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RECORDINGS
ON WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE GOTHAM CITY GATES
HAVE PLAYED OR CONTRIBUTED

George Gee and his Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra: Swingin' Live

Recorded "live" at Irving Plaza, New York City on January 26, 1997 at a Savoy Sunday Dance for the New York Swing Dance Society. Lance Bryant plays first tenor sax on the recording.

Track Listing:

"Come On In" by Frank Foster
alto sax: Cleave Guyton, trumpet: Kenny Rampton

"Blues For Stephanie" by John Clayton, Jr
piano: Jon Cowherd, trumpet: Walt Szymanski

"Down for the Count" by Frank Foster
piano: Jon Cowherd, trumpet: Irvin Stokes, trombone: Eddie Bert

"Let the Good Times Roll" by Fleecie Moore, Sam Thread
vocals: Carla Cook, alto sax: Ed Pazant

"Where Or When" By Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
arranged by Lance Bryant, tenor sax: Lance Bryant

"Shiny Stockings" by Frank Foster
trumpet: Irvin Stokes

"Four-Five-Six" by Frank Foster
piano: Sara Jane Cion, trumpet: Irvin Stokes, tenor sax: Benny Russell

"Street of Dreams" by Victor Young, Samuel Lewis
arranged by Frank Foster, trombone: Charles Stephens

"April in Paris" by Vernon Duke, E.Y. Harburg
arranged by Steve Armour, tenor sax: Marshall McDonald, trumpet: Kenny Rampton

"Here's That Rainy Day" by Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen
arranged by Frank Foster, vocals: Carla Cook, tenor sax: Marshall McDonald

"Wailin' Caylen" by Lance Bryant
tenor sax: Lance Bryant, trumpet: Kenny Rampton

"Splanky" by Neil Heft
tenor sax: Lance Bryant

Music featured in Swing!

Ron Sunshine and Full Swing: Swingin' Christmas

Ron Sunshine and Full Swing cover three songs on this CD which also features the Swingtips, Heavenly Seven, Set 'Em Up Joe and the Flipped Fedoras swinging classic carols like "I'll Be Home For Christmas," Jingle Bell Rock" and "Silver Bells" (not to mention "I Saw Mommy Swinging With Santa Claus").

The Ron Sunshine tunes, arranged and produced by Full Swing, are:

"Santa Claus Is Back In Town"
"Merry Christmas Baby"
"Blue Christmas"

Christmas music not being the most guitar heavy genre, Dan Hovey (guitar, vocals) only solos on the final number.

Ron Sunshine and Full Swing: Straight Up

Recorded in New York City in July-August1998. Released on Daddy-O/Royalty Records with band members Ron Sunshine (lead vocals, harmonica),Andreas Villamil (upright bass, backing vocals), James Wormworth (drums, backing vocals), Paul Tillotson (piano), Craig Dreyer (tenor saxophone) and Dan Hovey (guitar, backing vocals).

"Enough For You (Mop Mop)"
By Ron Sunshine

"Hit That Jive, Jack"
by Slim Gaillard and King Cole Trio

"Salt Pork, West Virginia"
by Louis Jordan

Intro to "Red Light"
"Red Light"
By Ron Sunshine

"Is That The Moon?"
By Joe Flood (Full Swing's original guitarist)

"She Won't Believe"
By Ron Sunshine

"Lounging At The Waldorf"
by Fats Waller, guest vocalist: Moanin' Mary

"Tidbits" by Paul Tillotson                                                                  NEW!  Click here to read the liner notes

"Do You Know?"                                                                                                                     
by Ron Sunshine and Craig Dreyer

"Undecided"

Music featured on Casey MacGill's CD

NEW! The Blues Jumpers:   Wheels Start Turning

"Wheels Start Turning"
"Thanks For The Boogie Ride"
"Go Ahead And Burn"
"Jim Beam"
"Chicken Wing"
"Nightmare World"
"Chartreuse"
"High Ballin' Daddy"
"Too Lazy To Work"
"Ball Of Fire"
"Good Morning Judge"
"Baby I'm Gone"
"Where You Found Me"

The Blues Jumpers consists of:

Vocals - Eldridge Taylor; Guitar - Mike Girao;  Alto Sax - Matt Hong;  Tenor Sax - Jim Jedeikin; Bass - Joe D'Astolfo; Drums - Joe Geary  with:  Piano - Mike Bank;   Trumpet - Doug Oberhamer

Click here to read a review of this CD