''Big Band Record'' is an album by trombonist
Ray Anderson and the
George Gruntz
George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker ...
Concert Jazz Band which was released on the
Gramavision
Gramavision Records is an American record label founded in 1979. Since 1994 it has been a subsidiary of Rykodisc. The label's music is largely jazz, blues and folk oriented but has touched on many other styles and genres.
In 1979, Jonathan F.P. ...
label in 1994.
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Reception
The Allmusic
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review by Scott Yanow stated "The often riotous trombonist is fortunate to have his complex but always lively music interpreted by quite an all-star group and Gruntz's arrangements give each musician at least one opportunity to solo. ... it is little surprise that this was one of the top jazz albums released in 1994".
Track listing
All compositions by Ray Anderson except where noted
# "Lips Apart" – 9:57
# "Anabel at One" – 13:20
# "My Wish" – 6:05
# "Raven-a-Ning" – 4:28
# "Leo's Place" – 8:03
# "Seven Monsters" – 10:40
# "Waltz for Phoebe" – 5:13
# "The Literary Lizard" – 9:53
# "Don't Mow Your Lawn" (Ray Anderson, Jackie Raven) – 8:34
Personnel
* Ray Anderson – trombone
*George Gruntz
George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker ...
– piano
*Lew Soloff
Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944 – March 8, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and actor. He was a founding member of the band Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Biography
From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studie ...
– trumpet
*Ryan Kisor
Ryan Kisor (born April 12, 1973) is an American jazz trumpeter.
A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Kisor learned trumpet from his father, Larry Kisor, and started playing in a local dance band (the Eddie Skeets Orchestra) at age ten. Kisor began clas ...
– trumpet
*John D'earth
John D'earth (born March 30, 1950) is an American post-bop/hard bop jazz trumpeter born in Framingham, Massachusetts, who has appeared on recordings by Dave Matthews and Bruce Hornsby as well as recording a number of CDs on his own. He curren ...
– trumpet
*Herb Robertson
Clarence C. "Herb" Robertson (February 21, 1951 – December 10, 2024) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. He was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on February 21, 1951, and attended the Berklee College of Music. He recorded solo alb ...
– trumpet
*Art Baron
Arthur John Baron (born January 5, 1950) is an American jazz trombonist. He also plays didgeridoo, conch shell, penny-whistle, alto and bass recorder, and tuba.
Career overview
Baron is an alumnus of the Berklee College of Music. He joined ...
– trombone
*Dave Bargeron
David Wayne Bargeron (September 6, 1942 – January 18, 2025) was an American trombonist and tuba player who was a member of the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Life and career
Bargeron was born on September 6, 1942. He was lead trombon ...
– trombone
* Dave Taylor – bass trombone
* Howard Johnson – tuba, baritone saxophone
*Tim Berne
Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954) is an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and record label owner. His primary instruments are the alto and baritone saxophones.
Biography
Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said tha ...
– alto saxophone
*Marty Ehrlich
Marty Ehrlich (born May 31, 1955) is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinets, flutes) and is considered one of the leading figures in avant-garde jazz.
Biography
Though born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the portion of Ehrlich's youth spent in ...
– alto saxophone, clarinet, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
*Ellery Eskelin
Ellery Eskelin (born August 16, 1959) is an American tenor saxophonist raised in Baltimore, Maryland and residing in New York City. His parents, Rodd Keith and Bobbie Lee, were both professional musicians. Rodd Keith died in 1974 in Los Angeles, ...
– tenor saxophone
*Sal Giorgianni – tenor saxophone
* Larry Schneider – tenor saxophone
*Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman (born 1955 in Chicago) is an American jazz violinist.
Biography
Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973–1980, in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980–1986, in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. He has performed with John Zorn, ...
– violin
*Drew Gress
Drew Gress (born November 20, 1959) is an American jazz double-bassist and composer born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in the Philadelphia area.
Biography
Gress studied at Towson State University and Manhattan School of Music. In the late ...
– bass
*Tom Rainey
Tom Rainey (born 1957) is an American jazz drummer.
Career
After attending Berklee College of Music he moved to New York in 1979. He has played with Tim Berne, Nels Cline, Drew Gress, Mark Helias, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, Simon Nabatov, Tom ...
– drums
References
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Ray Anderson (musician) albums
George Gruntz albums
1994 albums
Gramavision Records albums