BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2645717:Event:36260 DTSTAMP:20260823T032553Z SUMMARY:DC Area Event Producer and Talent Buyer Bob Israel Announces J une 30 CD Release Party @ Blues Alley with his All-Star Band \"TOTAL E CLIPSE\" DESCRIPTION:DC Area Event Producer and Talent Buyer Bob Israel Announc es June 30 CD Release Party @ Blues Alley with his All-Star Band \"TOT AL ECLIPSE\"\n\n\n\n\nWWW.BLUESALLEY.COM\n\"Now THIS is a jazz club.\" - Dizzy Gillespie \"Best Night Spot\" - Washingtonian Magazine\n\n\nB OB ISRAEL\nand his All-star band Total Eclipse\n\n\n\n\nWashington, D. C. -- June 9, 2010 - On Sunday, June 30, 2010, Bob Israel and his all- star band, Total Eclipse, will appear at Blues Alley for their officia l Washington CD release party. They will be performing much of the mat erial from their new release entitled \"Bob Israel and Total Eclipse\" with shows at 8 and 10 p.m.\n\n\nAfter performing the DC music circui t with Total Eclipse for the past few years, Bob Israel decided it was time to record the best of the original compositions and cover tunes that had been gestating within the band's creative sessions. These son gs are a complete departure from the big band music for which Israel i s originally known. \"Hence the band name Total Eclipse, a unique blen d of jazz, rock, blues, fusion and Latin rhythms. I got tired of folks asking for \"In the Mood\" every night and wanted to try something to tally different, so I began to form a band that would create this new sound.\"\n\n\n\nIsrael, the band leader, performs on electric and acou stic guitar. For the past 35 years he performed as a trombonist and le d the Washington Jazz Battalion, a 16-piece big band that enjoyed grea t popularity on the East Coast. The band later became the Blues Alley Big Band, and backed up many artists such as Stanley Turrentine, Nancy Wilson, Maureen McGovern, and Harry Connick, Jr. Israel's blues and r ock influences are heard throughout and feature the stylings of popula r Washington musicians, Chris Battistone, George Hyde, Bruce Swain, Do minic Smith, and Latin percussionist Nelson Alvarez.\n\n\"With players like this, Total Eclipse is like a musical think tank. We're continuo usly writing creative, thoughtful, new and interesting material. Our C D certainly reflects this.\" The music ranges from the rather upbeat a nd exciting Latin Fusion sounds of \"Total Eclipse,\" the title tune, to the bluesy modern influences in \"Joe's Orbit\" and Latin beats of \"Reposado,\" to the haunting and nostalgic \"Captain Blue,\" an origi nal written by Bob Israel which recalls the time he spent on the bay w ith a close friend who passed away after a long battle with cancer. Th e band also features the fantastic straight-ahead jazz writing of Bob Sykes and J.C. Carter in \"Robot\" and \"Mr. Stewart,\" and a blues gu itar-inspired version of \"Teach Me Tonight.\" Additionally, there are two acoustic guitar and flugel horn arrangements of Lennon and McCart ney's \"Blackbird\" and of Horace Silver's \"Peace\".\n\nTotal Eclipse is a culmination of Bob Israel's desire to expand musically and get b ack to his roots. For more information see the contacts list below.\n\ n\nFor Ticket Sales:\nhttp://www.bluesalley.com/\n\nFor Further Inform ation:\nContact: Kandy Collins\nKandy Collins Music & Media Services\n kandy.collins@gmail.com\n(301) 775-2091\n\nFor more information visit https://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/events/dc-area-event-producer -and DTSTART:20100701T000000Z DTEND:20100701T033000Z CATEGORIES:cd, release, party LOCATION:Blues Alley WEBSITE:http://www.bluesalley.com URL:http://www.bluesalley.com CONTACT:(202) 337-4141 ORGANIZER:Kandy Collins Music & Media Services ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2579994635?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="WASHINGT ON DC JAZZ NETWORK":https://washingtondcjazznetwork.ning.com/profile/w ashingtondc END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR