The BALLYHOO FOXTROT ORCHESTRA has recently recorded its first CD, titled "I'm Gonna Jazz My Way." See below for a description of the CD, along with audio clips. On-line purchasing instructions to follow soon.

The SOYA VISTA JAZZ ORCHESTRA has no immediate plans to record a CD.

1. High Society
2. Tiger Rag
3. Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning!
4. Stars Fell on Alabama
5. I Want to Be Bad
6. It Had to Be You
7. Can't We Be Friends?
8. Yes Sir! That's My Baby
9. Shake Your Shimmy
10. I Wanna Be Loved by You
11. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me
12. Je cherche aprés Titine
13. Il pleut sur la route
14. Au bord de l'eau
15. Kismet
16. Mood Indigo
17. The Mooche
18. The Song is Ended
19. I'm Gonna Jazz My Way

For its recording debut, the Ballyhoo Foxtrot Orchestra teamed up with singer Kim Fitch to assemble a collection of songs inspired by the lives of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Scott, of course, was a celebrated author of novels (The Great Gatsby) and short stories, who is credited with coining the phrase "Jazz Age." During the 1920s, however, he and his wife Zelda were equally famous for their "no-holds-barred" lifestyle. They were - and still are - regarded as the very personification of the Jazz Age spirit.

The nineteen songs on this CD tell their story, capturing their personalities and paying tribute to significant events in their lives. The wide variety of music on the CD reflects the diversity of experience contained in these two remarkable lives.

Last update: May 1, 2008