| Memphis Jazz Box | |
| Type: | box |
| Artist: | various Memphis jazz artists |
| Cover: | Memphis Jazz Box.jpg |
| Released: | March 9th, 2004 re-released 2008 |
| Recorded: | various dates between 1995-2003 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 2:33:46 |
| Label: | Icehouse Records |
| Producer: | John Threadgill Jack Cooper John Phillips |
| Compiler: | Jack Cooper |
| Misc: | cat. # - Ice House Records IHR 5902 |
"The Memphis Jazz Box"[1] [2] is a 3-CD box set by Memphis jazz artists, first released by Ice House Records in March 2004 and then re-released to the public in 2008. Volume one and two have a combined 24 tracks from a wide variety of artists who were currently working in Memphis during the time the set was produced. The third CD is the Jazz Orchestra of the Delta Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter recorded in 2003 for Summit Records.
The Memphis tradition of jazz music dates back many years to the time of W.C.Handy, Jimmie Lunceford, and Phineas Newborn. Memphis is a city with a long musical heritage that is an integral part of the American sound consisting of work songs, spirituals, blues, jazz, gospel, and rock and roll. Through this tradition, Memphis is a music city that serves to foster musical talent that is unique. There is a wide range a music on the CD set that represents the current flavor of what Memphis music is; from the traditional sounds to Joyce Cobb and W.C. Handy to the contemporary sounds of fusion with the band Voodoo Village.This box set of three CD was produced commercially to promote the city and the jazz music generated from the Mid-south region. This was the second such boxed set produced by Ice House Records and the Chamber of Commerce. The first set, produced in 2001, featured "Best Of. . ." tracks from Sun, Stax, and Hi Records.
Recorded completed in several studios in Memphis to include Ardent Studios, Young Avenue Sound, Sam Phillips Recording Services
Recorded completed in several studios in Memphis to include Ardent Studios, Young Avenue Sound, Sam Phillips Recording Services
Please refer to the Recording sessions section on that Wikipedia/CD page.
Kelley Hurt, vocals/arranger
Doug Garrison, percussion/drums
Chris Parker, piano/arranger
Jonathan Wires, bass
Jack Cooper, alto saxophone/composer
Alvie Givhan, piano
Tim Goodwin, bass
Don Patterson, drums
Pat Register, saxophone
Kurt Clayton, keyboards
Niko Lyras, keyboards
Ernest Williams, keyboards
Dave Smith, bass
Edward Cleveland, drums
The University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra
Dr. Jack Cooper - director
Hope Clayburn, flute/saxophone
Hope Clayburn's 2nd Booty Battalion
Joyce Cobb, vocals
Tom Link, clarinet
Tim Goodwin, bass
T.J. Graham, vocals
Footprints, (band)
The New Memphis Hepcats
Herman Green, saxophone
The Green Machine
Charlie Wood, vocals/keyboard/organ
Tom Clary, trumpet and horn arrangements
Scott Thompson, trumpet and flugelhorn
Fred Ford, alto sax
Tom Clary, trumpet and horn arrangements
Jim Spake, tenor sax
Joey Moore, bass
David Forrester, drums
Steve Wenger, guitar
Holly Shelton, vocals
Rene Koopman, piano
Tim Goodwin, bass
Tom Lenardo, drums
Carl Wolfe, saxophone
Carl Wolfe Quartet, band
Di Anne Price, vocals
Jim Spake, tenor saxophone
Tim Goodwin, bass
Tom Lenardo, drums
Teresa Pate, vocals
Teresa Pate band
Freeworld
Gary Johns, vocals
Gene Rush, piano
Errol Thomas, bass
Tom Lenardo, drums
The Memphis Jazz Orchestra
Gene Rush
Tim Goodwin, bass
Renardo Ward, drums
The University of Memphis Jazz Singers, Tim Goodwin - director
Candice Ivory Band
Pat Register, saxophone
Kurt Clayton, keyboards
Niko Lyras, keyboards
Ernest Williams, keyboards
Dave Smith, bass
Edward Cleveland, drums
Kelley Hurt, vocals/arranger
Doug Garrison, percussion/drums
Chris Parker, piano/arranger
Jonathan Wires, bass
Charlie Wood, vocals/keyboard/organ
Tom Clary, trumpet and horn arrangements
Scott Thompson, trumpet and flugelhorn
Fred Ford, alto sax
Tom Clary, trumpet and horn arrangements
Jim Spake, tenor sax
Joey Moore, bass
David Forrester, drums
Steve Wenger, guitar
Jack Cooper, alto saxophone/composer
Alvie Givhan, piano
Tim Goodwin, bass
Don Patterson, drums
Charlie Wood is married to Jacqui Dankworth and has moved to London since the release of this CD set.[4] He still retains a CD contract with Archer Records in Memphis, TN.
Please refer to the Personnel Section on that Wikipedia/CD page.
The CD release party was held in AutoZone Park on March 18, 2004, at 5:30 pm., in the upper club room convention/party level: it was promoted well and The Commercial Appeal as well as the Memphis Business Journal.[5] [6] The box was conceived through cooperation of the nonprofit Mid-south Jazz Foundation, the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce, the Shelby County/Memphis Music Commission, the University of Memphis School of Music, and Select-O-Hits. Numerous artists from the CD set performed at the event, it was well attended and sponsored by the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce. Interviews were done on WKNO-FM 91.1 and WUMR with the producer of the set, the tracks from the set have had extensive play on WUMR radio which is the jazz radio station for the Mid-South region. It has also had airplay on other jazz radio stations around the country.
"A new collection, The Memphis Jazz Box, states with classy pride the case for the Bluff City's jazz heritage, notably those currently working on the local scene...The box stands as a fine effort, a nice cross-section..."
Bill Ellis, Commercial Appeal
"...the result is a cohesive ensemble that understands (the) musical direction so well that they reproduce precisely what (the arranger) has intended...Balance and phrasing, suitable textures, and mellow harmonic ties follow with glamorous effects."
Jim Santella, L.A. Jazz Scene
"...(the arranger) is to be congratulated on the way he orchestrated some of (Porter's) best known songs, maintaining interest, despite the familiarity with the material."
Gordon Jack, Jazz Journal International