass, drums, percussion, rhodes
Jeremy Kittel - violin solo
Adam Theis - trombones, bass
Niel Levonious - lead trumpet
Rich Armstrong - trumpet, flugelhorn
Jeanne Geiger - trombone
Rita Thies - flute, tenor sax, Bari sax
Shaina Evoniuk - violin, viola
Rebecca Roudman - cello
Colin Hogan - acoustic piano
recorded in 2011 at Bird & Egg Studio in El Cerrito, CA
engineered, mixed and mastered by Joe Bagale
©2022 Jazz Mafia Recordings