Johnny Varro Swing 7: Afterglow

Johnny Varro: leader, arranger, piano
Tommy Newsom: Tenor sax
Ken Peplowski*: Alto sax, clarinet
Dan Barrett: Trombone
Randy Sandke: Trumpet
Frank Tate: Bass
Joe Ascione: Drums

"This musical program recalls the Swing Era at its finest. For many jazz lovers, the small bands of that period represented the finest flowering of the genre, and it is to these vital little groups that Varro and his colleagues pay homage."

—Duncan Schiedt, veteran writer and photographer of jazz since 1939.

Johnny Varro Swing 7: Afterglow Awarded prestigious Grand Prix du Disque de Jazz by Le Hot Club du France Federation

Selections:
It's a Wonderful World
Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider
Truckin'
Afterglow
In the Still of the Night
Moten Swing
Pom Pom
Change Partners
Humoresque
One For Todd
Cross Your Heart
Front and Center
The Chase
Brandy 'N Beer