Soundtrack (Fullerton College Jazz Band album)
Soundtrack is a CD released by the Fullerton College Jazz Bands and Vocal Jazz for the Discovery Records Trend AM-PM label.
| Soundtrack | ||||
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| Studio album by the Fullerton College Jazz Band | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | Fullerton College Fullerton, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Big band, vocal, instrumental | |||
| Length | 47:18 | |||
| Label | Discovery Records Trend AM-PM label | |||
| Producer | Albert Marx | |||
| The Fullerton College Jazz Band chronology | ||||
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| cat. # Trend AM-PM Records AMCD-304 | ||||
| Audio sample | ||||
"Maria"
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Background
In 1981 the Music Department at Fullerton College built a 16 track in house recording facility which was to serve as a teaching tool for both student music groups and students wanting to take recording technology classes at a vocational level. Soundtrack is the sixth of several albums to come out of this studio to feature the award-winning Fullerton College Jazz Band. The CD contains tracks from two of the Fullerton College jazz groups: Jazz Band I and Vocal Jazz. The #1 jazz band was the winner of the 1985 International Association for Jazz Education Disneyworld Competition and the opening band for the 1985 Playboy Jazz Festival and the LP/CD recordings to date are recipients of numerous Down Beat and NARAS Awards.[1]
Albert Marx, who was the owner of Discovery Records/Trend Records AM-PM label, became very impressed with the band four years earlier and the level of the music coming from the jazz groups at Fullerton College.[2] He decided to support the younger, up and coming jazz students/players from the greater Los Angeles/Southern California region by producing certain LPs and CDs.
Track listing
All tracks are written by various artists listed.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Oh, Lady Be Good (George Gershwin, arr. Allen Carter)" | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Somewhere Out There (James Horner/Barry Mann, arr. Dan Friedman)" | 4:57 |
| 3. | "Maria (Leonard Bernstein, arr. David Metzger)" | 4:26 |
| 4. | "When You Wish Upon A Star (Harline/Washington, arr. Charles Argersinger)" | 4:37 |
| 5. | "Emily (Mandel/Mercer, arr. Les Hooper)" | 4:54 |
| 6. | "Swinging On A Star (Van Heusen/Burke, arr. Matt Catingub)" | 3:22 |
| 7. | "It Might As Well Be Spring (Rodgers/Hammerstein)" | 5:45 |
| 8. | "Close Enough For Love (Mandel/Williams, arr. Rick Helzer)" | 6:44 |
| 9. | "Invitation (Kaper, arr. Tom Hynes)" | 4:54 |
| 10. | "Till There Was You (Meredith Willson, arr. Roger Myers)" | 4:34 |
| Total length: | 47:18 | |
Recording Sessions
- Recorded January 1987 and 1988 Fullerton College, Fullerton, California
Personnel
Musicians
- Conductors: James Linahon and Brent Pierce
- Sax (guest soloists): Ernie Del Fante, Lanny Morgan
- Trumpet (guest soloist): James Linahon
- Vocal (guest soloist): Sunny Wilkenson
- Piano (guest soloists): Rick Helzer, Tom Ranier
- Guitar (guest soloists): Tom Hynes, Adrian Rosen
- Drums (guest soloist): Allen Carter
- Saxes and woodwinds: Tuan Vu, Yancey Valdez, Dino Soldo, Russell Shepherd, Ed Little, Mike Thomas, Steve Slate, Rob Mader
- Trumpets and flugelhorns: Paul Pugh, David Glenday, Glen Colby, Tammy Dauba, Dave Allen
- Trombones: Ryan Anglin, Bruce Lansford, Glen Goodrich, Steve Sowicki, Alphonse Mosse III, Kurt Godel
- Guitar: John Hancock
- Piano: Shawn Whitmer
- Bass: Dave Carpenter, Tom Fowler
- Drums: Eugean Ermel, Bryan Head, Rich Arbuckle
- Vocal Jazz: Patricia Figeroa, Dorraine Metzger, Janis Swanson, Dana Lynn Gribble, Kerstin Klopsch, Doug Eash, Mark Henson, Harlan Harris, Ed McCormick, Seth Weiss, Bruce Hart
Production
- Recording, mixing, re-mixing: James Linahon, Warren Hatfield, Randy Beers, Dan Friedman
- Mastering: Robert Vosgien, CMS Digital
- Album cover design: Michele Shih
- Album art director: Graham Booth, Fullerton College Art Department
Reception
"...vocal director Brent Pierce handles the FC Vocal Jazz ensemble with skill and the featured faculty vocalist Sunny Wilkenson is a soulful singer whose phrasing is slightly reminiscent of Stevie Wonder. Soundtrack is a digital recording and the engineering is top flight...Some of the student soloists who impress include David Allen, Aiphonse Mosse and John Hancock. The faculty soloists also demonstrate a firm grasp of big band soloing. The ensemble passages benefit from crisp execution and the arrangements reveal hard work and rehearsal. A blind-folded listener would probably have difficulty distinguishing between Soundtrack and the work of any number of contemporary (professional big band CDs)..."
Cadence Magazine[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Cadence Magazine | very positive[3] |
| Jazz Journal International | positive[4] |
| Tom Lord jazz discography | (listing) 1993[5] |
| Schwann Catalogue | (listing) 1989[6] |
References
- Soundtrack liner notes and credits
- liner notes from 1983/84 Time Tripping LP
- Cadence, Volume 17 Editor Bob Rusch, January 1, 1991. page 87
- Jazz Journal International, review, Vol 40, 1988. Page 33
- Tom Lord. The Jazz Discography: Volume 7, Lord Music Reference, 1993. Page F-397
- Schwann: Volume 41, Issue 2, ABC Consumer Magazines, Inc., 1989. Page C-597