RUSS WILSON
AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Since Russ has been called
THE PAUL WHITEMAN OF THE 21st CENTURY
it's only fitting that he play Whiteman's music.
Russ has been a record collector for over 30 years and an avid fan of The King Of Jazz and his music.
He has a number of the old Whiteman 78's in his collection including the 1924 recording of Rhapsody In Blue.
His musical library also contains 22 of Whiteman's orchestrations.
The Whiteman Orchestra included in it's ranks such notables as Bix Beiderbeck, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey,
Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Red Nichols, Frankie Trumbauer and Jack Teagarden.
In early 2013, Russ set about calling together some the best musicians (35 to be exact!)
in North Carolina give a concert of POP'S music.
On August 31 Russ and his Concert Orchestra presented RHAPSODY ~ THE MUSIC OF PAUL WHITEMAN
to a sellout crowd at Diana Wortham Theatre in Asheville, NC
The actual instrumentation of the orchestra is
4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, 8 Woodwinds, 6 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Cellos, Tuba,
2 String Bass, Banjo, Guitar, Piano & Drums.
For more info on that show click here.
THE PAUL WHITEMAN OF THE 21st CENTURY
it's only fitting that he play Whiteman's music.
Russ has been a record collector for over 30 years and an avid fan of The King Of Jazz and his music.
He has a number of the old Whiteman 78's in his collection including the 1924 recording of Rhapsody In Blue.
His musical library also contains 22 of Whiteman's orchestrations.
The Whiteman Orchestra included in it's ranks such notables as Bix Beiderbeck, Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey,
Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Red Nichols, Frankie Trumbauer and Jack Teagarden.
In early 2013, Russ set about calling together some the best musicians (35 to be exact!)
in North Carolina give a concert of POP'S music.
On August 31 Russ and his Concert Orchestra presented RHAPSODY ~ THE MUSIC OF PAUL WHITEMAN
to a sellout crowd at Diana Wortham Theatre in Asheville, NC
The actual instrumentation of the orchestra is
4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, 8 Woodwinds, 6 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Cellos, Tuba,
2 String Bass, Banjo, Guitar, Piano & Drums.
For more info on that show click here.
