mahaloArts

...ensembleJazzMusic...

mahaloJazz is a flexible musical group whose members are assembled to suit particular venues

we offer ensemble jazz music, from the delicious melodies of George Gershwin and Cole Porter to the sophisticated tunes of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk

we can also throw in lots of other music outside and inbetween, including R&B, reggae, pop, bossa, and have huge fun playing it all

music for chillin' • swingin' • dancin' • groovin' • makin' you happy

music for in-the-corner background • in-your-face foreground • small gatherings • blow-out-once-in-a-lifetime parties

all offered in a variety of configurations, depending on your needs and budget

take a listen to some of the recordings below, give us a holler and we'll discuss...

You'll also find live recordings of fellow jazzer friends from South Florida and beyond...

We're not yet set up to offer music for purchase.
In the meantime, please enjoy streaming the music here.

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mahaloJazz 4

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1.	CottonWood Jazz 2	Play	CottonWood Jazz 2 Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Louis Sawyer, tenor saxophones Ben Palmer, upright bass David Shore, drums Kate Briner, vocals Susan Cohen, vocals Notes This is the complete concert performed by the quartet, recorded on 19 June 2009 in live performance at CottonWood Farm in Saxapahaw NC. 01 Funkallero 02 All The Things You Are 03 Someday My Prince Will Come 04 Manha De Carnaval 05 Well, You Needn't (It's Over Now) 06 Beautiful Love 07 Moment's Notice 08 Come Runnin' 09 Bemsha Swing 10 You Must Believe In Spring 11 What Is This Thing Called Love? 12 For All Time 13 Four 14 Smile 15 Body and Soul 16 There Will Never Be Another You 17 At Last Total time: 1:37:35 Info
2.	CottonWood Jazz 1	Play	CottonWood Jazz 1 Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Louis Sawyer, soprano and tenor saxophones Ben Palmer, upright bass David Shore, drums Notes This is the complete concert performed by the quartet, recorded on 13 June 2008 in live performance at CottonWood Farm in Saxapahaw NC. 01 Tokyo Blues 02 Chi Chi 03 One Note Samba 04 My Romance/I Remember You 05 In Walked Bud 06 Dig 07 Centerpiece 08 Dolphin Dance 09 Fotografia 10 Joy Spring 11 The Nearness of You 12 Up Jumped Spring 13 Ladybird 14 'Round Midnight 15 I Got Rhythm/Oleo 16 In A Mellow Tone 17 That's All Total time: 1:47:34 Info
3.	CottonWood Jazz 2 Set 1	Play	CottonWood Jazz 2 Set 1 Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Louis Sawyer, tenor saxophones Ben Palmer, upright bass David Shore, drums Kate Briner, vocals Susan Cohen, vocals Notes This is the first set of the concert performed by the quartet, recorded on 19 June 2009 in live performance at CottonWood Farm in Saxapahaw NC. 01 Funkallero 02 All The Things You Are 03 Someday My Prince Will Come 04 Manha De Carnaval 05 Well, You Needn't (It's Over Now) 06 Beautiful Love 07 Moment's Notice 08 Come Runnin' Total time: 40:49 Info
4.	CottonWood Jazz 2 Set 2	Play	CottonWood Jazz 2 Set 2 Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Louis Sawyer, tenor saxophones Ben Palmer, upright bass David Shore, drums Kate Briner, vocals Susan Cohen, vocals Notes This is the second set of the concert performed by the quartet, recorded on 19 June 2009 in live performance at CottonWood Farm in Saxapahaw NC. 09 Bemsha Swing 10 You Must Believe In Spring 11 What Is This Thing Called Love? 12 For All Time 13 Four 14 Smile 15 Body and Soul 16 There Will Never Be Another You 17 At Last Total time: 56:48 Info
5.	CottonWood Jazz 2 complete	Play	CottonWood Jazz 2 complete Credits Alison Weiner, piano and vocals Louis Sawyer, tenor saxophones Ben Palmer, upright bass David Shore, drums Kate Briner, vocals Susan Cohen, vocals Notes This is the complete concert performed by the quartet, recorded on 19 June 2009 in live performance at CottonWood Farm in Saxapahaw NC. 01 Funkallero 02 All The Things You Are 03 Someday My Prince Will Come 04 Manha De Carnaval 05 Well, You Needn't (It's Over Now) 06 Beautiful Love 07 Moment's Notice 08 Come Runnin' 09 Bemsha Swing 10 You Must Believe In Spring 11 What Is This Thing Called Love? 12 For All Time 13 Four 14 Smile 15 Body and Soul 16 There Will Never Be Another You 17 At Last Total time: 1:37:35 Info

