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Harry Scorzo – Violin, arrangements-
Scorzo is currently a working violinist in the Los Angeles area, as well as a composer/arranger, contractor, and producer, and has over thirty years of professional experience. His violin solos can be heard in the recordings of “Bongo Logic” (Rycodisk, Rhythm Safari, and Montuno Records) as well as in the motion picture soundtracks to "Envy", “Rushmore”, “Rocky and Bullwinkle”, “Welcome To Collinwood”, and “You Kill Me”. Harry’s playing has been featured in many television programs and commercials, including: “The Mind of the Married Man”, “Resurrection Blvd.”, MTV’s “The Osborne’s”, and AMC’s “Mad Men”. He is considered the “Swiss Army Knife” of session violinists, filling the chair whenever the unusual is needed.
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Jennifer Walton - Violin-
Jennifer Walton grew up in a musical family which toured all over the world. She's played on over 150 movie soundtracks and plays in several local orchestras such as Pacific Symphony and California Philharmonic. She's appeared as 'violinist' on tv shows such as Friends and Seinfeld, and recently in Get Smart! Jennifer also has her own business: www.instrumentalcasting.com which provides exceptional musicians for commercials, tv, and film projects! She's performed with Clay Aiken, Christina Aguillera, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Harry Connick, Jr., Faith Hill, and many others.
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Alan Mautner - Cello-
Alan Mautner has been playing cello professionally in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas for the last 20 years. He has performed with several local orchestras including the Pacific Symphony, Redlands Symphony, Riverside Symphony, and the Indian Wells Desert Symphony. He currently is the principal cellist for the Mozart Classical Orchestra, the La Mirada Symphony, and the Valley Cultural Chamber Orchestra. Alan has worked with many entertainers including Dionne Warwick, Dennis de Young, Jon Tesh, The Gatlin Brothers, Barry White and Phil Collins. Alan Has also performed with jazz artist such as Teddy Edwards, Terry Gibbs and McCoy Tyner.
Influences
Heifitz, Piatagorsky, Mowtown, The British Invasion, the Philly Sound, Jean Luc Ponty, Stravinsky, Chopin, I Musici, Frank Zappa, etc
Sounds Like
Sounds like a cross between Stevie Wonder, Led Zepallin, and the Julliard String Quartet
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Flashback is one of America’s most entertaining novelty groups, playing classic rock, vintage soul, and standards from all eras on violins and cello. Their classical and jazz backgrounds give them all the virtuosity they need to sizzle through hair-raising performances of hits by Coldplay, Maroon Five, and Led Zeppelin, to chestnuts like “It Had To Be You”, “Mr. Sandman”, and the hits of Frank Sinatra and Burt Bacharach.
Lead by jazz violinist, Harry Scorzo, Flashback has been playing at concerts, weddings and special events for over 20 years as “The Southbay Strings”. Late in the 80’s, Harry began to notice how much people enjoyed when he switched from the regular classical repertoire to songs that they liked and were familiar with. A favorite tradition Harry started back then was adding as many “wise crack” requests to the book as he could. When a guest would jokingly ask for “In A Gadda Da Vida”, or “Stairway to Heaven”, the customer would always be quite shocked to hear the string trio crank it up. And because of Harry and the trio’s jazz and rock background, the performance would be just as exciting as if a smoking rock band was playing it. That’s why Harry has been leading trios and quartets for the highest profile entertainment agencies in Southern California for almost three decades.
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Lazy Thursday
Hi Harry Scorzo & Flashback! Eddie's CD, "Wanna Go Back" is available now on Amazon, and ! Eddie hand picked and performs new versions of 12 classic hits that were all songs that he loved playing as a kid when he was growing up!!!
I'm proud to offer you "Heavy In The Beats Vol. 1 - A Different Drum", the first installment in my FREE mixtape series dedicated to drums and percussion. "Volume 1" focuses on the avant garde side of the instrument, and features pieces from Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin & Wood), myself, and others! ENJOY!
Hey how are you? All Babes Are Wolves has our first show tomorrow August 6th at Spaceland!!! It'd be great if you can make it, please get there early though as we're first on and will be onstage at 9pm sharp!
Welcome to the SWITCHED ON BOB project! Switched on Bob is a tribute to Bob Moog. Not a conventional compilation, but an authentic project dedicated to the father of modern synthesizers. Switched on Bob is represented by 20 Artists from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, U.S.A. Among these artists, two milestones of electronic music: Mr. Jean Jacques Perrey and Mr. Dan Lacksman. Follow this link for listening to this premiere! >> Switched on Bob
