Backtalk Unlimited is an independent record label with studios in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Our company was founded in 2004 by Alan Marchand, CEO. Permanent staff members include Production Manager Thorpe Ziegler and Senior Audio Engineer Pauson Khand.
Musical styles include modern, traditional and Latin jazz voicings and rhythms. Both instrumental and vocal arrangements are featured.
Backtalk Unlimited offers CD albums that contain arrangements of original compositions and popular tunes. In addition, we produce original music for incorporation into production music libraries.Backtalk Unlimited offers a variety of musical services that include collaboration on recording and performance of music-related projects, production of customized musical arrangements, background music and accompaniment for vocalists and professional stage acts, customized ringtones, and related services. One of our most popular services involves setting poetry to original music.
1.
Adrift
"Adrift" offers a relaxed mood that evokes pleasant memories. The arrangement features an extended baritone saxophone solo enhanced by a solo acoustic piano bridge.
Catalog Id: 274812
Composed: 2007
New Age Music •
Atmospheres
Tempo: Very Slow
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 3:51
2.
After Dark
"After Dark" is a hard-driving, upbeat 1960s-style bebop arrangement that features trombone and baritone saxophone leads backed by acoustic piano, acoustic bass and drums.
Catalog Id: 273609
Composed: 2007
Jazz Music •
Jazz Fusion
Tempo: Very Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 2:22
3.
Apesadumbrado (Oh, Woe Is Me!)
"Apesadumbrado" is a woe-is-me minor blues performed by acoustic piano and mellow vibraphone backed by acoustic bass, and drums. The arrangement features two mournful baritone saxophone solo choruses.
Catalog Id: 273867
Composed: 2006
Jazz Music •
Jazz Fusion
Tempo: Slow
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 4:23
4.
Been That, Done There
"Been That, Done There" is a happy tune that one might hum or whistle while strolling or while performing a simple task. A rubato solo piano introduction is followed by vibraphone accompanied by acoustic piano, bass, and drums. The arrangement features vibraphone and baritone saxophone solos.
Catalog Id: 276005
Composed: 2007
Jazz Music •
Jazz Fusion
Tempo: Medium
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 4:59
5.
Beso Novia (Kiss Your Girlfriend)
"Beso Novia" (Kiss Your Girlfriend) is an upbeat Latin tune that features trombones, flute and vibraphone backed by acoustic piano, bass and drums. Trombone and piano solos are featured over expressive bossa nova rhythms.
Catalog Id: 274706
Composed: 2006
Latin & Caribbean Music •
Bossa Nova
Tempo: Medium Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
7.
Black Tux, White Sox
"Black Tux, White Sox" (just glance at the musicians on the bandstand at a wedding gig!) is a medium-tempo blues. The arrangement features mellow vibraphone, acoustic piano, and bari sax solos backed by acoustic bass and drums.
Catalog Id: 274626
Composed: 2007
Jazz Music •
Jazz Fusion
Tempo: Medium
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 5:48
8.
Blue Fifths
Not your standard blues changes - - "Blue Fifths" is a walkin’-and-talkin’ 12-bar blues built around a cycle of fifths. An acoustic piano solo is sandwiched between vibraphone in- and out-choruses, all backed by acoustic bass and drums.
Catalog Id: 287201
Composed: 2008
Jazz Music •
Jazz Fusion
Tempo: Medium
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 3:26
9.
BlueBelle
"BlueBelle" is a low-down, moody blues that mourns love's labor lost. The opening choruses are performed by a soulful piano trio, which then is joined by a sorrowful baritone saxophone.
Catalog Id: 274809
Composed: 2007
Blues Music •
East Coast Blues
Tempo: Very Slow
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 3:53
10.
Blues In G
"Blues in G" is an upbeat 12-bar blues (quarter note = 209) that features an extended baritone saxophone solo backed by acoustic piano, jazz guitar, bass and drums.
Catalog Id: 281467
Composed: 2008
Blues Music •
East Coast Blues
Tempo: Very Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 3:46
11.
Bluesette For Johann
"Bluesette For Johann" opens with a 24 bar fugue played by orchestral strings. This segment is followed by 12-bar blues choruses that feature a mellow vibraphone lead backed by acoustic piano trio.
Catalog Id: 274617
Composed: 2006
Jazz Music •
Jazz / miscellaneous
Tempo: Medium Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 1:53
12.
Buddy's Bounce
"Buddy's Bounce" is an upbeat, keep-on-truckin' jazz arrangement that opens with two baritone saxophones backed only by acoustic bass. The head is followed by solo baritone sax jazz choruses accompanied by an acoustic piano trio.
