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| For Your Consideration: The Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra "Future Steps: Live at Jazzaar Festival 2014 For Your Grammy Voting Consideration: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Artist: The Swiss Youth Jazz Or chestra Title: Future Steps: Live at Jazzaar Festival 2014 Label: Shanti Records SR 082414 UPC: 888295174183 Release Date: August 24, 2014 Track listing, track times 1. Future Steps (Fritz K Renold) 5:30 arr. by Bob Freedman 2. Alkapuri (Fritz K Renold) 9:41 arr. by Gil Goldstein 3. I Got Ilse (Fritz K Renold) 7:40 arr. by Christian Jacob 4. Benjamin Sujesh (Fritz K Renold) 6:09 arr. by Christian Jacob 5. Papa Rolf (Fritz K Renold) 6:24 arr. by Jamshied Sharifi 6. Simon Smiles (Fritz K Renold) 7:30 arr. by Jamshied Sharifi 7. A New Kind (Fritz K Renold) 10:49 arr. by Christian Jacob 8. Mandela (Fritz K Renold) 7:45 arr. by Corey Allen 9. Beirut (Mike Mainieri) 9:45 arr. by Fritz Renold Special Guests: Mike Mainieri (vibraphone) Randy Brecker (trumpet) Kevin Bryan (lead trumpet) Markus Hauser (tenor sax) Christian Kramer (trombone) Christian Jacob (piano) Alphonso Johnson (bass) RodneyH olmes (drums) The Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra: Brass: Silvan Schmid tp, Benjamin Lindner tp, Marco Leibach tb, Sebastian Wey tb Woodwinds: Chris Sommer as, Christoph Huber - ts, fl, cl, Felix Piringer - ts, EWI, Frederik Baatz - bs Rhythm Section: Claude Stucki - g, Lydia Renold - g, Ani Wohlstein p, Sharon Renold - b, Marcio de Sousa dr The Future Steps is a 'Bandstand Learning with Role Models' production premiered at Jazzaar Festival 2014 in Aarau, Switzerland. It presents young talents (ages 16 - 26) working closely as apprentices with top professionals, some of whom were actual members of the original band 'Steps Ahead' (Steps). This CD features The Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra (SYJO) directed by Fritz K Renold playing eight original tunes written by the director in the style of 'Steps Ahead' as well as one ('Beirut') written by Steps' founder Mike Mainieri, all in a big band setting featuring soloists among the professionals and youth players. The orchestra rehearsed for a week at the Jazzaar Festival. The premier performance was recorded live on April 12, 2014. The tunes were arranged and orchestrated for the SYJO by Gil Goldstein, Christian Jacob, Jamshied Sharifi, Bob Freedman, Corey Allen and Fritz K Renold. The Swiss Youth Jazz Orchestra earned a high score with this ambitious program in honor of Steps Ahead! The Aargauer Zeitung Nordwestschweiz Indeed a star-studded performance, but the biggest star was the young orchestra. Jazz 'N' More Magazine write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |