Matt Niess & The Capitol Bones - The Beat Goes On (CD)

Release Date: 05/07/21

The long awaited fourth release has finally arrived!...featuring some of the best jazz players in the Nation's Capitol!

GENRE: Jazz / Large Jazz Ensemble / Trombone Led / Trombone
COMPOSERS: Sonny Bono, Raymond Premru, Pat Metheny, Charles Mingus, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, JJ Johnson, James Pankow, Robert Lamm

Group founder and leader Matt Niess has joined forces with some of the best jazz performers and writers in the Nation's capital to showcase the awesome power and musical range of this incredible ensemble. To hear this group live is to hear something truly special. The musicality and technical expertise is incredible. 'The Beat Goes On' puts this all on display. The level of musical maturity and seasoning mixes perfectly with the collective love of the artform. This is an album for serious listeners. The music will challenge and energize lifelong fans of the group, as well as those who hear them for the first time.

Matt Niess is a Washington, DC based cross-over trombonist who served in The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) for 30 years. He was a member of The Army Blues Jazz Ensemble and The US Army Brass Quintet.

Tenor Trombones

Matt Niess

Jim McFalls

Jay Gibble

Zach Niess

Bass Trombones

Matt Neff

Jerry Amoury

Jeff Cortazzo

Piano

Tony Nalker

Guitar

Shawn Purcell

Jim Roberts

Bass

Paul Henry

Drums

Todd Baldwin

JAZZTIMES says of the Capitol Bones:


'...Whether playing bop, ballads, funk, or Latin jazz, this sensational D.C.-area band generates ensemble and solo work that brings the oft-ignored trombone to glorious prominence...'