Description
Orange Then Blue has long been recognized as one of the driving forces of contemporary big band music. Since bursting out of the busy Boston jazz scene nearly a decade ago, the group has become widely known as a creative force to be reckoned with. Appearances at the Montreal International Jazz Festival and New York City’s Knitting Factory drew large audiences eager to hear Orange Then Blue for themselves.
On Funkallero, Orange Then Blue’s fourth release on GM, the 12-piece ensemble performs nine original compositions and arrangements by drummer George Schuller, saxophonist Matt Darriau and other band members, drawing from the extended jazz forms of Charles Mingus, the provocative orchestrations of Gil Evans and the haunting folk melodies of Bulgaria and the Andes, among a plethora of other sources. Tying it all together is the loose-limbed swing that has made Orange Then Blue a superb ensemble and an ultimate soloists’ band.
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”I hope that the listener to this recording will agree, and see how extraordinarily beautiful—at times magical—the Brahms’s Horn Trio can be.
— Gunther Schuller
PERFORMERS
Matt Darriau, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet; Adam Kolker, Dave Finucane, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, bass clarinet;Stan Strickland, flute; Allan Chase, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone; Roy Okutani, Andy Gravish, trumpet; Ken Cervenka, trumpet, flügelhorn; Rick Stepton, trombone; Peter Cirelli, bass trombone, euphonium; Tim Ray, piano, synthesizer; Paul Del Niro, bass; George Schuller, drums, percussion; Russ Gold, percussion; Bob Weiner, percussion; Alain Mallet, synthesizer, shakers
PROGRAM
1. Funkallero (Gil Evans) 9:52
2. Panama (Matt Darriau) 9:40
3. Eleven (Gil Evans, Miles Davis) 4:27
4. Koo-Koo (Alain Mallet) 9:29
5. Moose the Mooche (Charlie Parker) 9:29
6. The Griff (Adam Kolker) 6:30
7. Ot Med Li Ti Sa Ustata (Traditional Bulgarian) 4:36
8. Ahmad the Terrible (Jack De Johnette) 10:06
9. Boy George (George Schuller) 10:08
Recorded on (except #8) 14-15 August 1989 at Inner City Sound in Boston, Massachusetts and (#8) 19 November 1989 at Inner City Sound in Boston, Massachusetts.
Producer: George Schuller
Executive Producer: Gunther Schuller
ALSO AVAILABLE
for downloads and streaming on Amazon as well as other digital sites.
