Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra - Labor Of Love

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:29
Size: 127.0 MB
Styles: Big band
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[5:34] 1. Reuben's Blues
[4:57] 2. Send In The Clowns
[4:40] 3. Just Friends
[4:42] 4. My Old Flame
[3:05] 5. All Of Me
[5:47] 6. My One And Only Love
[5:01] 7. Take The A Train
[4:38] 8. When Sunny Gets Blue
[4:34] 9. Samba Da Yo
[4:25] 10. A Little Minor Booze
[3:22] 11. Out Of Nowhere
[4:40] 12. Malaguena

The Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra’s first recording ( Live and Screamin’, a concert date from October–November ’97) was so impressive the thought here was that only a “labor of love” could possibly equal or surpass it. Well, the millennium has arrived, and with it the CMJO’s Labor of Love, and if the band’s second excursion can’t eclipse the flash and excitement of Screamin’, it comes close often enough to dissuade any reproval. As usual, the CMJO’s repertoire is conspicuously inspired by the Stan Kenton library with splendid charts written for Kenton’s orchestra by Gene Roland (“Reuben’s Blues”), Dave Barduhn (“Send in the Clowns”), Marty Paich (“My Old Flame”), Lennie Niehaus (“All of Me”), Willie Maiden (“A Little Minor Booze”) and Bill Holman (“Out of Nowhere,” “Malaguena”). The session’s midsection accommodates tasteful arrangements by John Kornegay (“Just Friends”), Tom Matta (“My One and Only Love”), Don Menza (“Take the ‘A’ Train”), Jerry Nowak (“When Sunny Gets Blue”) and the CMJO’s superb lead trumpeter, Kirk Garrison (Frank Catalano / Hary Kozlowski’s “Samba da Yo”). ~Jack Bowers

Lenny King, leader; Chris Sarlas, Gary Parker, alto sax; Ken Kistner, alto, baritone sax; Bryan Murray, Frank Catalano, tenor sax; Kent Lawson, baritone sax; Kirk Garrison, Jim Peterson, Nate Walcott, Ben Clark, Randy Kulik, trumpet; Hary Kozlowski, Mark Corey, Michael Joyce, Steve Larkin, trombone; John McAllister, bass trombone, tuba; Mike Flack, piano; Anthony Brock, bass; Michael Fiala, drums; Al Keeler, Jerry Steinhilber, Latin percussion.

Labor Of Love

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