Somethin’ Special – Vaughn Nark

Somethin’ Special – Vaughn Nark
Catalog number: 225

Tracks:

01 Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
comp: Sigmund Rombert
02 Fiesta Mojo
comp: Dizzy Gillespie
03 My Funny Valentine
comp: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
04 Tanga
comp: Dizzy Gillespie
05 Billie's Bounce
comp: Charlie Parker
06 Quotes & Notes
comp: Vaughn Nark
07 Impressions
comp: John Coltrane
08 She Was Too Good to Me
comp: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
09 The Courtship
comp: Benny Carter
10 Povo
comp: Freddie Hubbard

Lead trumpeter and member of the United States Air Force Airmen of Note for nearly 20 years, Vaughn Nark is a major discovery with critical acclaim that has just been unleashed. Showcased and winner of the BET Jazz Discovery, Vaughn is an admired, touring brass clinician and performer.

…a tour de force program of jazz classics…peppered with his trademark searing trumpet cadenzas. — Jazztimes

When his horn soars above double C…the notes seem Heaven-bound…the trumpet-toting angel Gabriel may feel a slight twinge of envy.
— The Washington Post

Here are a couple of reviews from ALL ABOUT JAZZ:

 


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