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Album: Bebop Trio
Released: Jan 19, 2010
Label: Creative Nation Music

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  • Genre: Comedy

    Location Brooklyn, New York, US

    Profile Views: 23716

    Last Login: 7/19/2010

    Member Since 1/15/2005

    Website www.alecspiegelman.com

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Alec Spiegelman is a multi-woodwind player living in Brooklyn, NY. As a saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist, Alec has performed and/or recorded with Bob Moses, Bob Brookmeyer, Apollo Sunshine, Mandy Moore, Eilen Jewell, Josh Ritter, the Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra, Dan Blake, Brian Viglione, Gill Aharon, Audrey Ryan, Sarah Pedinotti, Nat Mugavero, Entrain, and Little Joe Cook, among many others. A graduate of New England Conservatory and Harvard College, Alec studied with Steve Lacy, Ran Blake, Bob Brookmeyer, and Bob Moses. Of late, Alec can be heard playing rootsy jazz with "modern vintage" songstress Miss Tess, honking r&b tenor with the Chicken Slacks Soul Revue, Balkan folk music with Tev Stevig and the Poludaktulos Orchestra, 80's pop songs reimagined for the saxophone duo "Ronald Reagan", and obscure bebop lines with Lefteris Kordis and Thor Thorvaldsson, in addition to singing his original pop songs with the experimental folk orchestra "Cuddle Magic". Alec's original compositions for jazz ensemble -- most often enlisting Jeff Galindo, Eric Hofbauer, Nat Mugavero -- attempt the quixotic task of blending those influences. "a very gifted clarinet, flute and bass clarinet player ... He's quite a guy" - Bob Brookmeyer (www.bobbrookmeyer.com)
  • Members

    An Alec Spiegelman Quartet with Jeff Galindo - trombone, Eric Hofbauer - guitar, Nat Mugavero - drums. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trio with pianist Lefteris Kordis and drummer Thor Thorvaldsson. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Ronald Reagan", Boston's premier 80's pop saxophone duo - with Kelly Roberge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cuddle Magic with Lucy, Max, Ben, Ashley, Christopher, Dave, Kristen, Eric, Bridget, Cole, Matt, Mike, et. al ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trio with Mike Baggetta - guitar, and Mike Calabrese - drums
  • Influences

    Nat Mugavero, Ran Blake, Steve Lacy, Bob Brookmeyer, Rakalam Bob Moses, Paul Shaffer, Pee Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden, Benny Carter, Cyndi Lauper, The Shyest of Marmots, Sonny Rollins, Mississippi John Hurt .... especially all my wonderful friends and colleagues in Boston! Click on my 'friends' and hear some incredible music!
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  • Christine

    Have a wonderful birthday today Alec...may your dreams come true!

    5 days ago
  • Richard Harris


    Give the man some RESPECT Alec!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS THE HUMOR OF RODNEY DANGERFIELD ...

    "I tell ya when I was a kid, all I knew was rejection. My yo-yo, it never came back!"

    "When I was a kid I got no respect. The time I was kidnapped, and the kidnappers sent my parents a note they said, "We want five thousand dollars or you'll see your kid again."

    "Last week I saw my psychiatrist. I told him, "Doc, I keep thinking I'm a dog." He told me to get off his couch."

    "One night I came home. I figured, let my wife come on. I'll play it cool. Let her make the first move. She went to Florida."

    "I asked my old man if I could go ice-skating on the lake. He told me, "Wait til it gets warmer."

    "I was so ugly as a kid, my mother had morning sickness AFTER I was born."

    "A hooker once told me she had a headache."

    ~ Rodney Dangerfield

    A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!

    LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    20 days ago
  • Richard Harris


    Be a WINNER Alec!
     
    The Nobel Prize Medal

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT WINNING ...

    "The WINNERS IN LIFE  think constantly in terms of

             I CAN,              I WILL,           and   I AM.

    LOSERS, on the other hand, concentrate their waking

    thoughts on what they SHOULD HAVE or WOULD HAVE

    done, or what they CAN'T DO."

     ~ Dennis Waitley

    VICTORY IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE FOR THE PERSON

    THAT REFUSES TO STOP FIGHTING!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    1 month ago
  • Richard Harris


    Sending THURSDAY LOVE Alec!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT BEING YOU  ...

    "The EASIEST THING to be in the world is YOU.

    The most DIFFICULT THING to be is WHAT OTHER

    PEOPLE WANT YOU TO BE."

    ~ Leo Buscaglia

    GREAT THINGS ARE NOT ACCOMPLISHED BY THOSE

    WHO YIELD TO TRENDS AND FADS AND POPULAR

    OPINION!  BE YOURSELF!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com


     

    1 month ago
  • Richard Harris


    Showing you some LOVE Alec!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LOVE ...

    "LOVE is the beauty of the SOUL."

    ~ St. Augustine

    THERE IS ONLY ONE HAPPINESS IN LIFE ~

    TO LOVE AND BE LOVED!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    2 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Here's to NEW BEGINNINGS Alec!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT NEW BEGINNINGS ...

    "EVERY DAY is a NEW BEGINNING.

    Treat it that way.

    Stay away from WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN,

     and LOOK AT WHAT CAN BE."

    ~ Marsha Petrie Sue from "The CEO of You"

    THE SECRET TO A RICH LIFE IS TO HAVE MORE

    BEGINNINGS THAN ENDINGS!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    3 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Be a PERSON OF CHARACTER Alec!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT PILLARS OF CHARACTER ...

