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Featuring: Lunar Adventures, Paul Cram Trio, Tribal Dynamics
Condition West 003
" promises a tantalizingly odd hybrid of sounds and that’s just what it is"
"This is a mix of seemingly incongruous elements
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-Jerome Wilson,
Cadence Magazine, June 2005
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Sunship Jazz Ensemble
Includes booklet insert
The
Sunship
Ensemble, which formed in 1974, was a group in tune with its times. The
incorporation of world music, drawn from many cultures,
was evident in many celebrated jazz
groups of the early 1970s.
Their music reflected the Afro-Latin influences of the times, but
Sunship Ensemble
incorporated even more extended
free form improvisations than most
other fusion groups of the time. Although international in outlook, the
group
played a regionally-based
music, influenced by the west coast rainforest
environment.
Alan Sharpe (guitar)// Clyde Reed (bass/)/ Gregg Simpson (drums)
Compositions
1. Mesopotamia 2. Atlantis Rising 3. Inca 4. Great Wall of China 5. African Village
6. Green Apple Quickstep 7. Birds of a Feather 8. Stop Stop 9. Nest of the Wounded Crow
Some of the
material for this CD
was previously released on a 1975 CBC Transcription Recording, entitled
Pacific Rim, produced by
George Laverock, including several originals by Alan Sharpe and one piece entitled Great Wall of China, written by the Montreal-born pianist,
Rick Kitaeff whose group in Japan at the time, Electric Ninja, shared the CBC album with the Sunship Ensemble. To reflect the Pacific Rim theme,
the groups each did a composition by their counterpart across the Pacific
George Laverock, including several originals by Alan Sharpe and one piece entitled Great Wall of China, written by the Montreal-born pianist,
Rick Kitaeff whose group in Japan at the time, Electric Ninja, shared the CBC album with the Sunship Ensemble. To reflect the Pacific Rim theme,
the groups each did a composition by their counterpart across the Pacific
Recorded: #1-8: 1975, #9: 1971, #1- 4 CBC Studio 'A',Vancouver, #5-9:
various studios in Vancouver.
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plus $10.00 postage
Includes an illustrated booklet
New Orchestra Quintet
UP' TIL NOW
Double CD including selections from the original LP
Paul Cram - woodwinds / Ralph Eppel - brass / Paul Plimley - piano
Lisle Ellis - bass /Gregg Simpson - drums
New Orchestra Recordings 010 (Double CD)
(Cover art by Gregg Simpson)
Recorded in Vancouver: November, 1977 and May, 1978
Release date: July 20, 2004
"The
New Orchestra Quintet was formed in
1977. Their debut concert was at the U.B.C. Concert Hall in 1978, also
the year of their first recording sessions at
PSI Chord Studios in Vancouver. The group went on to form the New Orchestra Workshop Society, which included the C.O.R.D. Orchestra, who collaborated
with vibraphonist, Karl Berger, and Sessione Milano, with flutist Don Druick. The group recorded the original LP, Up ‘Til Now, in 1979. The players went on to
form many other ensembles that continue to tour and record in Canada and internationally until today."
Review Excerpts:
"The New Orchestra Quintet is the strongest thing I’ve heard coming out of Canada. "
- Milo Fine, Cadence Magazine, 1980
"Up ‘Til Now presents conceptual and structural risks, abrupt juxtapositions and flaring tangents."
- Bill Shoemaker, Coda Magazine,1980.
"Up ‘Til Now far outstripped Canadian records in 1980."
- Mark Miller, Globe and Mail, 1982.
PSI Chord Studios in Vancouver. The group went on to form the New Orchestra Workshop Society, which included the C.O.R.D. Orchestra, who collaborated
with vibraphonist, Karl Berger, and Sessione Milano, with flutist Don Druick. The group recorded the original LP, Up ‘Til Now, in 1979. The players went on to
form many other ensembles that continue to tour and record in Canada and internationally until today."
Review Excerpts:
"The New Orchestra Quintet is the strongest thing I’ve heard coming out of Canada. "
- Milo Fine, Cadence Magazine, 1980
"Up ‘Til Now presents conceptual and structural risks, abrupt juxtapositions and flaring tangents."
- Bill Shoemaker, Coda Magazine,1980.
"Up ‘Til Now far outstripped Canadian records in 1980."
- Mark Miller, Globe and Mail, 1982.
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