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Rhythm de Luxe
PAUL LINDEMEYER'S RHYTHM DE LUXE ORCHESTRA
featuring STEVE ROSS & THE RHTYHMOPOLITANS
PAUL LINDEMEYER
saxophonist, clarinetist, and vocalist, has devoted much of his young life to playing and preserving the music of the 1930s. RHYTHM DE LUXE is his own interpretation of the exciting and romantic sound of the great dance bands. Formed as Steve Ross' de Luxe Orchestra in 1998 with a stand of talented New York players–many new to this music–Lindemeyer's orchestra achieves a fresh immediacy that goes beyond the nostalgic or archival. Whether dancing or listening are desired, here is a big band that plays the authentic orchestrations of "then" with an earnestness and enthusiasm that is decidedly "now."
STEVE ROSS
What better guest to have at a 1930s dance party than the man who has done so much to channel the spirits of Porter and Astaire into the present day? Although his voice and piano are known to the four corners of the globe, RHYTHM DE LUXE is Steve Ross' only recorded work with a big band. After a memorable live dance date with the orchestra "under the stars" at New York's Midsummer Night Swing festival, Steve was keen to continue. And he is as clearly at home with the large ensemble as he is in solo and cabaret. Steve and Paul also debut herein the RHYTHMOPOLITANS, a small group that blends the typical intimate Ross style into a classic jazz idiom.
Paul Lindemeyer* tenor, C melody, bass sax, clarinet, vocals
Chuck Wilson alto sax, clarinet / Dan Levinson alto, baritone sax, clarinet
Charlie Caranicas, Kevin Blancq trumpets / Rick Faulkner trombone
Jon Kass* violin / Larry Ham piano / Larry Luger* guitar, banjo
Pat O'Leary* bass / Kevin Dorn drums
Song Titles
6 & 12 by Steve Ross piano, vocal & The Rhythmopolitans*
1. LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Lew Gensler-Leo Robin / 1934
2. EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS
Burton Lane-Harold Adamson / 1933 / vocal: Paul Lindemeyer
3. THE LADY IS A TRAMP
Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart / 1937 / vocal: Steve Ross
4. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
Cole Porter / 1929
5. THE LADY IN RED
Herb Magidson-Con Conrad / 1935 / vocal: Paul Lindemeyer
6. EXACTLY LIKE YOU
Dorothy Fields-Jimmy McHugh / 1930 / Steve Ross & The Rhythmopolitans
7. BREAK IT DOWN
David Rose-Frank Trumbauer / 1934
8. I COVER THE WATERFRONT
John W. Green-Edward Heyman / 1933 / vocal: Paul Lindemeyer
9. FORTY-SECOND STREET
Harry Warren-Al Dubin / 1932 / vocal: Steve Ross
10. SERENADE FOR A WEALTHY WIDOW
Reginald Foresythe / 1934
11. SHADOW WALTZ
Harry Warren-Al Dubin / 1933 / vocal: Paul Lindemeyer
12. NO STRINGS
Irving Berlin/ 1935 / Steve Ross & The Rhythmopolitans
13. LOOSE ANKLES
Pete Wendling-Jack Meskill / 1929 / vocal: Paul Lindemeyer
14. THE BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS
Harry Warren-Al Dubin / 1933 / vocal: Paul Lindemeyer
15. HOCUS POCUS
Will Hudson / 1934
16. THESE FOOLISH THINGS
Holt Marvell-Jack Strachey-Harry Link / 1935 / vocal: Paul Lindemeyer
17. I WON'T DANCE
Jerome Kern-Dorothy Fields-Jimmy McHugh / 1935 / vocal & piano: Steve Ross
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Paul Lindemeyer
Paul Lindemeyer, saxophonist, clarinetist, and vocalist, is originally from Ames, Iowa. He first became interested in jazz after hearing the Benny Goo...