    "A person shows WHAT HE IS

    by WHAT HE DOES

    with WHAT HE HAS."

    REPUTATION IS WHAT THE WORLD THINKS A MAN IS ~

    CHARACTER IS WHAT HE REALLY IS!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    3 months ago
  • Richard Harris


    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Hello Alec!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ON THE POWER OF KINDNESS ...

    "You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this WORLD'S HAPPINESS.

    How?

    By giving A FEW WORDS OF SINCERE APPRECIATION to someone who is LONELY or DISCOURAGED.

    Perhaps you will forget tomorrow what KIND WORDS you say today, but the recipient may cherish them OVER A LIFETIME."

     ~ Dale Carnegie

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen!

    Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    4 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Alec,

    The Clark Griswold family wishes YOU a Merry Christmas!

     

     TODAY'S THOUGHT IS FROM "A Christmas Vacation" ...

    Clark: "You're pretty set so far as shopping goes?"

    Eddie: "Well, I can't lie to you Clark. The truth is, things ain't going too good at all. You know I told you I borrowed the RV from my neighbor? Nope. It's mine. We live in it. I had to sell off the house, the barn, the ten acres. All I kept was a 50-foot plot, the pigs and the worm farm..."

    Clark: "What about the kids?"

    Eddie: "Oh, well, that's the bad part of it. See, I don't know what to do. We coasted into town on fumes. The gas money give out in Gurnee. "

    Clark: "Eddie, Ellen and I want to help you give the kids a nice Christmas."

    Eddie: "Oh Clark, I couldn't do that."

    Clark: "No, no, we insist."

    Eddie: "Oh, no; I'm not one for charity, now."

    Clark: "Oh, I know that Eddie. This isn't charity; it's family."

    Eddie: "Ooh, I don't know about that."

    Clark: "Now, come on; if you don't tell me what they want, I'll go out and get it on my own."

    Eddie: "Oh boy, this is a surprise Clark. This is just a real nice surprise. Just a real nice surprise. Here's a little list. Alphabetical, starting with Cathrine. And if it wouldn't be too much, I'd like to get something for you Clark. SOMETHING REAL NICE."

    HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!

    Cool Jazz CDs @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    5 months ago
  • Richard Harris



    LISTEN TO SOME SWEET MUSIC FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    A Very Merry Christmas to you Alec!

     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS "When Christmas Comes" ...

    "Have you any old grudges you would like to pay,
    Any wrongs laid up from a bygone day?
    Gather them now and lay them away
    WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES.

    Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend,
    And life is SHORT from beginning to end;
    Be KIND TO YOURSELF, leave NOTHING TO MEND
    WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES."

    .~ William Lytle

    THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ~ LOVE ~ CHANGES HEARTS AND LIVES!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.myspace.com/richardharrislive

    Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!

    Cool Jazz CDs @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    OR

    CDBaby.com / ITunes

    5 months ago
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Bio:

Alec Spiegelman is a multi-woodwind player living in Brooklyn, NY. As a saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist, Alec has performed and/or recorded with Bob Moses, Bob Brookmeyer, Apollo Sunshine, Mandy Moore, Eilen Jewell, Josh Ritter, the Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra, Dan Blake, Brian Viglione, Gill Aharon, Audrey Ryan, Sarah Pedinotti, Nat Mugavero, Entrain, and Little Joe Cook, among many others. A graduate of New England Conservatory and Harvard College, Alec studied with Steve Lacy, Ran Blake, Bob Brookmeyer, and Bob Moses. Of late, Alec can be heard playing rootsy jazz with "modern vintage" songstress Miss Tess, honking r&b tenor with the Chicken Slacks Soul Revue, Balkan folk music with Tev Stevig and the Poludaktulos Orchestra, 80's pop songs reimagined for the saxophone duo "Ronald Reagan", and obscure bebop lines with Lefteris Kordis and Thor Thorvaldsson, in addition to singing his original pop songs with the experimental folk orchestra "Cuddle Magic". Alec's original compositions for jazz ensemble -- most often enlisting Jeff Galindo, Eric Hofbauer, Nat Mugavero -- attempt the quixotic task of blending those influences. "a very gifted clarinet, flute and bass clarinet player ... He's quite a guy" - Bob Brookmeyer (www.bobbrookmeyer.com)

Member Since:

January 15, 2005

Members:

An Alec Spiegelman Quartet with Jeff Galindo - trombone, Eric Hofbauer - guitar, Nat Mugavero - drums. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trio with pianist Lefteris Kordis and drummer Thor Thorvaldsson. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Ronald Reagan", Boston's premier 80's pop saxophone duo - with Kelly Roberge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cuddle Magic with Lucy, Max, Ben, Ashley, Christopher, Dave, Kristen, Eric, Bridget, Cole, Matt, Mike, et. al ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Trio with Mike Baggetta - guitar, and Mike Calabrese - drums

Influences:

Nat Mugavero, Ran Blake, Steve Lacy, Bob Brookmeyer, Rakalam Bob Moses, Paul Shaffer, Pee Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden, Benny Carter, Cyndi Lauper, The Shyest of Marmots, Sonny Rollins, Mississippi John Hurt .... especially all my wonderful friends and colleagues in Boston! Click on my 'friends' and hear some incredible music!

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