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Courageous Cats
Doug Munro
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For the first time in over 30 years you can own a copy of my first recording! You can download the album digitally or buy one of the original vinyl records while supplies last! This recording features outstanding performances by Marshall Toppo (bass), John Jones II (drums) and Anne Bristol (Vocal).
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Courageous Cats 5:150:00/5:15
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All The Time 3:470:00/3:47
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Zombie ala Crombe 4:370:00/4:37
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Bull Fight 7:400:00/7:40
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Orientin 6:070:00/6:07
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Boom Boxer 6:240:00/6:24
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E.C.M. 5:590:00/5:59
Harry Warren was the first major American song composer to write primarily for film. Every song on this CD is from a movie (except for the two songs I wrote). All of this music (except Nagasaki 1928) is from the 1930’s and 40’s. The songs are arranged in the hot swing style made popular by the great guitarist Django Reinhardt with violinist Stephane Grappelli and the Hot Club de Paris. The main body of work from Django Reinhardt is from the same time period. It was an easy marriage of styles taken from the same point in history on two different continents.
I’ve worked, on and off, for 3 years to refine the concept, pick the songs, write the arrangements and record/film the music. The music was recorded live in four sessions with four different groups. We recorded a lot of songs, 16 of which are presented here. I hope you enjoy listening to this recording as much as I’ve enjoyed making it.
Master guitarist Doug Munro has created an exciting in-depth musical experience with his multi media presentation of six new compositions. Part performance video, part instructional video, part CD and part book, Loop-Mania! delivers 3 hours of HD videos containing the live recordings of each song plus a “Nuts and Bolts” section where Doug takes you behind the scenes to show you how each song was crafted and performed. There are downloadable MP3’s for your portable music player as well as downloadable PDF files of each song. As a long time musician/educator Doug is as well known for sharing his knowledge and love of music with others as he is for his impressive recording and performance career.
This is solo guitar playing presented in a way that you may not have heard or seen before. They say, seeing is believing, and what you’ll hear and see here was done live with no overdubs. Doug Munro intuitively utilizes loop technology as an additional writing and improvisational tool to create a very powerful and personal musical statement. Enjoy!
MASTER GUITARIST DOUG MUNRO PRESENTS HIS FIRST SOLO PROJECT
IN HIS OWN WORDS… “ALL THE MUSIC INCLUDED HERE WAS PERFORMED LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH NO OVER DUBS. I USED A “LOOP STATION” TO CREATE THE MULTIPLE PARTS IN REAL TIME. THE LISTENER EXPERIENCES THE ENTIRE PROCESS”.
THIS IS A RECORDING OF SPIRITUAL SONGS. SONGS FROM THE SPIRIT AND FOR THE SPIRIT.
WITH A 20 YEAR CAREER SPENT ON THE EDGE OF THE MAINSTREAM DOUG CONTINUES TO EXPLORE THE BOUNDERIES OF THE GUITAR GENRE WITH THIS LATEST RECORDING, COMBINING IMPROVISATION AND TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A UNIQUE SONIC EXPERIENCE.
THE SET INCLUDES 7 ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AND COVERS OF 3 CLASSIC SPIRITUAL SONGS…PEOPLE GET READY, AMAZING GRACE, AND DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE.
PROGRAM: STATIC IN THE ATTIC, WORSHIP, AMAZING GRACE, ALONE BUT NOT ALONE, THE JOURNEY, PEOPLE GET READY, JOY, GLORIFY, DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE, PRAYER
Jazz guitar virtuoso Doug Munro has an insatiable appetite for all things jazz. On his latest CD, “A Very Gypsy Christmas” Doug demonstrates his long standing love affair with the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Greppelli with 15 of the swingingest Gypsy Jazz versions of Christmas favorites you’ve ever heard. These are not the same old tired versions of traditional Christmas songs but brand new, reworked arrangements. Each track is a musical event unto itself. The CD features special guests swing clarinet king Ken Peplowski, rising vocal star Cyrille-Aimee Daudel, and violinist Howie Bujese.
Songs
Sleigh Ride-Little Town of Bethlehem-The Christmas Song-God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen-Let It Snow-We Three Kings-Santa Claus Is Coming To Town-Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas-Green Sleeves-Oh Tannenbaum-Winter Wonderland-
Christmas time Is Here-I’ll Be Home For Christmas-Oh Come Emmanuel-Silent Night
Records GMR-002
Guitarist Doug Munro follows up his critically acclaimed 2004 Big Boss Bossa Nova recording with his
new Big Boss Bossa Nova 2.0. Doug describes this second addition as "more of a bare bones session...". This
sparkling, live to CD recording, features Doug at his best in an intimate trio setting. The personnel featured on
the recording, bassist Michael Goetz and drummers Jay Devlin and Jason Anderson, are Doug's working group,
who together have logged many years of playing time. The group sound captured on this recording is often
lacking in many of today's "superstar bands" which are put together in the studio just to make a recording.
