Out of the Bluffs explained

Out Of The Bluffs
Type:studio
Artist:University of Memphis
Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra
Cover:Out_Of_The_Bluffs_CD_cover.jpg
Released:Nov 10, 2009
Recorded:December 5, 2007
April 10/11, 2008
Genre:Jazz, big band
Length:65:00
Label:University of Memphis
Select-O-Hits
Producer:Jack Cooper[1]
Prev Title:Voices
Prev Year:2007
Misc:cat # UMR 7368

Out Of The Bluffs[2] is a 2009 compact disc by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra recorded in the studio. This was their 2nd CD release since 2007. Since the late 1960s this group has been consistently recognized as one of the top collegiate jazz ensembles in the country recently being invited to the 2011 Jazz Education Network Convention,[3] the 2000 International Association for Jazz Education Convention, and touring Europe in 1998. Musicians from this CD and program won the 2007 University of South Florida Michael Brecker Arranging Competition (David Peoples)[4] and others went on to study with Bob Brookmeyer at the New England Conservatory of Music,[5] Manhattan School of Music, and also work professionally at universities and major symphony orchestras.[6]

Background

The University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra CD Out Of The Bluffs was recorded to present a wide range of music to include tunes arranged of past University of Memphis alumni Mulgrew Miller and James Williams. Two tracks consisting of jazz classics from Bill Russo and Thad Jones are included; this displays the band's capabilities on historic repertoire of the jazz orchestra. Dating back to the 1960s this group has a long history of high level jazz alumni and continues to build on that tradition with this recording. U of M Jazz Orchestra alumni include James Williams, Mulgrew Miller, Tony Reedus, Donald Brown, Bill Easley, and Bill Mobley.

Reception

"Out of the Bluffs displays the Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra in the best possible light, and is recommended as a high-class model of the kind of music that contemporary college-level Jazz ensembles are capable of producing."

Jack Bowers, All About Jazz

Track listing

Track Listing:

Recording Sessions

Musicians

Chip Henderson serves as a guest soloist on Alter Ego

Production

Works from the compact disc

Low-down is published by Kendor Music, Inc./BMI

Portrait of a Count is published by Sierra Music, ASCAP

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.memphis.edu/music/bios/cooper_jack.php U of M Faculty Member, bio Jack Cooper
  2. http://allmusic.com/album/out-of-the-bluffs-r1675614 All Music Guide, AMG Album ID R 1675614
  3. Web site: JEN Conference Program . 2011-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405091341/http://www.jazzednet.org/en/node/926 . 2012-04-05 . dead .
  4. http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=154 USF Center for Jazz Composition Announces Jazz Arranging Competition Winners for 2007, TAMPA, FL. March 29, 2007
  5. http://www.matttutor.com/about/bio.html Composer Matt Tutor Bio
  6. http://www.reginasymphony.com/rsomusicians Regina Symphony Orchestra, David Dick, principal trombone
  7. NOTE: this is an incredibly important professor in Jazz Studies at the University of Memphis and the bands would NOT sound this good without him.
  8. http://www.selectohits.com/ Select-O-Hits Web Site

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