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New Release:
New Orchestra Quintet : First and Last
NOR 012 Double CD
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New Orchestra Quintet: First and Last
Double CD NOR 012
in Vancouver. Their first LP, Up ‘Til NOW, from 1979, got stellar reviews in Canada and internationally and
was reissued as a double CD on New Orchestra Recordings in 2004.
Excerpts from review of Up ‘Til Now by the New Orchestra Quintet from Cadence Magazine, March 2005
Paul Cram, reeds; Ralph Eppel, trombone; Paul Plimley, piano;
may not have generated much buzz during their late ‘70’s heyday, but their first two-disc reissue of their LP Up Til Now,
contains almost a disc and a half of unreleased material from contemporaneous sessions, demonstrates that there was
some heavy playing going on up North. While the names might not be the marquee type (though several are members of
the NOW Orchestra, for example), the soloists consistently emit sparks.
The group ethos, a focus on strategic group maneuvers with a tension between inside/outside leanings that can threaten
to blow at any moment is what keeps one listening. They can swing hard yet, the abstract notions are an important part
of the group sound as well displaying that even while venturing into more conceptual territories, there is a degree of
listening going on here.”
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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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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
6. Green Apple Quickstep 7. Birds of a Feather 8. Stop Stop 9. Nest of the Wounded Crow
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
#1- 4 CBC Studio 'A',Vancouver, #5-9: various studios in Vancouver.
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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
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One: 1.Public Nuance (Simpson) 13:15 2.Ba Doo Da (NOQ) 18:44 3.Giant Steps Out (Coltrane) 17:22 4.Blues on Pluto (Simpson) 14:43 5.Even Daylight (Plimley) 8:42 |
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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." - Gregg Simpson, 2004 |
Review
Excerpts: Up ‘Til Now presents conceptual and
structural risks, abrupt juxtapositions and flaring tangents Up ‘Til Now far outstripped Canadian records
in 1980. |
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