These are recordings of the 2008 and 2009 concerts at CottonWood Farm in Saxapahaw NC.

CottonWood Jazz 2 is offered in a few versions
Track 1 is just the tunes
Track 3 is the first set of tunes (fits better on a CD...)
Track 4 is the second set of tunes (ditto...)
Track 5 is the entire concert, complete with inbetween song banter among musicians and audience

mahaloJazz and Chloe Dolandis

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1.	Spanish River Library 09.13.09	Play				Spanish River Library 09.13.09 Credits selections recorded 09.13.09 at the Spanish River Library in Boca Raton Chloe Dolandis, vocals Alison Weiner, piano Bill Noftsinger, bass Matt Crowning, drums 1. Body and Soul 2. Besame Mucho 3. Lullaby of Birdland 4. Cherokee 5. L-O-V-E 6. Over The Rainbow 7. There Will Never Be Another You total time 32:32 Info
2.	studio sampler 08.16.09	Play				studio sampler 08.16.09 Credits recorded 08.16.09 Chloe Dolandis, vocals Alison Weiner, piano Bill Noftsinger, bass 1. Lullaby of Birdland 2. S'Wonderful 3. Over The Rainbow 4. Cherokee total time 11:10 Info

mahaloJazz 3

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1.	MJ3 Live sampler	Play	MJ3 Live sampler Credits Notes This track is a 12-minute sampler of nine tunes performed by the trio, recorded between 26 March and 16 April 2008 in live performance at the Vintage Bar & Grille and the Whole Foods Market, both in Palm Beach Gardens FL. 1. I Got Rhythm (Alison/Randy/Pablo) 2. Beatrice (Alison/Kent/Tim) 3. That's All (Alison/Tim) 4. Billie's Bounce (Alison/Kent/Tim) 5. Night and Day (Alison/Kent/Tim) 6. All The Things You Are (Alison/Kent/Tim) 7. 'Deed I Do (Alison/Randy/Pablo) 8. I Remember You (Alison/Randy/Pablo) 9. Route 66 (Alison/Randy/Pablo) Info
2.	MJ3 Live	Play	MJ3 Live Notes This is an hour-long track of fourteen complete tunes performed by the trio, recorded between 26 March and 16 April 2008 in live performance at the Vintage Bar & Grille and the Whole Foods Market, both in Palm Beach Gardens FL. 1. I Got Rhythm (Alison/Randy/Pablo) 2. Beatrice (Alison/Kent/Tim) 3. That's All (Alison/Tim) 4. Billie's Bounce (Alison/Kent/Tim) 5. Night and Day (Alison/Kent/Tim) 6. Killer Joe (Alison/Kent/Tim) 7. Body and Soul (Alison/Randy/Tim) 8. All The Things You Are (Alison/Kent/Tim) 9. 'Deed I Do (Alison/Randy/Pablo) 10. Angel Eyes (Alison/Randy/Pablo) 11. There Will Never Be Another You (Alison/Kent/Tim) 12. I Remember You (Alison/Randy/Pablo) 13. The Nearness of You (Alison/Randy/Pablo) 14. Route 66 (Alison/Randy/Pablo) Info
3.	I Got Rhythm	Play	I Got Rhythm Credits Rochelle Frederick, tenor sax Kyle Motl, bass Alison Weiner, piano and vocals recorded April 2009; Oren Gross, engineer Info
4.	Straight, No Chaser	Play	Straight, No Chaser Credits Rochelle Frederick, tenor sax Kyle Motl, bass Alison Weiner, piano and vocals recorded April 2009; Oren Gross, engineer Info
5.	Scrapple From The Apple	Play
6.	Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise	Play

