Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest American Adventure The acclaimed Scottish National Jazz Orchestra creates a power surge at Avatar Studios with electrifying performances, featuring some very special American guests. These include Kurt Elling, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, David Liebman, Joe Locke, Bill Evans and Clarence Penn, alongside SNJO director Tommy Smith. In June 2013, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra fulfilled a long-held ambition to cross the Atlantic and tour in the USA and Canada. How better to fill two free days than by inviting some friends over to record some tunes The sessions at Avatar Studios brought together the brightest young minds in Scottish Jazz and some of the wisest heads in America today. The end result is power-packed contemporary jazz with fabulous featured artists feeding into the grid. Kurt Elling provides a smouldering vocal on "The Sound of Love" while SNJO director Tommy Smith is iridescent on 16-bars of lyrical tenor. Mike Stern plays some incendiary guitar on "Splatch" and Clarence Penn contributes combustible drumming on "Pinocchio". With Joe Locke on superconductive vibes and Dave Kikoski on calibrated piano the former power station crackled to the positively charged blowing of Bill Evans, Donny McCaslin, Michael Dease, Randy Brecker and Joel Frahm. Listen out too for drummer Alyn Cosker's blistering soloing on "Yes or No". Stand well back though for the swing of "Pendulum" as Dave Liebman, fired up by the extraordinary Cosker, pushes the readings off the scale and into the red zone as the 'American Adventure' really heats up. Review (5 stars) There's not a moment here which isn't marked by that special, finely distilled blend of literate intelligence and improvisational verve which one has long come to associate with the SNJO. Contemporary big-band music of the highest quality, and as such, totally recommended. --Jazz Journal, (Michael Tucker), February 2014 (4 stars) A magnificent achievement that confirms Smith and the SNJO continue to do the impossible with class and style. --Jazzwise, (Stuart Nicholson), March 2014 (4 stars) With the atmosphere of a live show, it's further testament to the SNJO's commitment and class, and a great set for big-band fans and admirers of the star soloists alike. --The Guardian, (John Fordham), February 21, 2014 (4 stars) There's a confidence and a swagger about the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra's performance here that hits you from the off...An American adventure that works on every level. --Marlbank, (Stephen Graham), January 21, 2014 The SNJO is quite simply one of the most impressive large ensembles around...a fantastic cross-continental collaboration between the group's own stellar line-up of Scotland's best and brightest and a host of top American players...It doesn't really get much classier than this. --Jazz UK, February / March 2014 Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs. Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. If you do leave negative or neutral feedback you waive your rights for support regarding any problems with us and open yourself up for possible retaliatory negative feedback. Please avoid making negative feedback remarks, contact us first if you have any problems! We are here to help! Contact Us Please contact us via eBay messages if you have any questions and our Customer Service team will be happy to assist you with any queries. Thank you. Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Copyright © 2017 The Pom Shop. All rights reserved.
Price: 36.84 AUD
Location: Priority Airmail from England
End Time: 2025-01-15T07:24:17.000Z
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Brand: Spartacus Records
MPN: 43190-597052
Producer: Tommy Smith
Format: CD
Genre: Jazz
Run Time: 59 Mins 16 Seconds
Artist: Randy Brecker, Michael Dease, Bill Evans, David Kikoski, Alyn Cosker, Joe Locke, Mike Stern, Kurt Elling, Joel Frahm, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Clarence Penn, Tommy Smith, Donny Mccaslin, David Liebman
Record Label: Spartacus
Release Title: American Adventure
