I have had an interesting time working through the process of making my jazz tuba cd, Buckhorn Morning available on line. One of the challenges has been trying to have the cd show up in iTunes search results if someone searches using the keywords tuba or jazz tuba. While my cd has a lovely picture of a tuba on the front cover, the actual word “tuba” is nowhere to be seen. I may be out of luck, but I’ll know better next time. 🙂
Links to my cd can be found at http://www.dougburrell.ca
Doug Burrell Buckhorn Morning
After well over a year of composing, arranging, recording, mixing and mastering it feels great to have my jazz tuba cd Buckhorn Morning released and available for sale. The CD is available through the Silverbirch Online Store in Canada as well as through CDBaby, iTunes and TheJazzbox.ca.  Buckhorn Morning is a jazz CD with the tuba playing a lot of lead and playing a lot of improvised choruses as part of an eight piece ensemble. I like to think that we’ve come up with something that’s fairly unique and fun to listen to.
Thanks for checking out my first foray into the world of blogging!
I am a music educator and tuba player working in the Toronto area. I am very fortunate to have had the chance to play various flavours of jazz tuba with a number of phenomenally talented musicians. Bands that I am currently playing with include the Dixie Demons, who play what I would call trad jazz with attitude,(Ross Wooldridge on clarinet, Steve Crowe on trumpet, Dan Douglas on trombone, Chris Lamont on drums) and the Brian Barlow Brass and Drums (2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba and percussion). Brian writes phenomenal charts and the musicians in the band (Russ Little on trombone, Chase Sanborn, Brian O’Kane on trumpet and Brian Barlow on percussion) are marvelous players.
I really enjoy playing with NOJO. The Neufeld Occipinti Jazz Orchestra is once again a 16 piece ensemble after a few years as a 9 piece band and it really cooks thanks to great players and the innovative charts provided by co-leaders Paul Neufeld and Michael Occipinti.
I round out my playing with various corporate events, private functions and by performing with several brass quintets which are active in the Toronto area.
Doug B.
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