Jazz-Americana artist Bryan Cumming has released a preview single for an upcoming album that pays tribute to the classic songs and legendary artists of the Silent Generation.
The album’s title track, “Come Out Swinging,” swings to life with the sounds and lyrical images of the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s. Cumming recorded the song at Java Jive Studio in Nashville with drummer Adam Mormolstein, pianist Kelli Cox, and bassist John Vogt. Jazz and Americana music fans can hear the song
“I wrote the song in 2008 to celebrate the timeless swing music from back in my daddy’s day,” said Cumming, who is launching his solo career after recording with popular acts such as Al Jarreau, Al Hirt, and The Pointer Sisters. “‘Come Out Swinging’ is presented as an imaginary epiphany, where the singer hears the phone ring and mysteriously hears the sounds of old swing tunes. He gets inspired and preaches the message ‘it’s time to play’ to his listeners.”
Cumming’s 10-song project, which will be released on Feb. 17, will celebrate the spirit of swing with a lively mix of traditional jazz classics and originals. Highlights will include covers of standards written and/or performed by legendary artists such as Nat King Cole, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Dorothy Fields, and Irving Berlin.
Among the covers will be “Sunny Side of the Street,” a standard recorded by Tommy Dorsey and The Sentimentalists in 1944.
According to music critic Chuck Davis, ‘”Come Out Swinging’ is a fluent expression of a musical maturing… delivering swing-inspired original tunes for his father’s generation and re-distributing ‘that thing called swing’ to the next generation.”
Cumming also is a member of the popular Beatles tribute band, The WannaBeatles. The Nashville act received a Grammy nomination for its album “Fab Fan Memories” in 2011.
The artist will celebrate the release of “Come Out Swinging” with a concert and CD signing at World Music in Nashville on Feb. 17.
For more information about Bryan Cumming and his new single and upcoming album “Come Out Swinging,” visit http://www.BryanCumming.com or write the artist at Bryan@BryanCumming.com.
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