Description
Release Date: 05/20/22
Chronicles offers intense swing, infectious funk and driving clave, lush ensemble sonorities, sensitive solo showcases and fresh, reimagined classics!
GENRE: Jazz/Large Jazz Ensemble
COMPOSERS: John Wasson, Jiggs Whigham, Leonard Bernstein, Charlie Parker, Yoko Kanno, John Wynn
John Wasson is an award-winning composer, arranger, performer and conductor whose works have been performed by world-class orchestras and performers world-wide!
'The evolution of a composer/arranger is a life-long journey. Those achieving excellence have dedicated their lives to the process, using every newly acquired skill to highlight the next episode in their musical timeline. John Wasson's Chronicles is a perfect illustration of this axiom, with pieces mined from his seasoned writing career that present like chapters from a well-crafted biographical novel.
Chronicles takes the listener through a myriad of styles set through the big band prism, with a program moving from intense swing, infectious funk and driving clave, to lush ensemble sonorities, sensitive solo showcases and freshly reimagined classics, all culminating in a programatic multi-movement tour de force. This album not only showcases top professionals with impressive ensemble skills, but also a group containing some very personalized and expressive solo voices. And those voices seamlessly meld with the fabric of John's writing, exemplifying the true definition of a jazz orchestra.'
-John Fedchock
Bruce Bohnstengel - Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Flute
Tim Ishii - Alto Sax, Flute
Jeff Robbins - Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet
Chris Beaty - Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet
Michael Morrison - Baritone Sax, Bass Clarinet
Keith Jourdan - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Miles Johnson - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Jack Evans - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Pete Clagett - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Tony Baker - Trombone
David Butler - Trombone
Chris Seiter - Trombone
John Wasson - Bass Trombone
Noel Johnston - Guitar
Paul Lees - Piano, B-3 Organ
Eric Hitt - Acoustic and Electric Basses
Mike Drake - Drums
Mike Medina - Percussion
| Label: Summit Records |
| Genre: Jazz |
| Language: English |
| Run Time: 54:45 mins |