These tracks give a sense of what the mahaloJazz trio offers. Configurations presented here include piano/bass/drums and tenor sax/piano/bass.

The Recital

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1.	Introduction by Dave Hammer	Play
2.	Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most/Lush Life	Play	Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most/Lush Life Credits Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most music by Tommy Wolf (c)1955 Lush Life music by Billy Strayhorn (c)1949 original arrangement by Alison Weiner Info
3.	Someday My Prince Will Come	Play	Someday My Prince Will Come Credits music by Frank Churchill (c)1937 original arrangement by Alison Weiner (greatly inspired by Bill Evans) Info
4.	Shorter Better	Play	Shorter Better Credits music by Alison Weiner (c)2007 Info
5.	trio improvisation	Play	trio improvisation Credits an entirely spontaneous performance by Alison Weiner, Rob Rimmington and Matt Crowning Info
6.	Body and Soul	Play	Body and Soul Credits music by John Green lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton (c)1930 original arrangement by Alison Weiner (greatly inspired by Chick Corea) Info
7.	All The Things You Are	Play	All The Things You Are Credits music by Jerome Kern (c)1939 Info
8.	Four	Play	Four Credits music by Miles Davis lyrics by Jon Hendricks (c)1963 Info
9.	St. Louis Blues	Play	St. Louis Blues Credits music by W.C. Handy (c)1914 original arrangement by Alison Weiner (greatly inspired by Herbie Hancock) Info

An ensemble performance at FAU University Theatre on 11.09.07 featuring jazz standards and original works. Thanks very much to Rob Rimmington for remixing the recording!

Sawyer-Goldberg at Cafe Driade

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1.	1st set	Play	1st set Notes This is the first set, recorded on 27 June 2009 in live performance at Cafe Driade in Chapel Hill NC. 1. Good Bait 2. Black Orpheus 3. All Blues 4. Song for My Father 5. It Might As Well Be Spring 6. Wave total time 46:52 Info
2.	2nd set	Play	2nd set Notes This is the second set, recorded on 27 June 2009 in live performance at Cafe Driade in Chapel Hill NC. 1. Alice In Wonderland 2. My Romance 3. Come Rain Or Come Shine 4. How Insensitive 5. Stolen Moments 6. Four 7. Body and Soul total time 39:30 Info
3.	3rd set	Play	3rd set Notes This is the third set, recorded on 27 June 2009 in live performance at Cafe Driade in Chapel Hill NC. 1. Agua de Beber 2. The Lamp Is Low 3. Invitation 4. 'Round Midnight 5. In Walked Bud total time 35:55 Info

This is a live performance of Sawyer-Goldberg on June 27, 2009 at Cafe Driade in Chapel Hill, NC. It was a perfect summer evening to play on the outdoor patio for old and new friends...

FAU Jazz

jazz with a jewish twist...

Steinway Piano Gallery 12.13.09

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FAU Composers Forum Reading Day

1.	Suite No. 3: L'Chaim by Alison Weiner	Play	Download
2.	Forward Motion by Rochelle Frederick	Play	Download
3.	Volante by Alton Terry	Play	Download
4.	Quartet No. 2 by Zach Brown	Play	Download
5.	Theme and Articulations by Marie Budinsky-Maher	Play	Download
6.	String Quartet, #3 by Rochelle Frederick	Play	Download
7.	Lake Worth Psalm 8 by Anne-Louise Turgeon	Play	Download
8.	The World by Anthony Tabacco	Play	Download