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Terraza Big Band - One Day Wonder (Debut Single!) One Day Wonder, originally composed by Australian saxophonist Troy Roberts for his band Nu-Jive, now serves as the title track for the Terraza Big Band's debut album. This arrangement, penned by saxophonist and big band co-leader Michael Thomas, adds an energetic twist to the typical large ensemble sound by expanding the jazz-fusion piece to a new format. Featuring solos from Troy Roberts (tenor saxophone), Alex Norris (trumpet), and Jimmy Macbride (drums), this track shows that big bands can strike the right balance between intricate ensemble playing and inventive improvisation while still finding a new sound within the idiom. Queens-based Terraza Big Band, Co-led by Michael Thomas and Edward Perez, Matches Modern Jazz With a Spectrum of Latin Influences on Stunning Debut One Day Wonder features John Fedchock, Luis Perdomo, Troy Roberts, John Ellis, Roman Filiú, Samuel Torres and more The Terraza Big Band, whose new debut album for Outside in Music is One Day Wonder, is striking from every angle, a marvelous exploration of the possibilities of the big-band format. There’s the composing-arranging of its co-founders and co-leaders, the alto saxophonist Michael Thomas and the bassist Edward Perez, full of resolutely modern jazz-orchestral harmony, inventive forms and a gamut of rhythms, from 21st-century swing to an encyclopedia of Latin-based styles. There’s the lineup, including many of the best young jazz-trained musicians in New York City, given ample opportunity to express their signature voices throughout the leaders’ generous charts. Then there are the X factors that might be a bit harder to define but are crucial nonetheless: an elastic, adaptable feel in the arrangements and performances that somehow gives this 18-piece outfit a small-group vibe; the sense that these high-caliber musicians are utterly engaged with and trusting of the leaders’ vision; a narrative approach to concert and album programming that gives a set of music the dimensions of an excellent film. |
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