Party Hats (album)
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Party Hats is a jazz
studio album
by Will Bernard
recorded in 2006 and released in 2007. Party Hats received a Grammy Award
nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2007. The album gave Bernard more visibility as a jazz guitarist.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Will Bernard
Will Bernard
Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader from the San Francisco Bay Area, now living in Brooklyn, New York. He has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug....
recorded in 2006 and released in 2007. Party Hats received a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2007. The album gave Bernard more visibility as a jazz guitarist.
Track listing
- "Share the Sea" - 5:38
- "White Elephant Sale" - 4:16
- "Ripple Sole" - 6:37
- "Leo's Cat" - 6:19
- "Party Hats" - 5:05
- "Afro Sheen" - 6:55
- "Chin Up" - 4:57
- "Newbie" - 4:16
- "Folding Green" - 4:57
- "Rattle Trap" - 4:48
- "Penske" - 4:42
Personnel
- Will BernardWill BernardWill Bernard is a guitarist and band leader from the San Francisco Bay Area, now living in Brooklyn, New York. He has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug....
: guitar - Wil Blades: Hammond B3Hammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
- Keith McArthur: bass (1,7)
- Ryan Newman: bass (2-6, 8-11)
- Jan Jackson: drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11)
- Paul Spina: drums (3, 6, 8-10)
- Cochemea Gastelum: alto saxophone (1)
- Joe Cohen: tenor saxophone (1, 2, 5, 6, 7)
- Peter ApfelbaumPeter ApfelbaumPeter Apfelbaum is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, tenor saxophonist, drummer and composer born in Berkeley, California. He first emerged on the jazz scene in the late 1970s, performing with Carla Bley from 1978–1982 and touring with Warren Smith and Karl Berger. Around this time Apfelbaum...
: tenor saxophone, qarqabas, melodica (3, 6, 7) - Dave Ellis: tenor saxophone (9, 10)
- Mike Olmos: trumpet (1, 6, 7)
- Adam Theis: trombone (1, 6, 7)
- Josh Jones: percussion (1, 4-7)
- Michael Bluestein: Hammond B3, electric piano (3, 7)