World famous jazz clarinetist Ken Peplowski is joined by all-star jazz artists making a big band that really swings.

Two of Ken Peplowki's biggest inspirations in music have always been Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra and he recorded everything live with the band. Ken liked the adrenaline rush of that style of recording. Great musicians here who respond well under the pressure of recording, but they all play with individual sounds and styles.

Clarinetist Ken Peplowski assembled the cream of the crop of mainstream swing players for this big band session. There's a fine mix of Great American Songbook material, some Braziliana, some bebop, a couple of Duke Ellington tunes, and even something from the Walt Disney songbook (''When You Wish Upon a Star'' from the 1950 movie Pinocchio) - all featuring superb big-band arrangements. Peplowski's clarinet work gets most prominence here - showcasing his instrumental mastery and clever ideas. There are also fine moments from his bandmates, including saxophonist Adrian Cunningham on Sonny Stitt's hard-driving bop classic ''The Eternal Triangle,'' Cunningham and trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso on the gorgeous but under-recorded Ellington composition ''I Like the Sunrise'' (hence the CD title),m and alto saxophonist Jon Gordon on ''Come Back to Me.'' The real treat here is ''Clarinet in Springtime.'' Alex Wilder wrote and arranged it in the early 1940s for Benny Goodman, but it had ever been played or recorded by Goodman or anyone else until now.

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Track Listing

• All I Need Is The girl
• Chega De Saudade
• Estate
• If I Were A Bell
• Clarinet In Springtime
• When You Wish Upon A Star
• The Eternal Triangle
• Spring Is Here
• Duet
• The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
• I Like The Sunrise
• Come Back To Me

Additional Details

Label: Arbors

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 68:22 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/06/18

UPC: 780941145823