Also present here, as always, are the intricate rhythmic riffs and intriguing improvisations that are a hallmark of
Doug's playing
Program: Spain • Bemsha Swing • Sticks N’ Stones • Devil’s Haircut • Blue Seven •
A Day At The Races • Little Sunflower • Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum • Something I Heard • Prayer
“Big Boss Bossa Nova” is just what the title implies -
An ebullient, up-beat affair that features the work of Palmetto recording
artists Javon Jackson and Ray Vega who,
along with bassist Harvie S and drummer Richie
Morales, lend a distinctive salsa flair to the proceedings.
“Stella by Starlight,” “Low Rider,” and
“Milestones,” along with eight original Munro
compositions are all rendered in what Munro
describes as his “slightly twisted take on the
Bossa Nova and Samba.”
Program:
Stella by Starlight • Black Phoenix • Confessions of a Liar • A Song for Sonny • When No One’s Lookin’ • Low Rider • Mi Perrito • Milestones • Sometimes You Just Have to Sneak Around • One Night in Havana • The Girl With The Long Tassled Hair
One of Doug Munro's best selling CD's recorded live in the studio with bassist Will Lee and drummer Will Calhoun 1995.
• Battle Of Wills 5:40
Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI
• The Blue Lady 5:23
Joe Ferry/Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI, Joe Ferry Music BMI
• Put Through Changes 4:48
Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI
• Chaa Creek 5:40
Will Calhoun
Darkology Music ASACP
• Song For Kathleen 4:58
Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI
• Blue Moves 5:41
Joe Ferry/Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI, Joe Ferry Music BMI
• Mambo De Peg 5:32
Lee/Lee/Cartaya
Ketchup Moon & Stars BMI, Oscartaya Music ASCAP
• If 6 Was 9 5:48
Jimi Hendryx
Bella Godiva Music ASCAP
Burning Organ trio follow up to his successful "Blueness" CD. Features Doug's organ trio ii-v-i with
Jerry Z- Hammond Organ, Jason Anderson- drums
2002
Donna Lee 4:41
Charlie Parker, Atlantic Music Corp. BMI, Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. BMIDoggett 3:56
Doug Munro, Doug Munro Music BMIBop 5:10
Doug Munro, Doug Munro Music BMIE Thang 8:35
Doug Munro, Doug Munro Music BMIUp Against It 5:00
Doug Munro, Doug Munro Music BMISoftly, As in a Morning Sunrise 6:49
Romberg/O. Hamerstein II
Warner Bros. Publishing BMI, Bambalina BMIThoughts of You 4:49
Doug Munro, Doug Munro Music BMIOld Style 6:35
Doug Munro, Doug Munro Music BMICaravan 6:35
Juan Tizol/ Duke Ellington
EMI Mills BMI, Famous Music ASCAP
10 Soul Lullaby 4:41
Doug Munro, Doug Munro Music BMI
Joe Ferry, Joe Ferry Music BMI
CMG Records 1997
Doug Munro- guitar
Harvie S- bass
Danny Gotlieb- drums and percussion
Alex Foster- sax
Fred Griffen and Sarah Della Posta- french horns
• Untitled 3 6:00 FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD
Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI
• P Jamas 4:45
Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI
• Teen Town 5:19
Jaco Pastorius
Haapala Music ASCAP
• Shootin’ Pool At Leo’s 7:10
Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI
• Giant Steps 2:51
John Coltrane
Jowcol BMI
• G Thang 6:44
Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI
• Timmy 5:19
Joe Ferry/Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI, Joe Ferry Music BMI
• Is We Is Or Is We Aint 6:08
Joe Ferry/Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI, Joe Ferry Music BMI
• Dream Time 4:39
Joe Ferry/Doug Munro
Doug Munro Music BMI, Joe Ferry Music BMI
Blueness is Doug’s third album for CMG and his first with ii V I, his touring band. The ii V I moniker, or minor to dominant to tonic is the cornerstone of Jazz improvisation. It conjures up the changes patterned on the traditional standards from Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Rodgers & Hart, but the offerings here are mostly bop meets funk. A lot of the tunes are modally based and provide Doug and ii V I with a road map to lay down some outside (the tonal center) lines. Doug’s playing is laden with clichés, but they are of his own creation, imprinting the listener with an indelible impression of his maverick style. He employs motifs and repetitive shapes and forms, moving them up and down the neck in minor thirds and fourths, a la John Coltrane. There’s lots of intervallic leaps, unpredictable twists and turns, dripping with a high-speed chorus effect. Many of his phrases are pregnant with distorted and exaggerated tension.
