Sounds
Recent Radio Interview on KJOY
Kim and Jim In The Morning (MP3)
I'll have some Movin' Out stuff up here soon. I can't legally put a whole song up, but I'll have some edited versions for listening. In the meantime, listen to some recordings that I own and am happy to share with you for free!
The Wade Preston Band
Rain In The
Woods (mp3 file)
Rain In The Woods:
Lyrics
Probably my best
known song. I had a minor hit
with this on the west coast when it came out. It got a little airplay,
and I actually heard myself on the radio once while driving south on Pacific
Coast Highway.
Dedicated to
Margaret (Meg) Lynch. Arranged by Tommy Byrnes.
Bumble Boogie: Info
A raucous little boogie based on Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight
Of The Bumble Bee.
There is a youtube.com vid of me playing this at a solo
concert I did in either 2005 or 2006, at the Great Neck Arts Center on Long
Island, NY.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=D38VxAhrWV8
Catherine Is Dancing (mp3 file)
Catherine Is
Dancing: Lyrics
One of my favorite signature songs.
There are
more Wade Preston Band recordings that are available for free.
Visit
www.myspace.com/wadeprestonband
Holiday Music?
Yep. For a limited time...
Sugar Punk (mp3)
My take-off on Tchaikovsky's
Dance Of the Sugar Plum Fairies
That's Chuck Burgi on drums and Greg Smith on bass
Thanks again to Tommy Byrnes
Jingle Bells (mp3)
My
holiday tribute to Movin' Out (you'lll
hear it...)
Andy Cichon on bass and Joe Bergamini on drums
SOUNDS
OF
VIVO PRESTO SWING LIVE
These songs were recorded live between June and July of 1998.
Greenbacks
(mp3 file)
Modeled after The Ray Charles version.
Barnyard
Boogie (mp3 file)
One of my favorite's, perhaps because it's just so silly.
I love Louie Jordan, and we did a lot of his material.
It Don't Mean A Thing
(mp3 file)
Perhaps not a flawless performance, but Shauna's voice
shines, and the band rocks.
Come
Rain Or Come Shine (mp3 file)
One of my favorite ballads, modeled after The Ray Charles
version. Check out George McMullen's beautiful trombone solo.
Sounds of the Wade Preston Jazz Ensemble:
Stolen Moments (mp3 file)
Recorded in late 1999. The swing band carried me in a
whole new direction as far as instrumental jazz and horn arranging is
concerned, and I loved working with this ensemble.
The solo sections are George McMullen on trombone, George Harper on baritone
sax, Osama Afifi on bass, Larry Goldman on tenor sax with Jeff Falcone on
drums, and then my maniacal piano solo. There were several martinis involved.
This piece is almost eleven minutes long,
so, depending on your connection,
it may take a while to download.
Thanks for listening!
Wade
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