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Carl Beluga & His Orchestra
2+ albums
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Gothenberg Sweden may not be known as the mecca for writers and performers of the classic sounds of big band and swing, but when a young rocking piano man named Carl Beluga, who hails from this working class town, came to terms with the fact that he could no longer turn his back on the music that TRULY moved him... the determination to write, arrange, produce AND record an honest-to-goodness big band record became the mission of this blue-eyed Swede. CARL BELUGA & HIS ORCHESTRA AND "STARSWINGER" WAS BORN "I spent some years touring with rock bands and enjoying some success in both making records and touring all over Europe, as well as a few trips to New York City, where I lived on and off for a couple of years. I remember seeing a Tony Bennett show at Carnegie Hall and experiencing a great sensation that THIS was what I wanted to do!" Beluga has spent the past few years working as a pianoman in various lounges, hotels and glitzy nightspots throughout Sweden, working the graveyard shift and weekends. Long nights of serving up requested tunes and singing the timeless standards penned by his heroes always sound fresh, fueled by sentiment and nostalgic energy that Carl Beluga thrives on. Beluga's writing inspirations are many, but the old songwriters like Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer are closest to his heart he says. He also finds inspiration in the famed collaborators such as Burt Bacharach & Hal David along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
