Wednesday, March 30

The Final Countdown to Launch

The digitally remastered “Live at the Nugget” CD, featuring the famous Lithuanian set and boisterous classic jazz, is in its final production.

NOTE: As soon as we figure out how to upload a sample track or two, we’ll do so. This diabolical Internet is tougher to master than the piano. (Not that that’s mastered either.)

Included will be new CD cover and insert designs that highlight the NRB’s intriguing appearance at the Nugget Casino Resort and include details on the importance of “Uncle Bob” to NRB’s legacy.

Call 989.793-0123 or contact dave@newref.com for pricing and to pre-order your copy.

“Live at the Nugget” Tracks

1. Intro (0:10) 2. Alexander’s Ragtime Band (3:42) 3. Patter (1:20) 4. It Don’t Mean a Thing (4:10) 5. Patter (0:56) 6. St. James Infirmary (6:26) 7. Patter (1:49) 8. Slide Frog Slide (1:47) 9. Patter (0:45) 10. Shine (4:33) 11. Patter (1:55) 12. I Would Do Most Anything for You (4:57) 13. Patter (1:36) 14. Down in Jungletown (5:29)

March 20, 2016

Folks, you’re hearing it here first.

“Live at the Nugget”, another digitally remastered NRB Jazz CD, will soon be set for launch.

Seriously.

It’s a superb nugget of NRB’s great sound and fun.

Literally.

It was recorded live at the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks, Nevada. (Thank you, Nugget.)

It was digitally remastered by the master, Andy Reed. (Thank you, good sir.)

“Live at the Nugget” features the infamous, hot, and hilarious Lithuanian set.

Hear. Believe. Belly laugh.

Sign up for the NRB Newsletter — look to your left — to stay up to speed on the unleashing date.

or all 989.793-0123 or contact dave@newref.com for pricing, and to order.

Live at the Nugget Jazz Play List

“Live at the Nugget” Tracks 1. Intro (0:10) 2. Alexander’s Ragtime Band (3:42) 3. Patter (1:20) 4. It Don’t Mean a Thing (4:10) 5. Patter (0:56) 6. St. James Infirmary (6:26) 7. Patter (1:49) 8. Slide Frog Slide (1:47) 9. Patter (0:45) 10. Shine (4:33) 11. Patter (1:55) 12. I Would Do Most Anything for You (4:57) 13. Patter (1:36) 14. Down in Jungletown (5:29)

The 12-inch mid-Michigan snowfall had mostly disappeared before the 13^th Annual “Saginaw On Stage Music Festival” at the Temple Theatre Annex on Friday (Feb. 26). This year’s event was enhanced by an all-you-could-eat dinner buffet provided by the famous Horizons Conference Center. Included was a delicious New Orleans-style bread pudding with caramel sauce. (We take credit for anything to do with New Orleans.)

Doors opened at 4:30pm, and by the time the New Reformation boys took the stage in the Grand Ballroom at 6, the room was full. The band’s early appearance was in deference to the “maturity” of its fans, many of whom regard 9:00 pm as “sorta late.”

The lineup consisted of a geographically diverse group of Michigan all-star musicians: cornet, Paul Klinger, Ann Arbor; clarinet, John Simpson, Lansing; trombone, Keith DeWitt, Flushing; banjo/guitar, Dave Kadwell, Grand Rapids; tuba, Ed Mallett, Big Rapids; drums, John Hill IV, Swartz Creek; and piano/leader, Dave Oppermann, Saginaw.

As promised, NRB compact discs (aka, CDs) were on sale at the reduced price of $10 each, complete with cello wrap. Rumor has it that someone bought one (or two!).

The festival lineup included 14 other headliner groups, but do we really care? Of course, we do, and you can find the list at SaginawOnStage.com and then be filled with remorse if you were one of those who missed out. But then, there is always next year, or so we hope.

Visit this website frequently so you can be one of the first to know when the news breaks of new additions to our NRB catalog of live performance recordings. Hotcha!