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CHRIS
WALDEN BIG BAND
No
Bounds
Origin 82463
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- Winter Games
- When You
Wish Upon A Star
- No Bounds
- People Will
Say We’re In Love
- Clax’s Theme
- In The Doghouse
- Try Harder
- Smile
- Someday
My Prince Will Come
- Otterkamp
- It’s A Small
World After All.
Tierney Sutton – Vocals
Jeff Driskill, Kim Richmond, Rob Lockart, Brandon
Fields, Tom Peterson – Saxophones
Wayne Bergeron, Kye Palmer, Ron King, Carl Saunders,
Kevin Richardson, Till Bronner – Trumpets
Bob McChesney, Andy Martin, Alex Iles, Arturo
Velasco, Rich Bullock – Trombones
Brian Monroney – Guitar
Alan Steinberger, Frank Chastenier – Piano
Ken Wild – Bass
Ray Brinker, Gregg Field - Drums
M.B. Gordy - Vibraphone, percussion
Chris Walden - Drum and synth programming
Martin Tillman - Electric cello
Too
many big band recordings sound the same, using
hackneyed techniques and voicings. But this
album sounds different right from the very
start – an imaginative arrangement of David
Foster’s Winter Games. The ensemble
sound is a knockout, possibly because Chris
Walden uses six trumpets and five trombones,
creating a rich and rare depth to the music.
The
solos in between the ensembles are more conventional
but all skilfully played, maintaining one’s
interest. The orchestration gains added depth
from the use of a string section and French
horns on the title track and Clax’s Theme,
the latter a composition by Till Bronner spotlighting
his lonely-sounding trumpet. Vocalist Tierney
Sutton is featured on People Will Say We’re
in Love (with a cleverly dislocated rhythm)
and the delicately understated Smile.
Variety is further ensured by the electric
cello solo in Otterkam and the man-and-wife
bickering of In the Doghouse (with
Chris Walden himself soloing elegantly on
flugelhorn).
The
main reason this CD stands out from the crowd
is Chris’s arranging skill. He came originally
from Germany but is now working very effectively
in Los Angeles, as this album testifies.
Tony Augarde
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