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The Dalton Gang @ Trumpets for the 35th
Anniversary party. Photo by George Wirt. Left
to right: Dan Nigro, Frank Elmo, Mike
DiLorenzo, John Hughes, Frank Valdés, Alessio
Marc Cupo, Mark Friedman, Erick Storckman,
Willy Dalton, Vinnie Cutro.
The Dalton Gang @ NJ Botanical Garden,
7/25/14; also a flier circa 1985 from an
appearance @ Sunrise Blvd in Little Ferry!
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Thanks for your support--The Dalton Gang has
been performing with over 100 original charts
for 40 years as of this November 2019! Also
special thanks to all of the great musicians
who have played with us all these years!
"I See The Lights Of Bristol" is now
available as a .99 single on CDBaby, iTunes, and Amazon.
WBGO'S "Taking A Walk For Art"
Journal includes a brief interview with Willy
Dalton around 4:47.
The 18-piece Real Deal Big Band CD has
arrived!!! For more info click
here.
Second Step Music has just released "Jingle
Bells Bachata"--available on iTunes
and CDBaby
for .99--enjoy--listen on SoundCloud
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"Riverwalk", music for
string quartet and acoustic guitar, is now
available from CD Baby. The disc
includes 4 original pieces for solo nylon
string guitar. Please click the "order cd's"
button for more info.
Alan Fark at Minor7th.com wrote: "Riverwalk
includes five short, but ingenious, tracks
which remind us that fingerstyle and
classical idioms are branches from the same
heritage, and which commingle very
naturally."
All of our cds are available
from CD Baby
-just click here
"Last
Year's Waltz", "Rhythms", "Miami Shadows",
and "Just For
Tonight", are also available for
downloading of individual tracks for .99
each and/or complete albums for $9.99 from
the Apple iTunes Store-- just
click here
The cd's can also be purchased
online as albums or single mp3 downloads
from PayPlay.fm
and as albums from Amazon.
The cd can also be purchased
directly from Second Step Music. Click
here for more info.
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click
here for a large pdf of the band pic or
here
for a jpeg
The
Dalton Gang is a ten piece band led by
guitarist, arranger and composer Willy
Dalton. The band mixes jazz with a blend of
funk and latin music.
The
members are freelance musicians around the
New York area. Among their credits are
recordings and performances with such
artists as Buddy Rich, Machito, Lionel
Hampton, Tito Puente, Daniel Ponce, Cissy
Houston, and others.
The
Dalton Gang is a real "group", not a band of
musicians brought together for a special
project. They performed for the first time
in 1979 .
The
band members are: Vinnie Cutro--
trumpet, Mark Friedman--alto sax and
flute, Frank Elmo--tenor sax and
flute, Dan Nigro-- baritone sax, Conrad
Zulauf-- trombone, Frank Valdes--percussion,
Mike DiLorenzo--piano, John
Hughes--bass, Marc Cupo--drums,
and Willy
Dalton--guitar.
"The
Dalton Gang is really a labor of love," says
bandleader Willy Dalton. "The dedication and
commitment of the musicians is what keeps
the band alive. When I write for the band, I
try to draw on the mix of sounds that we
play as working musicians in the New York
area--jazz, funk, latin, big band, etc.
Putting this all in one package and making
the music challenging to play is what I'm
aiming for."
The
Dalton Gang has released four CD's on Second
Step Music. Rhythms was
released in 1993, Miami Shadows
in 1995, Just For Tonight in
2002, and Last Year's Waltz
in 2006.
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