Piranha (album)
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]
| Piranha | ||||
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| Studio album by the Fullerton College Jazz Band | ||||
| 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 | |||
| The Fullerton College Jazz Band chronology | ||||
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| cat. #5503, UPC: 669910550328 | ||||
Background
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]
Track listing
All tracks are written by various artists listed
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bar Talk (Dan Radlauer)" | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Bop Brothers' Latin Vacation (Matt Cattingub)" | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Baby Weezer (Daniel Barry)" | 5:28 |
| 4. | "L.A. Groove (James Linahon)" | 4:14 |
| 5. | "From There to Here (Chuck Archard)" | 5:18 |
| 6. | "Prelude to Long Time Comin' (Jeff Hawley)" | 1:45 |
| 7. | "Long Time Comin' (Matt Harris)" | 6:46 |
| 8. | "Lemon Street Rag (Les Hooper)" | 6:25 |
| 9. | "Budini (Monk Montgomery)" | 3:28 |
| 10. | "Final Dance (Dave Caffey)" | 6:18 |
| 11. | "Practice on Your Own Time (Chuck Archard)" | 3:15 |
| 12. | "Uranus (Walter Davis Jr.)" | 4:47 |
| 13. | "Prelude to Pirnaha (Eugene Huang)" | 1:27 |
| 14. | "Piranha (Dale Devoe, arr. Greg Woll)" | 5:28 |
| Total length: | 1:02:06 | |
Recording Sessions
- recorded 1999 in studio, Fullerton College, Fullerton, California
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz[2] | Very Good |
"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 comprised entirely of original compositions..."
Jack Bowers, All About Jazz[2]
References
- All Music guide CD Listing
- All About Jazz Review, Jack Bowers, May 1, 2000
- the Fullerton College Jazz Band had recorded 6 albums in the 1980s which all had been given very high acclaim in reviews.
- liner notes for Mainstream CD
- The Fort Nightly Program notes for Claremont-McKenna College Performance, Fullerton College Jazz Ensemble #1, October 19, 1994, Vol. 10, No. 03. Archived July 16, 2012, at archive.today