Released Nov 10, 2009 Release date 10 November 2009 | Length 65:00 Producer Jack Cooper | |
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Recorded December 5, 2007April 10/11, 2008 Label University Of Memphis Records Similar Once in a Blue Moon, Memphis Jazz Box, Big Band Reflections of Cole P | ||
Out Of The Bluffs is a critically acclaimed 2009 compact disc by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra recorded in the studio. This was their 2nd CD release since 2007. Since the late 1960s this group has been consistently recognized as one of the top collegiate jazz ensembles in the country recently being invited to the 2011 Jazz Education Network Convention, the 2000 International Association for Jazz Education Convention, and touring Europe in 1998. Musicians from this CD and program won the 2007 University of South Florida Michael Brecker Arranging Competition (David Peoples) and others went on to study with Bob Brookmeyer at the New England Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and also work professionally at universities and major symphony orchestras.
Contents
Background
The University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra CD Out Of The Bluffs was recorded to present a wide range of music to include tunes arranged of past University of Memphis alumni Mulgrew Miller and James Williams. Two tracks consisting of jazz classics from Bill Russo and Thad Jones are included; this displays the band's capabilities on historic repertoire of the jazz orchestra. Dating back to the 1960s this group has a long history of high level jazz alumni and continues to build on that tradition with this recording. U of M Jazz Orchestra alumni include James Williams, Mulgrew Miller, Tony Reedus, Donald Brown, Bill Easley, and Bill Mobley.
Track listing
Track Listing:
Recording Sessions
Musicians
Chip Henderson serves as a guest soloist on Alter Ego
Production
Works from the compact disc
Low-down is published by Kendor Music, Inc./BMI
Portrait of a Count is published by Sierra Music, ASCAP
Reception
"Out of the Bluffs displays the Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra in the best possible light, and is recommended as a high-class model of the kind of music that contemporary college-level Jazz ensembles are capable of producing."
Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
Songs
1A Beautiful Friendship8:39
2Alter Ego6:15
3Out of the Bluffs5:55