Blast-off! by Richie Kaye's Space City Funtet

BLAST-OFF!

This is an album of new compositions for voice, saxophone, clarinet, guitar, piano and bass, intended to accompany films, TV shows and commercials that haven't yet been created. They're playful and inventive and joyful and fun: music written to herald the new FutuRetro Age. We're blasting off into the art of the future!

Fondly reminiscent of the Space Age music of the 1950s, the music on this album recalls its mirth-making melodic ancestry. You may hear in these arrangements the influence of Raymond Scott, Lyle Murphy, Martin Denny, Bill Hitz, Esquivel, Gil Mellė, Enoch Light, Alan Hawkshaw, Bill Finegan, Don Sebesky, Marty Paich, Claus Ogerman and Alain Romans.

Richie Kaye's Space City Funtet is based in Houston, Texas, where all ignition systems are GO!

Artist Website: www.richiekaye.com

Tracklist

1.	Champagne on the Plane	2:31
2.	Dapper Dinghy	1:46
3.	Luncheonette	1:04
4.	Marinara Honeymoon	2:09

5.	Sarah and Christine	2:13

6.	Fruit Fly (short intro version)	2:18
7.	Jimmy's Tick-Tock	2:48
8.	Lava Love a/k/a I've Gotta Lava Love for You	2:35

9.	Phodly (short version)	2:30
10.	Richie's Romp	2:52

11.	Madame DeFarge	2:53
12.	The Old Sneakeroo	3:17
13.	Do This, Do That	1:46
14.	Penguin Parade	2:20
15.	The Hay-ho Song	1:00

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Credits

released October 1, 2019

MEET THE FUNTETTISTS

Richie Kaye (voice, archtop guitar, archtop ukelele, whistle, whispers, wood block, Chinese bell, small gong, homemade chac-chac, chopsticks, aerosol spray, ice machine, cellphone audio recorder, trashcan lid, senior hay ho)

Tony LaVorgna (alto saxophone)

Ernesto Vega (tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute)

Thomas Helton (string bass, tuba)

Sam Kuslan (piano, junior hay ho)

Recorded at Wire Road Studios, Houston, TX in 2018 and 2019. Studio Engineer: Andy Bradley

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