Wouldn't Be Here Without You

by Brent Laidler

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1.	Keeping It Simple 05:33	info	buy track
2.	Sunday Mood 06:18	info	buy track
3.	You Ain't The Bossa Me 05:29	info	buy track
4.	A Second Chance (feat. Ned Boyd) 05:24	info	buy track
5.	City By The Bay 07:35	info	buy track
6.	Foo's Blues 06:05	info	buy track
7.	Walt's Waltz 05:05	info	buy track
8.	One More (A Samba) 04:41	info	buy track
9.	Wouldn't Be Here Without You (feat. Mark Buselli) 05:22	info	buy track
10.	Pretty Little Bossa 07:54	info	buy track

about

The first half of this project was recorded before the shutdown when everything came to a halt.
During the summer of the pandemic my father passed away after being in cancer hospice for a year. I’d made over a dozen long trips to visit him and the drive time gave me an opportunity to grieve and come to terms with the idea before my brother finally called to let me know he was gone.
The next day my local musical mentor and father figure Tony Zamora passed away from heart failure. His wife Betty called and said, “Brent, I lost my man this morning.” We cried together and then she had to go to make more calls. He had recently turned 90 years old and was in a care facility as a precaution with regard to Covid-19. We were planning a belated birthday party for him when he got out.
Just a side note, Tony was the inspiration for “Senor Zamora” on Harold Vick’s “Don’t Look Back” album following his heart attack. His life partner (Dee Brinkley) gifted his tenor sax to Tony after Harold passed away. In the capacity of my day job, I rebuilt the horn and have been the only technician to work on it since.
So after all that, my concept for this project changed…
Randy Salman and I recorded “One for Tony” – a guitar/tenor sax duet on an earlier CD. Now I wanted to recognize and thank not just Tony, but everyone who supported and helped me along my musical journey. I wrote the last five songs with specific people in mind. There are MANY people to thank and I’ll include some names in the song notes.
I really would not be here without them all.
And you, the listener.
Thank you for supporting this amazing thing called Jazz!

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released March 11, 2022

Mark Buselli - Trumpet
Ned Boyd - Saxes and Flute
Jamie Newman - Organ
Scott Pazera - Bass
Richard "Sleepy" Floyd - Drums
Brent Laidler - Composer / Guitar

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Brent Laidler Indiana

Jazz guitarist, composer, performer, clinician, radio host and small business owner. Brent has written music for television, video games and films.
He has appeared with Broadway artist Michael Mandel, comedian Rich Little, The Lafayette Symphony, Freddie Mendoza, Randy Salman, Lennie Foy, Tony Zamora – and vocalists Regina Todd-Hicks, Ly (Tartell) Wilder and Amanda Overmyer from American Idol. ... more

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