Larry Slezak, Jazz Saxophonist » News http://larryslezak.com/blog Larry Slezak is one of the country's premiere jazz saxophonists. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:02:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 - This Weekend at Ovations - The Larry Slezak Hammond Organ Band featuring Sheri Lavo http://larryslezak.com/blog/2011/11/this-weekend-at-ovations-the-larry-slezak-hammond-organ-band-featuring-sheri-lavo/ http://larryslezak.com/blog/2011/11/this-weekend-at-ovations-the-larry-slezak-hammond-organ-band-featuring-sheri-lavo/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:02:09 +0000 admin http://larryslezak.com/blog/?p=1055 November 12, 2011

Start Time - 8:00pm

The Larry Slezak Hammond Organ Band

featuring the amazing vocals of Sheri Lavo

will be at Ovations this Saturday from 8:00pm - 11:00pm.

Bring a friend.

Don’t miss it.ls_seated

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The Larry Slezak Hammond Organ Band

featuring the amazing vocals of Sheri Lavo

will be at Ovations this Sunday from 7:00pm - 10:00pm.

This will be our only show in October.

Bring a friend.

Don’t miss it.

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Hello Everyone!

We will be performing at Ovations(Times Blvd. @ Kirby) this Friday, September 16th, at 8pm.

Paul Chester will be playing guitar and Joe will be back on drums.

Come on out and join us for another great evening of Jazz at Ovations.

See you there!

Larry

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]]> http://larryslezak.com/blog/2011/08/the-larry-slezak-hammond-organ-band-featuring-sheri-lavo/feed/ February Gigs with the Larry Slezak Hammond Organ Band featuring Sheri Lavo http://larryslezak.com/blog/2011/02/february-gigs-with-the-larry-slezak-hammond-organ-band-featuring-sheri-lavo/ http://larryslezak.com/blog/2011/02/february-gigs-with-the-larry-slezak-hammond-organ-band-featuring-sheri-lavo/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:41:05 +0000 admin http://larryslezak.com/blog/?p=963 Come here us play!!!!! It’s always a good time!

February 05, 2011 at Ovations
{2536 Times Blvd #B}
Start Time 8:00pm - More info click here

February 18, 2011 at Ovations
{2536 Times Blvd #B}
Start Time 8:00pm - More info click here

February 25, 2011 at Cezanne Jazz Club (above the Black Labrador)
{4100 Montrose Blvd.}
Start Time 9:00pm - More info click here

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]]> http://larryslezak.com/blog/2011/02/february-gigs-with-the-larry-slezak-hammond-organ-band-featuring-sheri-lavo/feed/ The Larry Slezak Hammond Organ Band featuring Sheri Lavo in concert tonight!!!! http://larryslezak.com/blog/2011/02/the-larry-slezak-hammond-organ-band-featuring-sheri-lavo-in-concert-tonight/ http://larryslezak.com/blog/2011/02/the-larry-slezak-hammond-organ-band-featuring-sheri-lavo-in-concert-tonight/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:32:23 +0000 admin http://larryslezak.com/blog/?p=956 Join us tonight at Ovations to hear the Larry Slezak Hammond Organ Band perform featuring vocalist Sheri Lavo!!!!

February 05, 2010 at Ovations. Downbeat at 8:00 pm - More info click here

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November Dates in Houston:

November 12, 2010 at Ovations. Start Time 8:00pm - More info click here

November 23, 2010 at King Biscuit. Start Time 8:00pm

November 26, 2010 at Ovations. Start Time 8:00pm - More info click here

November 27, 2010 at Cezzane. Start Time 9:00pm - More info click here

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]]> http://larryslezak.com/blog/2010/11/larry-slezak-hammond-organ-band-feat-sheri-lavo-november-dates/feed/ Larry Slezak - Grammy Nomination http://larryslezak.com/blog/2009/09/larry-slezak-grammy-nomination/ http://larryslezak.com/blog/2009/09/larry-slezak-grammy-nomination/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:07:48 +0000 admin http://larryslezak.com/blog/?p=783 PE_logo

