The Blues and Other Passions

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Bruce Lofgren Jazz Orchestra: Bruce Lofgren (guitar); Mark Hollingsworth (soprano & alto saxophone, flute); Glen Garrett (alto saxophone, flute); Glen Berger (tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet); Bob Carr (baritone saxophone, flute, bass clarinet); Jennifer Hall (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Dennis Farias, Ron King, Mike McGuffey (trumpet, flugelhorn); Suzette Moriarty, Nathan Campbell (French horn); Alan Ferber, John Leys (trombone); Billy Hulting (vibraphone, marimba); Doug Livingston (keyboards); Ken Wild (acoustic & electric bass); Brian Kilgore (congas, percussion). Recorded at Stagg Street Studio, Van Nuys, California and Crigger Recording, North Hollywood, California on July 21 and 22, 1999. Includes liner notes by Bruce Lofgren. Personnel: Mark Hollingsworth (alto, flute, saxophone); Glenn Berger (flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone); Glenn Garrett (flute, alto saxophone); Bob Carr (flute, baritone saxophone); Jennifer Hall (baritone saxophone); Dennis Farias, Ron King (trumpet, flugelhorn); Michael McGuffey (trumpet); John Leys (trombone); Suzette Moriarty (horns); Doug Livingston (keyboards); Ken Wild (acoustic bass, electric bass); David Crigger (drums). Recording information: Crigger Recording, North Hollyw (07/21/1999-07/22/1999); Stagg Street Studio, Van Nuys, CA (07/21/1999-07/22/1999). Guitarist Bruce Lofgren, whose solo style is fairly rockish, is a versatile arranger. His charts for his Los Angeles-based 17-piece orchestra often utilize tricky time signatures, are sometimes blues-oriented and swing while being contemporary, and are influenced to a degree by pop music. Other than the Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere" and "All Blues," all of the selections on The Blues and Other Passions are by Lofgren. Some of the pieces are quite atmospheric and moody, particularly "Nightfall" (featuring tenor saxophonist Glen Berger) and "Yucca Flat"; the latter musically describes what it was like to live in downtown Hollywood. In addition to Berger and Lofgren, the other key soloists are trumpeter Ron King, trombonist Alan Ferber, and Mark Hollingsworth on soprano. Overall this is stimulating and occasionally unpredictable music, certainly not a typical big-band set. ~ Scott Yanow
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