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Orange
Then Blue:
Hold The Elevator:
Live in Europe and Other Haunts
GM
Recordings 3040
Recorded
live in Germany, Holland and New York.
In the big band
tradition of Charles Mingus and Duke Ellington, Orange Then Blue has
been a proving ground for much great talent — Dave Douglas, Matt
Darriau, Chris Speed, Cuong Vu, Mark Taylor, Reid Anderson, Andy Laster,
Dave Ballou, and others.
Included in this exciting
live release — their sixth on GM Recordings — are five originals,
new arrangements of tunes by Billy Strayhorn, Hermeto Pascoal and Tim
Berne, and a sizzling Balkan march.
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"The
enormous appeals of the avant garde big band Orange Then Blue
is drawn mainly from their wide musical spectrum, which successfully
incorporates worldly influences like Balkan, Afro-Hispanic,
and klezmer music without sacrificing jazzŐs sense of swing
and improvisation." --- John Murph, JazzTimes
"While Sue Mingus continues her late husband's legacy
by funding the Mingus Big Band, this group stays more true
to the bassist/composer's ultracomplex personality as a writer/arranger.
Such pure pursuance of his iconoclastic style is no small
accomplishment, that's for sure "---- Dave McElfresh,
JazzNow
“[OTB]
excavates uninhibitedly in the quarries of jazz history, freely
appropriating themes, sounds and styles, dismembering them
and unashamedly splicing them all together in daring new combinations
... provocative, ebullient music!”
— Berlin Jazz Festival, recording site for “Smada”
and “Stentor”
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| PERFORMERS |
| Chris Speed, |
tenor saxophone, clarinet |
| Andrew D’Angelo,
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alto saxophone, bass clarinet |
| Andy Laster, |
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute |
| Peck Allmond, |
soprano saxophone, trumpet, E-flat alto horn |
Cuong Vu, Dave Ballou, |
trumpet |
| Tom Varner, |
French horn |
| Jim Leff, |
trombone |
| Jose Davila, |
tuba |
| Jamie Saft, |
piano, accordian |
| Reid Anderson, |
bass |
| George Schuller, |
drums, percussion, tiny bells |
| with |
| Matt Darriau, |
alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute (#3, 4, 6) |
| Seido Salisfoski, |
dumbek, percussion (#1, 3) |
| Marcus Rojas, |
tuba (#4, 6) |
| Tim Ray, |
piano (#4, 6) |
| Ben Street, |
bass (#4, 6) |
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| PROGRAM |
| 1. |
“Alino Oro” (Balkan
Traditional) |
4:27 |
| 2. |
“Smada” (Strayhorn,
Ellington, arr Ballou) |
8:35 |
| 3. |
“Rufus 7” (Cappadocia,
Darriau, arr Darriau) |
11:45 |
| 4. |
“Peregrinations” (Darriau) |
7:04 |
| 5. |
“RE.Scatter” (Speed) |
8:03 |
| 6. |
“Nem Um Talvez” (Pascoal,
orch Darriau) |
4:55 |
| 7. |
“Bloodcount” (Berne, arr
D’Angelo) |
14:30 |
| 8. |
“Stentor” (Laster) |
6:10 |
| 9. |
“Sich Reped”
(D’Angelo) |
7:32 |
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| Recorded on (#4, 6) 1 April 1994 at
the Fez under the Time Cafe in New York; (#2, 8) 3 November 1995 at JazzFest Berlin
’95 in Berlin, Germany; (#1, 3, 5, 9) 5 November 1995 at The 11th Music Meeting
in Nijmegen, Netherlands; and (#7) 8 November 1995 at the Knitting Factory in New
York. |
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| Producer: George Schuller |
| Executive Producer: Gunther Schuller |
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