Released 1990 Release date 1990 | Label CSULA 890 | |
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Recorded Group IV Recording
Los Angeles, California
Sage and Sound Recording
Hollywood, California Producer David Caffey, Jeff Benedict, Scott Ackerman It's About Time
(1990) For the Love
of Art
(1992) Genres Jazz, Big band, Instrumental People also search for Monstrosity!, We're Back!, The New in You, Diversions | ||
It's About Time is the first CD digital format album release by the California State University, Los Angeles Jazz Ensembles completed in 1990. In addition to two big bands (1989/1990) the CD features the CSULA Jazz Sextet. The jazz bands had numerous student musicians that have made a name for themselves as professionals to include Luis Bonilla, Jack Cooper, Corey Gemme, Alan Parr, Randall Willis, Paul De Castro, Alex Henderson, Sheffer Bruton, Ruben Ramos, and José Arellano.
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Background
In 1984 and 1985, the California State University, Los Angeles Music Department and CSULA Associated Students decided to fund LP recordings of the jazz ensemble to better serve as a teaching tool for student music, jazz groups. It's About Times is the fifth of six albums to come from CSULA during the 1980s featuring the award winning CSULA #1 Jazz Ensemble. The CD contains tracks from the #1 CSULA Jazz Ensembles of two successive years and a sextet to include compositions of five students and from the two directors (professors David Caffey and Jeff Benedict).
There has been a consistent tradition of musicians coming from the CSULA program who have worked with major musical acts, on major studio and movie projects, and hold positions in higher education in music. The roster on this album is self-evident as to the diversity and level of student musicians CSULA developed at that time and has for many years dating far back to musicians (graduates) such as Lennie Niehaus and Gabe Baltazar.
Track listing
All tracks written by various artists listed.
Recording Sessions
Musicians
Production
Songs
1It's About Time (José Arellano)5:16
2Only Forever (David Caffey)5:40
3The Glide (Ralph Towner - arr Scott Ackerman)7:34