Downloadable Albums and Songs
Doug Munro and La Pompe Attack: The Harry Warren Songbook
Doug Munro
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Harry Warren was the first major American song composer to write primarily for film. Every song on this CD is from a movie (except for the two songs I wrote). All of this music (except Nagasaki 1928) is from the 1930’s and 40’s. The songs are arranged in the hot swing style made popular by the great guitarist Django Reinhardt with violinist Stephane Grappelli and the Hot Club de Paris. The main body of work from Django Reinhardt is from the same time period. It was an easy marriage of styles taken from the same point in history on two different continents.
I’ve worked, on and off, for 3 years to refine the concept, pick the songs, write the arrangements and record/film the music. The music was recorded live in four sessions with four different groups. We recorded a lot of songs, 16 of which are presented here. I hope you enjoy listening to this recording as much as I’ve enjoyed making it.
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Lullaby Of Broadway 3:320:00/3:32
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0:00/2:43
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Serenade In Blue 6:060:00/6:06
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Nagasaki 3:380:00/3:38
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Jeeper Creepers 3:160:00/3:16
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0:00/4:35
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Chatanooga Choo Choo 4:290:00/4:29
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The More I See You 6:080:00/6:08
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0:00/4:54
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Blues For Harry 3:290:00/3:29
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Forty Second Street 3:540:00/3:54
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We're In The Money 2:430:00/2:43
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0:00/4:04
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You Again 3:160:00/3:16
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0:00/2:35
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At Last 6:580:00/6:58
Loop-Mania! mp3's only
Doug Munro
Here you can enjoy Loop-Mania! as a downloadable mp3 only experience.
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Joy 2013 5:520:00/5:52
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Ricardo's Rhumba 4:550:00/4:55
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Psycho Samba 5:140:00/5:14
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Six For Mariano 5:080:00/5:08
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Take me With You 5:010:00/5:01
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Blues For Harry 5:100:00/5:10
Alone But Not Alone
Doug Munro
WITH A 25 YEAR CAREER SPENT ON THE EDGE OF THE MAINSTREAM DOUG CONTINUES TO EXPLORE THE BOUNDERIES OF THE GUITAR GENRE WITH THIS LATEST RECORDING, COMBINING IMPROVISATION AND TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A UNIQUE SONIC EXPERIENCE.
IN HIS OWN WORDS… “ALL THE MUSIC INCLUDED HERE WAS PERFORMED LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH NO OVER DUBS. I USED A “LOOP STATION” TO CREATE THE MULTIPLE PARTS IN REAL TIME. THE LISTENER EXPERIENCES THE ENTIRE PROCESS”.
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Static In The Attic 5:590:00/5:59
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Worship 3:220:00/3:22
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Alone But Not Alone 3:180:00/3:18
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Amazing Grace 3:240:00/3:24
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The Journey 7:080:00/7:08
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People Get Ready 4:180:00/4:18
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Joy 4:410:00/4:41
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Glorify 4:500:00/4:50
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0:00/4:05
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Prayer 3:460:00/3:46
A Very Gypsy Christmas
Doug Munro
Jazz guitar virtuoso Doug Munro has an insatiable appetite for all things jazz. On his latest CD, “A Very Gypsy Christmas” Doug demonstrates his long standing love affair with the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Greppelli with 15 of the swingingest Gypsy Jazz versions of Christmas favorites you’ve ever heard.
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Sleigh Ride 4:110:00/4:11
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0:00/4:11
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The Christmas Song 3:440:00/3:44
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0:00/2:57
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Let It Snow 3:430:00/3:43
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We Three Kings 3:300:00/3:30
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0:00/3:24
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0:00/5:14
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Green Sleeves 2:480:00/2:48
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Oh Tannenbaum 3:460:00/3:46
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Winter Wonderland 3:560:00/3:56
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0:00/3:37
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0:00/3:03
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Oh Come Emmanuel 3:050:00/3:05
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Silent Night 4:180:00/4:18
Blueness
Doug Munro
This is the first ii-v-i recording that Doug made with Hammond organ wiz Jerry Z. With Mike Thompson on drums, Ken Gioffre on sax and guest vocalist Alana Alexander. CMG Records 1999.