Catalog Id: 274616
Composed: 2007
Jazz Music •
Jazz Fusion
Tempo: Medium Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 2:51
13.
Caipirinha
"Caipirinha" - Brazil's national beverage. Our bossa nova arrangement features acoustic piano backed by acoustic bass, drums, and various percussion instruments.
Catalog Id: 288589
Composed: 2008
Latin & Caribbean Music •
Bossa Nova
Tempo: Medium
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 3:23
14.
Campos Elíseos (Elysian Fields)
"Campos Elíseos" (Elysian Fields) provides new age mood music for relaxation and meditation. The arrangement features acoustic piano backed by orchestral strings, acoustic bass, and drums.
Catalog Id: 274272
Composed: 2006
New Age Music •
Meditation
Tempo: Very Slow
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 4:56
15.
Carinhoso (Loving)
"Carinhoso" (Loving) is a bossa nova arrangement that features baritone saxophone and piano solos with a three-part harmony baritone saxophone bridge. The mood of the song is bright, happy, loving, romantic.
Catalog Id: 276281
Composed: 2007
Latin & Caribbean Music •
Bossa Nova
Tempo: Medium Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 3:07
16.
Catch As Catch Can
"Catch As Catch Can" describes a situation that calls for improvisation. One must do whatever is necessary with the means at hand to get the job done. The head and out choruses feature mellow vibraphone and baritone saxophone. Improvisational choruses are performed by an acoustic piano trio.
Catalog Id: 276174
Composed: 2008
Jazz Music •
Jazz Fusion
Tempo: Very Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 3:23
17.
Charlie Don't Surf!
Film buffs might recognize the song title as a line spoken by Kilgore in the 1979 movie, "Apocalypse Now". Our arrangement features alto flute and piano solos backed by fretless bass, drums and Latin-rock percussion.
Catalog Id: 290037
Composed: 2008
Latin & Caribbean Music •
Latin Jazz
Tempo: Medium Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 4:18
18.
Chasin' Sanborn
"Chasin' Sanborn" provides traveling music that can be used to segue from one scene to another. The arrangement features mellow vibraphone backed by acoustic piano trio.
Catalog Id: 274625
Jazz Music •
Jazz Fusion
Tempo: Medium
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 2:29
19.
Cielito Lindo
"Cielito Lindo", composed by Quirino Mendoza y Cortés in 1882, is one of Mexico's most enduring and popular traditional songs. The arrangement features a Spanish harmony vocal track accompanied by acoustic guitars, piano, acoustic bass and drums.
Catalog Id: 277799
Composed: 2005
Latin & Caribbean Music •
Latin Folk
Tempo: Medium Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 3:24
20.
Cleaned And Pressed, No Starch
"Cleaned and Pressed, No Starch" is an upbeat jazz arrangement that features an extended vibraphone solo. The song promotes a "keep on truckin'" mood. The chorus features a catchy tune - - something that a housewife might hum to herself on her way to a local laundromat.
Catalog Id: 275061
Composed: 2007
Jazz Music •
Jazz Fusion
Tempo: Medium
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 3:48
21.
Come Back and Love Me Some More
I first heard this ragtime tune several years ago when it was used as background music in TV pantomime sketches. The tune was written in 1908 by Harry Von Tilzer. The arrangement features an extended piano solo, which then is joined by two ocarinas with a bass line provided by a hefty tuba
Catalog Id: 276332
Composed: 2006
Jazz Music •
Ragtime
Tempo: Medium
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 3:55
22.
Cosi Fan Tootsie
"Cosi Fan Tootsie" is a playful, upbeat toe-teaser that features piano and baritone saxophone solos backed by acoustic bass and drums.
Catalog Id: 274612
Composed: 2006
Jazz Music •
Swing / Stride
Tempo: Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $79.95
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 2:26
23.
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
"Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda", the procrastinator's lament, features an acoustic piano opening followed by baritone saxophone solo choruses backed by jazz guitar, acoustic bass, and drum.
Catalog Id: 273641
Composed: 2007
Jazz Music •
Jazz Fusion
Tempo: Fast
Artist: Alan Marchand
C/U: $36.00
P/U: $2.30
R/U: $2.99
STEREO Length 2:36
24.
Down Memory Lane
"Down Memory Lane" is a 1930s-style arrangement that features clarinet and acoustic piano solos backed by acoustic bass and drums. The mood is thoughtful and nostalgic.
Catalog Id: 288453
Composed: 2008
Jazz Music •
Cabaret / Lounge Jazz
Tempo: Medium
Artist: Alan Marchand