**CD/DVD combo debuted @ #8 BILLBOARD Jazz Album Chart**
Contemporary Instrumental Album
Rock Performance - Ramble On
Traditional R&B Performance - Pride (In The Name of Love)
Improvised Jazz Solo - To Touch The Sky (Ric Fierabracci)
Instrumental Composition - Metropolis
Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals - Pride (In The Name of Love)
Recording Package
Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Music Film
Eric Marienthal - sax (GRAMMY winner, Chick Corea, The Rippingtons)
Chieli Minucci - guitar (GRAMMY nominee, Special EFX)
Karen Briggs - violin (Yanni, Chaka Khan)
Ric Fierabracci - bass (GRAMMY nominee, Chick Corea, Billy Cobham, Blood Sweat & Tears)
Cheikh N’Doye - bass (Baaba Maal, Mike Stern)
Gene Coye - drums (GRAMMY nominee, Larry Carlton, Stanley Clarke)
Steve Nieves - sax, perc, vox (Kenny Loggins)
Munyungo Jackson - percussion (Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock)
Tita Hutchison - vocals (Rick Rubin, Foreigner)
Jeff Marshall - guitar (Bo Bice, Alan Parsons)
Lao Tizer - keys (former “Best New Jazz Artist" nominee, Down To The Bone, Special EFX)
“Songs From The Swinghouse is an enthralling listen.”
“A robust mix of originals and covers that incorporates grooves from across the musical spectrum!”
“Keyboardist Lao Tizer fronts an 11-member band that is filled with swinging funk, not dissimilar to vintage Tower of Power and AWB.”
“The disc and video show the world-class musicians at the top of their game as well as spotlighting the compositional integrity and musicality of bandleader Lao Tizer.”
“On the song (The Source), the pianist leads his 10-piece ensemble through a funky original brimming with unison lines and a pretty sizable break of solos…”
“They’re the missing link between The Dave Matthews Band and Snarky Puppy we never knew existed.”