Trombonist/composer Mark McGrain, saxophonist Tim Green, and bassist James Singleton are three of the Crescent Citys preeminent modern jazz improvisers.  

 

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"Tin Fish Tango" is Plunge's critically acclaimed 3rd album release ranking in the CMJ-Jazz Radio Top-10.

 

"Plunge is among the best post-Katrina jazz developments in New Orleans music." -- Doug Ramsey, Rifftides

 

Upcoming shows in New Orleans:

Feb. 28th, Tuesday - Open Ears series, Blue Nile (upstairs)

Frenchmen St. NOLA - 10 PM

Tom Fitzpatrick, saxes; James Singleton, bass; Mark McGrain, trombone.

 

April 24th, Tuesday - Open Ears series, Blue Nile (upstairs)

Frenchmen St. NOLA - 10 PM

(same band as above)

 

News:

The upcoming new release, "Plunge - Live at Outpost 186"

(featuring Plunge's North East Alter-ego: Tom Hall, saxes and Marty Ballou, bass performing in Cambridge, Massachusetts) has been mastered by Piety Street Recording's John Fischbach and will soon be available for digital download.

 

"Nothing ever falls the same way twice." --Plunge

 

 
 

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NEW RELEASE

 

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CD or Digital Download

featuring

Mark McGrain - trombone

James Singleton - bass

Tim Green - saxophones

plus

Kirk Joseph - sousaphone

Tom Fitzpatrick - saxophones

 

 

"powerful melodic lines . . . expansive collective improvisations . . . the kind of powerful hook that pops insistently into your head for weeks. Tin Fish Tango is a novel creation that manages to remain undeniably New Orleans."

- Zachary Young, OffBeat Magazine

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NPR music blogger Patrick Jarenwattananon (A Blog Supreme) discusses Tin Fish Tango with Guy Raz on All Things Considered,  spacer

 

"Plunge's music has a funky, let-the-good-times-roll atmosphere, calling to mind the French Quarter and the street musicians in action there. Killer sounds from down 'Nawlin's way."

- Dan McClenaghan, AllAboutJazz.com

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Audio Montage of Tin Fish Tango by PLUNGE

You're listening to excerpts from Plunge's new album.

 

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Also available on Immersion Records & Media:

 

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Plunge's critically acclaimed 2nd. album

"Dancing on Thin Ice"

- 16 weeks on the CMJ Jazz Top 20 reaching #8!

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CD or Digital Download

 

As reviewed in: Cadence &

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"It takes a great deal of poise and confidence to make music this deft and new.  What a pleasure to have an innovative album one also wants to rush out and play for friends. Paul de Barros DownBeat Magazine (4 stars!)

 

"Plunge is among the best post-Katrina jazz developments in New Orleans music."

--Doug Ramsey, ArtsJournal

 

the sound of the real New Orleans."

--Tim Madison, MuzikReviews  ( ***** five stars )

 

exhilarating, post-bop fare suffuse with tight, interlocking melodies and cool, nimble grooves -- It doesnt get any cooler exquisite."

--Aaron Lafont, OffBeat Magazine

 

"Dancing on Thin Ice is brilliant in its completeness."

 --Geraldine Wyckoff, The Louisiana Weekly

 

"Soulful, vivacious.  Plunge delivers grooves as wide as a house."

--DownBeat Magazine 

 

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PREVIOUS RELEASES by PLUNGE:

 

Available as a digital download:

Re-release of Plunge's debut release: "Falling with Grace"

(now in 24-bit!)

 

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featuring

 Bob Moses - drums

Avishai Cohen - bass

Marcus Rojas - tuba

Mark McGrain - trombone & alphorn

 

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All Immersion Records CDs are available at Louisiana Music Factory

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