| Piranha | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | the Fullerton College Jazz Band |
| Cover: | Piranha CD cover finished.jpg |
| Released: | April 11, 2000 |
| Recorded: | Fullerton College Fullerton, California |
| Genre: | Jazz, Big band, instrumental |
| Length: | 1:02:06 |
| Label: | The Orchard ASIN: B00004TD3D |
| Producer: | Greg Woll |
| Prev Title: | Celebration! |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | Standard Deviations |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
| Misc: | cat. #5503, UPC: 669910550328 |
Piranha[1] is a CD released by the Fullerton College Jazz Band and Alternative Jazz Lab Ensemble in 2000, it was critically acclaimed by All About Jazz.[2]
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. By 1999, when the CD Piranha was produced, there has been several award winning recordings such as Time Tripping coming from the Fullerton College Jazz Band.[3] The group has been the recipient of numerous Down Beat and NARAS awards and the CDs are distributed worldwide.[4]
During this time period the group was selected as the winner for the first ten-day Disney World/International Association for Jazz Education competition for College and University bands; the Fullerton College Jazz Band #1 performed at Disney World in Orlando during the inaugural concerts. After a two-week tour for the U.S. State Department, they opened the 1995 Munich International Jazz Festival.[5]
"Saying a piranha is combative is somewhat like observing that the late Vince Lombardi was rather fond of winning. The newest release by Fullerton College’s Jazz Ensemble 1 and Alternative Jazz Lab Ensemble is exceedingly well–named, as both groups are ready to rumble from the outset and breathe fire throughout a galvanizing session original compositions..."
Jack Bowers, All About Jazz