Jim Olsen: We See Stars - COMPACT DISCS

Description

Title: We See Stars

Artist: Jim Olsen

Label: Oa2

Product Type: COMPACT DISCS

UPC: 805552210620

Genre: Jazz

Release Date: 2014-02-18

Number of Discs: 1

For his latest release, composer Jim Olsen decided to forgo his usual big band palette for a smaller, more intimate ensemble. Assembling an all-star nonet of friends, teachers and colleagues, Olsen crafted settings that would showcase the musicians in some very different musical environments. From the harsh electric landscape of “”Dark Sun”” to the jaunty swing of “”Illogical Conclusion,”” the band, including trumpeter Bobby Shew, saxophonists Dick Oatts and Lynn Baker, and pianist John Harmon, were given free rein to wander through these soundscapes and add their unique voices to the proceedings. The result is a CD that moves from straight-ahead swing and balladry to Stravinskian rhythmic constructions.

Tracks:
1.1 Scary Hair
1.2 Dark Sun
1.3 Illogical Conclusion
1.4 Shard
1.5 What Needs to Be Said
1.6 Wistful
1.7 We See Stars
1.8 Running Amok

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