Joe Sullivan Big Band – Unfamiliar Surroundings (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Joe Sullivan Big Band – Unfamiliar Surroundings (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:38:39 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Effendi Records

Call me nostalgic, but in a world that seems to admire novelty above all else, I still love big band jazz. I love all the same stuff I was attracted to right from the start…energy, sound, time, groove…edgy trumpets and old bendy blue notes…bright, aggressive trombones….well you get the picture. So before making this record, I went to my old pal an dlong-time collaborator Jean Frechette and asked him to help me make a disc we could both be proud of. It started with a marathon 2-day big-band-binge, me and him, a big pile of vinyl and CDs, and a significant quantity of more than passable hooch. At the end, shaky but otherwise unscathed, we had agreed on the sound we wanted: resonant, alive, the sound that knocked us out back in the day and made us want to play jazz…Thad Quincy, Francy Boland…like I said, nostaliga. The session was laid out so that people felt at ease and could hear each other (no headphones for the horns!) and Jean went for the bright, clear mix we wanted. After all is said and one, I hope we’ve made a record that is vibrant and swinging – and I hope all you jazz-lovers out there will enjoy listening to it! (Joe Sullivan)

Tracklist:

01. Joe Sullivan Big Band – October Suite: I. Prelude (feat. André White & Lorne Lofsky) (10:58)
02. Joe Sullivan Big Band – October Suite: II. Off Kilter (feat. Al McLean & Alec Walkington) (07:32)
03. Joe Sullivan Big Band – October Suite: III. Let’s Go (feat. Dave Laing & Jean-Nicolas Trottier) (10:06)
04. Joe Sullivan Big Band – Suite Laurentides: I. The Grackle (feat. Joe Sullivan & Al McLean) (08:36)
05. Joe Sullivan Big Band – Suite Laurentides: II. Nightfall (feat. André White & Jean Fréchette) (07:59)
06. Joe Sullivan Big Band – Suite Laurentides: III. Unfamiliar Surroundings (feat. Aron Doyle & André Leroux) (07:08)
07. Joe Sullivan Big Band – Suite Montage: I. The Waiting Game (feat. André Leroux, Dave Mossing & Rémi Bolduc) (17:34)
08. Joe Sullivan Big Band – Suite Montage: II. A Lullaby (feat. Donny Kennedy) (07:47)
09. Joe Sullivan Big Band – Suite Montage: III. Montage No. 3 (feat. Lorne Lofsky) (07:43)
10. Joe Sullivan Big Band – Suite Montage: IV. The Captain’s Log (feat. Al McLean) (08:27)
11. Joe Sullivan Big Band – Suite Montage: V. Refuge (feat. Joe Sullivan & Lorne Lofsky) (04:44)

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