About the Artist

Rodney Booth is a native of El Paso, Texas where he grew up playing in his fathers band. Rodney started his professional playing career at sixteen and has played everything from "rodeo's to rap". He received his degree at the University of North Texas where he performed in the renowned 1 O'clock Lab Band. Rodney performed across North America, Europe, and South America with the Woody Herman Band, and has played with entertainers such as Lou Rawls, Nancy Wilson, Dionne Warwick, Marvin Hamlisch, Jack Jones and Ray Charles to name a few. Rodney is active in studio recording and can be heard on commercials for Fina, Texaco, McDonalds, Chevrolet, along with music for the Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, CNN, and the television show Wishbone. He also plays the flugelhorn on the Sewell Cadillac commercials and Dominos Pizza commercials. Rodney can be heard on recordings of Al Green and Janie Frickie along with area artists such as Dave Zollar, Trella Hart, Joyce Baxter, Jim West, Kurt DeKuehn and Tim Ballard. His own jazz quartet CD Look Over There received a great review in the Dallas Morning News. Rodney just finished twelve years of performing at the original Dicks Last Resort in the West End of Dallas. His group can be heard at Strictly Tabu Jazz Club as well as Sambuca Jazz Clubs all located in Dallas. His eleven piece big band and his six piece dance band are sought after for weddings, private parties and award shows throughout the area. His Society Big Band is in negotiation with Columbia Artists for possible touring in the year 2000.
Band members: Rodney Booth - Trumpet and Vocals
Whitey Thomas - Piano
Brian Piper - Piano
Fred Hamilton - Bass
John Adams - Bass
Bobby Breaux - Drums
Mike Drake - Drums

Product Description

If you like Chet Baker, then you'll like Rodney Booth. This is a great quartet with Rodney Booth playing and singing terrific standards. The Dallas Morning News said "His whispery vocal style is pleasing enough, but the CD's real lure is his cooler-than-dry-ice Trumpet playing." If your a true Jazz fan or a casual listener you'll love it!

From the Label

Dallas Morning NewsLook over There (midwest, 1998) Dallas Jazz ace Rodney Booth mixes standards by Duke Ellington ("I've Got it Bad") and Benny Carter ("When Lights are Low") with promising tunes of his own - the ultra-blue ballad "And Miles to Go" and the brash, finger-poppin' "Snooky-Looky." His whispery vocal style is pleasing enough, but the CD's real lure is his cooler-than-dry-ice trumpet playing., ISBN13:B00000I4LJ ISBN10:B00000I4LJ Material Type:audioCD