Alan Lewine XTET
The Alan Lewine Xtet offers a program of Lewine’s compositions and arrangements. Leading with his string bass, the Xtet includes piano, drums, and often Cuban percussion and one or more horn players. Swinging hard, it’s straight-ahead jazz heavily spiced with influences from around the world, including flamenco, Balinese gamelan, Afro-pop, Afro-Cubano, Latin jazz, Brazilian samba, etc. The Xtet has performed in concert in Santiago and Havana Cuba; Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York, USA; and in Europe in Spain, Holland and Belgium.
In August 2019, the Alan Lewine Xtet, made up for the occasion of a trio with the fabulous and renowned Bill Mays on piano and Tim Froncek on drums, was honored to be featured at the biennial international convention of the International Society of Bassists at the University of Indiana in Bloomington.
In January 2020, Alan traveled to Havana and formed a special Xtet with Cuban musicians Jesus Pupo, Pablo Cruz and visiting from Costa Rica Andres Obando. They were featured at the 35th Jazz Plaza International Festival of Jazz with 5 featured concerts in Havana. This Cuban ensemble also went into the studio and we expect a new release of Lewine compositions soon.
The Alan Lewine Xtet offers various programs of Alan’s compositions and arrangements in Alan’s unique original jazz. style
Jazzes For Lecuona
The Alan Lewine Xtetalso offers a program of Lewine’s arrangements of some the songs of Cuba’s great composer, Ernesto Lecuona, arranged in Alan’s unique original jazz style. Swinging hard with added Cuban-style percussion, it’s a stew of straight-ahead jazz spiced with an authentic Cuban flavor.
Jazzes for Lecuona has been performed several times, in Santiago de Cuba, Baltimore MD and Philadelphia PA. There are a full set of charts, and we expect to record and release this down the road.
Jazz plaza
Original Jazz concert at the 30th Jazz Plaza Festival Internacional, recorded at Teatro America, Havana, 19 January 2020. Leading with his string bass, the Xtet generally includes piano and or guitar, drums, usually Cuban percussion and often one to several horn players.
Swinging hard, it’s straight-ahead jazz spiced with an authentic Cuban flavor. The Xtet has presented this unique program in concert in Santiago and Havana Cuba, US in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York.
Lewine/Brown Xtet: Freewheeling (OWL1004 - 1991)
“Very melodic, though packed with dramatic stridence… First rate 5 stars” – JazzScene
Recorded live at Winfield Sound Studio, LTD
Dedicated to the memory of my most musical Aunt Betty Kaufman & my hometown friends and family in Wheeling, WV
Alan Lewine: double bass, Bob Brown: guitar, Cal Haines: drums, Arlen Asher: saxophones, clarinet & flutes, José Pintor: congas & cabasa
Cover art: Stefan Owsley
Remastered by Richard Grouser
Alan Lewine Septet: Original Jazz (OWL1001 - 1986)
“the four horn front line sounds like a mini Basie big band” – Cadence Magazine
The first Owlsong album released in 1986.
Remastered by Richard Grouser.
