PLUNGE.COM - PLUNGE is a critically acclaimed contemporary chamber-jazz trio from New Orleans led by trombonist/composer Mark McGrain.

Trombonist/composer Mark McGrain, saxophonist Tim Green, and bassist James Singleton are three of the Crescent City’s preeminent modern jazz improvisers.

	Reviews Bios Contact Media NEW RECORD DROPS SPRING 2015 FEATURING: Robert Walter Kirk Joseph James Singleton Simon Lott Tim Green Tom Fitzpatrick Mark McGrain *A 15 track song cycle and a return to Plunge's original instrumentation of two-basses with drums but this time adding B3 organ and saxes.* *Provocative story, monstrous grooves, expansive improvisation . . . the most adventurous and muscular Plunge outing yet!* "Tin Fish Tango" is Plunge's critically acclaimed 3rd album release ranking in the CMJ-Jazz Radio Top-10. "Plunge is among the best post-Katrina jazz developments in New Orleans music." -- Doug Ramsey, Rifftides *Read critic Ben Sandmel's review of Tin Fish Tango* in the NEH funded publication Louisiana Cultural Vistas View Plunge on** (click to view): *More Shared Videos* at (click to view)
	2011 RELEASE Buy Now! CD or Digital Download featuring Mark McGrain - trombone James Singleton - bass Tim Green - saxophones plus Kirk Joseph - sousaphone Tom Fitzpatrick - saxophones
	"powerful melodic lines . . . expansive collective improvisations . . . the kind of powerful hook that pops insistently into your head for weeks. Tin Fish Tango is a novel creation that manages to remain undeniably New Orleans." - Zachary Young, OffBeat Magazine NPR music blogger Patrick Jarenwattananon (“A Blog Supreme”) discusses “Tin Fish Tango” with Guy Raz on All Things Considered, "Plunge's music has a funky, let-the-good-times-roll atmosphere, calling to mind the French Quarter and the street musicians in action there. Killer sounds from down 'Nawlin's way." - *Dan McClenaghan, AllAboutJazz.com* You're listening to excerpts from "Tin Fish Tango" by PLUNGE
	www.immersionrecords.com Also available on Immersion Records & Media:
	*Plunge's critically acclaimed 2nd. album* *"Dancing on Thin Ice"* - 16 weeks on the CMJ Jazz Top 20 reaching #8! Buy Now! CD or Digital Download As reviewed in: Cadence & 4-stars in the DownBeat Magazine
	"It takes a great deal of poise and confidence to make music this deft and new. What a pleasure to have an innovative album one also wants to rush out and play for friends.” – Paul de Barros DownBeat Magazine (4 stars!) "Plunge is among the best post-Katrina jazz developments in New Orleans music." --Doug Ramsey, ArtsJournal “the sound of the real New Orleans." **--Tim Madison, MuzikReviews ( ** five stars )* “exhilarating, post-bop fare suffuse with tight, interlocking melodies and cool, nimble grooves -- It doesn’t get any cooler – exquisite." --Aaron Lafont, OffBeat Magazine "Dancing on Thin Ice is brilliant in its completeness." *--Geraldine Wyckoff, The Louisiana Weekly* "Soulful, vivacious. Plunge delivers grooves as wide as a house." *--DownBeat Magazine* Read the full reviews

	PREVIOUS RELEASES by PLUNGE:
	Available as a digital download: Re-release of Plunge's debut release: *"Falling with Grace"* (now in 24-bit!)
	featuring Bob Moses - drums Avishai Cohen - bass Marcus Rojas - tuba Mark McGrain - trombone & alphorn Buy Now! Digital Download
	^{Join Plunge on} All Immersion Records CDs are available at Louisiana Music Factory Mark McGrain plays S.E. Shires Trombones
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