Canada's jazz elite combined in 5 recording sessions all featuring

2016 JUNO-nominated trumpeter Al Muirhead's most ambitious project to date, 'Northern Adventures - The Canada Sessions Vol. 1' is a collection of standards pairing him with some of Canada's jazz greats!

A western Canadian jazz icon, who recently came to wider prominence in North America with the release of his debut album 'It's About Time' at the age of 80 years old, Al Muirhead is now making up for lost time with his third release in two years.

Featuring five different small ensembles of both old friends and new, Al harkens back to his youth, calling standards from the Great American Songbook live in the studio. 'Northern Adventures' features jazz performed in the way that artform began; with spontaneity and joy, and with a command of the music that only players of the caliber that Al has assembled can.

'Northern Adventures - The Canada Sessions Vol. 1' brings together a veritable who's who of the Canadian jazz scene in five small groups. In order of appearance on the album performing with Al are award-winning musicians Don Thompson (piano/bass) and Reg Schwager (guitar) / Guido Basso (trumpet/flugelhorn) and Tommy Banks (piano) / Laila Biali (vocals), Ben Wittman (percussion) and Kodi Hutchinson (double bass) / Mike Murley (saxophone) and Chris Andrew (piano) / and finally Campbell Ryga (saxophone) and Mike Rud (guitar).

1. Love Me Or Leave Me
2. That Can't Take That Away From Me
3. Night & Day
4. I've Never Been In Love Before
5. Come Rain or Come Shine
6. Emily
7. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
8. The Nearness Of You
9. How Insensitive
10. You'll Never Know
11. All The Things You Are
12. Nice Work If You Can Get It

This is a truly historic release, that all fans of traditional jazz and excellent musicianship will fall in love with!

Track Listing

• Love Me of Leave Me
• They Can't Take That Away From Me
• Night & Day
• I've Never Been In Love Before
• Come Rain or Come Shine
• Emily
• Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
• The Nearness of You
• How Insensitive
• You'll Never Know
• All The Things You Are
• Nice Work If You Can Get It

Additional Details

Label: Chronograph Records

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 57:50 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/07/17

UPC: 875531012422