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First Impressions 7:330:00/7:33
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Freedom Jazz Dance 7:220:00/7:22
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Theme For A Day 6:510:00/6:51
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God Bless The Child 6:450:00/6:45
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0:00/6:17
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Blueness 4:380:00/4:38
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Hangin 6:350:00/6:35
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Sunny 5:520:00/5:52
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Bumpin 4:330:00/4:33
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If Only 5:310:00/5:31
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0:00/3:39
Big Boss Bossa Nova
Doug Munro
Guitarist Doug Munro’s fifth album for CMG, “Big Boss Bossa Nova” is just what the title implies - Bossa Nova writ large. An ebullient, up-beat affair that features the work of Palmetto recording artists Javon Jackson and Ray Vega who, along with bassist Harvie S and drummer Richie Morales, lend a distinctive salsa flair to the proceedings. “Stella by Starlight,” “Low Rider,” and “Milestones,” along with eight original Munro compositions are all rendered in what Munro describes as his “slightly twisted take on the Bossa Nova and Samba.”
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Stella By Starlight 4:400:00/4:40
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Black Phoenix 3:220:00/3:22
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0:00/4:42
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A Song For Sonny 4:290:00/4:29
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0:00/6:27
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Low Rider 5:170:00/5:17
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Mi Perrito 4:190:00/4:19
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Milestones 5:380:00/5:38
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0:00/4:23
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One Night In Havana 4:380:00/4:38
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0:00/4:28
Big Boss Bossa Nova 2.0
Doug Munro
Guitarist Doug Munro follows up his critically acclaimed 2004 Big Boss Bossa Nova recording with his new Big Boss Bossa Nova 2.0. Doug describes this second addition as "more of a bare bones session...". This sparkling, live to CD recording, features Doug at his best in an intimate trio setting. The personnel featured on the recording, bassist Michael Goetz and drummers Jay Devlin and Jason Anderson, are Doug's working group, who together have logged many years of playing time. The group sound captured on this recording is often lacking in many of today's "superstar bands" which are put together in the studio just to make a recording. Also present here, as always, are the intricate rhythmic riffs and intriguing improvisations that are a hallmark of Doug's playing Program: Spain • Bemsha Swing • Sticks N’ Stones • Devil’s Haircut • Blue Seven • A Day At The Races • Little Sunflower • Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum • Something I Heard • Prayer
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Spain 6:380:00/6:38
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Bemsha Swing 4:030:00/4:03
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Sticks 'n Stones 4:030:00/4:03
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Devil's Haircut 4:470:00/4:47
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Blue Seven 4:440:00/4:44
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A Day At The Races 4:210:00/4:21
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Little Sunflower 10:090:00/10:09
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Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum 4:370:00/4:37
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Something I Heard 5:010:00/5:01
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Prayer 4:300:00/4:30
Shootin Pool At Leo's
Doug Munro
SHOOTIN’ POOL AT LEO’S CMG Records 1997
Doug Munro- guitar Harvie S- bass Danny Gotlieb- drums and percussion Alex Foster- sax Fred Griffen and Sarah Della Posta- french horns
• Untitled 3 6:00 FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD Doug Munro Doug Munro Music BMI
• P Jamas 4:45 Doug Munro Doug Munro Music BMI
• Teen Town 5:19 Jaco Pastorius Haapala Music ASCAP
• Shootin’ Pool At Leo’s 7:10 Doug Munro Doug Munro Music BMI
• Giant Steps 2:51 John Coltrane Jowcol BMI
• G Thang 6:44 Doug Munro Doug Munro Music BMI
• Timmy 5:19 Joe Ferry/Doug Munro Doug Munro Music BMI, Joe Ferry Music BMI
• Is We Is Or Is We Aint 6:08 Joe Ferry/Doug Munro Doug Munro Music BMI, Joe Ferry Music BMI
• Dream Time 4:39 Joe Ferry/Doug Munro Doug Munro Music BMI, Joe Ferry Music BMI
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Untitled 3 6:030:00/6:03
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P Jamas 4:590:00/4:59
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Teen Town 5:220:00/5:22
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0:00/7:15
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Giant Steps 2:540:00/2:54
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G Thang 6:480:00/6:48
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Timmy 5:230:00/5:23
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0:00/6:12
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Dream Time 4:390:00/4:39