Great News for Tierra

In the mail last week I opened my NARAS Ballot. I have been a voting member since 2002. Every year since then, I open that ballot and look to see one of our projects on it. Well what do you know? I went to the voting site and found that the Larry Slezak album “No Worries” is up for nomination for the Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group. I dug a bit deeper and read that both Larry Slezak and Jose Miguel-Yamal had both received a nomination for Best Improvised Jazz Soloist for the song ‘You’ve Changed” from the Slezak album. If that’s not enough, I made it through the first round in the production category for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

It was truly a thrill for me to cut this album. The entire album was made up of musicians from the local AFM 65-699. What a great testament to the fine musicianship found here in Houston, Texas.

Wish us luck in the Grammy process. Please go to itunes and download this great record or go to www.larryslezak.com and hit the “buy it now” link.

The link below is just a glimpse of what you will find on this fine album.

Cheers,
Glenn Wheeler, engineer

You’ve Changed
You’ve Changed Download

]]> http://larryslezak.com/blog/2009/09/larry-slezak-grammy-nomination/feed/ No Worries review by Ty Bailey Productions http://larryslezak.com/blog/2009/08/no-worries-review-by-ty-bailey-productions/ http://larryslezak.com/blog/2009/08/no-worries-review-by-ty-bailey-productions/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:49:18 +0000 admin http://larryslezak.com/blog/?p=756 Ty Bailey Productions recently wrote a review of my album No Worries. Go to their site, and you can access the review if you click on “Reviews.” Here is a PDF version of the document, and below is the review. Thanks!

Music from this unfamiliar artist results in a welcome surprise. Wow! Where has this musician been hiding? New York born and bred saxophonist/educator Larry Slezak, who delivers his very first album as leader with No Worries, and what an album it is. With a dynamic selection of standards—from Neal Hefti’s oft-recorded “Girl Talk,” Carl Fischer’s love ballad, “You’ve Changed,” to a riveting treatment of Jose Feliciano’s “Chico and the Man,” the theme song from the old television series with Jack Albertson and Freddie Prinze. The vibrant music here, clearly sustains a good measure of swing, superbly bolstered by dicey hard-driving charts and a striking performance from the leader and extended cast. A longtime resident of Houston, Texas, Slezak, is the premiere Jazz saxophonist in the Houston Jazz community who also performs with the Houston Symphony and the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, as well as serving as the Director of Jazz Ensembles at Rice University. For this first effort, Slezak records with a core quintet comprised of guitarist Clayton Dyess, bassist Thomas Helton, Jose-Miguel Yamal on Hammond B-3 organ and piano, and son Joe Slezak on drums. There are two orchestral pieces (sixteen-piece string orchestra on four cuts,), straight ahead and some bluesy sounds here. This is an impressive beginning for a truly outstanding musician.

]]> http://larryslezak.com/blog/2009/08/no-worries-review-by-ty-bailey-productions/feed/ Still showing up on the charts http://larryslezak.com/blog/2009/08/still-showing-up-on-the-charts/ http://larryslezak.com/blog/2009/08/still-showing-up-on-the-charts/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:33:58 +0000 admin http://larryslezak.com/blog/?p=749 No Worries is still doing pretty well on the radio. Towards the end of July it was Chartbound on the JazzWeek charts — That means it’s not quite there, but next in line. This also happened towards the first week of June. Maybe No Worries will make it on the chart this time!

It does keep inching up on the Roots Music Report Jazz Chart. Right now it’s sitting at number 18 on the chart. That’s up from number 31 a couple months ago.

In other news, KGLT jazz radio in Bozeman, Montana is still ranking No Worries within the top 10 of popular artists! Right now it’s number 7 on the station’s list.

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