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Bob Magnuson - Saxophones, Oboe, English horn, Flutes, Clarinets, Ethnic flutes,
EWI and WX7 wind synthesizers.
Bob has played on the soundtracks of hundreds of televison commercial campaigns including Coca Cola, Macy's, AT&T, J.C. Penney, Chevrolet and recorded and performed with popular artists Whitney Houston, Patti Austin, Phoebe Snow, Cleo Laine, Marc Cohn, Michael Bolton, B.B. King, Issac Hayes, Eddie Murphy,
Expose, Glenn Alexander, and Frank Zappa's Universe.
As a studio musician Bob has enjoyed playing next to saxophone greats David Sanborn, Lenny Picket, Michael Brecker, Lee Konitz, and Ronnie Cuber. His professional career supports his love for jazz and ethnic musics. Constant study is his passion. |
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Lightening Strikes - Bob`s new smooth jazz CD "Lightening Strikes"is smooth jazz with an edge. Co-leader Mark Minchello (Regina Belle, Gerald Albright, Luther Vandross) has composed music that allows Main Gazane to have a truly unique sound that makes you come back for more. Our second CD is soon to be released featuring vocalist Brent Carter from Tower of Power.
Visit
www.maingazane.com
for audio samples.
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Ready for Action - "The real thrill is to hear the sparks fly between Magnuson and Gagliardi, as they react to one another's approach. This is not a cutting contest or an exercise in overblowing but rather one focused on close interplay and boundless emotion. It is a highly involved discourse where both saxophonists (and, for that matter, Duval and DeSteno) allow their huge ears to respond to one another's statements in an encouraging and energetic manner." -Jay Collins, OneFinalNote.com
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Aura - Kindred Souls - Enjoy the fresh latin sounds from Bob's latest project, Aura featuring Dave Jackson - Bass, Tony Viscardo - Acoustic Guitar,
Bob Magnuson - Alto Sax, Emedin Rivera - Percussion. Their debut record "Kindred Souls" has just been released. For more information on Aura, please visit www.auraband.com
"Spanish Night" - MP3 / RealAudio
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In The Sunlight - This CD contains elements of world music and free improvisations. Bob's use of the EWI (Electronic Wind Instument) creates textures and sound pallettes that give the recording orchestral backdrops for extended improvisations. Bassist Cameron Brown is a guest artist and a driving force behind this studio recording.
"In the Sunlight" - MP3 / RealAudio
"Collage 1" - MP3 / Real Audio
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Street News - Bob has been around the block... This debut
CD, co-produced and arranged by "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" keyboardist
Scott Healy, features his talents as composer, jazz musician, woodwind doubler and EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument) player. Commercial compositions with friends and colleagues Buddy Williams, Mark Egan,
Glenn Alexander, Ben Perowsky and additional saxophonists Jack Bashkow, Rick Depofi, Aaron Heick and Steve Elson round out the funky title cut "Street News". This CD comes about from years of doing sessions in studios all over New York City.
"Street News" - MP3 / RealAudio
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Creative Catalysts - "His Avant Guarde recording "Creative Catalysts" with drummer Lou Grassi on CIMP #169 in a head to head duo makes a powerful and sensitive presentation. There is no net and it is a beautiful flight."
Bob Rusch - North Country
"Magnuson is comfortably disposed to the avant-guarde. He supports a huge tone, with a nod to Sonny Rollins, and takes it to the edge. His original intense, but refined sound, combined with a complete mastery of the medium results in a full, earthy drawl that crushes as it uplifts."
Steven Loewy - Cadence Magazine
"Higher Plains" - MP3 / RealAudio
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Over The Edge - "This is music that favors emotive release over carefully deliberated structure and neither Magnuson nor DeSteno has any quams about asserting the healing effect that their spontaneous interactions have had on each other."
"Magnuson fills the majority of space with an enormous variety of free form phrasings, his regular disregard for the conventional sonorities of his horn come easily recommended."
Derek Taylor - Cadence Magazine, September 2000
"Over The Edge" - MP3 - RealAudio
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Omens - "The quartet runs on all cylinders for the duration of the program and their stamina is as inspiring as it is dramatic. Magnuson and DeSteno are important players who will hopefully continue to release chronicles of their music together."
-Derek Taylor allaboutjazz.com
"High Rise" - MP3 - RealAudio
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Large Music - Paul Smoker: Trumpet, Bob Magnuson: Alto Sax, Ken Filiano: Bass, Lou Grassi: Drums
"Smoker and saxophonist Bob Magnuson, two of the finest creative
improvisers on the scene at the turn of the century...this recording is a
godsend for those who cannot get enough Smoker, Magnuson, or Grassi, all of
which are under-recorded. The trumpeter and saxophonist are in superb form,
bouncing off one another with graceful precision. They can burn with incredible emotion, or
lay back, but there is never any denying the consummate artistry."
-Steven Loewy
"Boo" - MP3 - RealAudio
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Large Music 2 - Paul Smoker: Trumpet, Bob Magnuson: Alto Sax, Ken Filiano: Bass, Lou Grassi: Drums
"Magnuson is one of the most underrated saxophonists in jazz, his
sophisticated improvisations bordering on pure pleasure."
-Steven Loewy
"Monk Key Business" - MP3 - RealAudio
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