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EAST WEST: A beautifully packaged double CD, Music For Big Bands is the saxophonist/composer’s latest on Origin Records, released November 15, 2019. Tackling an ambitious, once-in-a-lifetime project with two all-star big band recording sessions – one in New York, the other in San Francisco. As described by leading Jazz Journalist Andrew Gilbert, “East West – Music for Big Bands embraces multiplicity. It’s not either/or, it’s and/also. It’s beauty AND burn, intense swing AND sweet balladry, all united under Zilber’s commanding and ever expanding creative purview.”
PERFORMERS:
New York Band: (# indicates tracks soloed on)
Bruce Williamson – alto (3,4)
Todd Bashore – alto (1, 4, 5)
Michael Zilber – tenor (1,2,4,7)
Tommy Morimoto – tenor (7)
Jay Rattman – baritone
Frank Greene – Trumpet 1
Alex Norris – Trumpet 2 (5)
Freddie Hendrix – Trumpet 3 (1)
Chris Rogers – Trumpet 4 (2)
Doug Beavers – Trombone 1 (2, 3)
Alan Ferber – Trombone 2 (5)
Beserat Tafesse – Trombone 3
Max Seigel – Bass Tbn
Mike Holober – Piano (4,5,6)
John Benitez – Bass (3)
Marko Marcinko – Drums (1, 3, 5)
San Francisco Band: (# indicates tracks soloed on)
Sheldon Brown – alto (4)
Larry Delacruz – alto (6)
Michael Zilber – tenor (1,4, 5)
Dann Zinn – tenor (6)
Rob Sudduth – baritone
Erik Andrews – trumpet
Mike Olmos – trumpet (5)
Max Miller-Moran – trumpet (1)
Erik Jekabson – trumpet (2)
Doug Beavers – trombone
Jeff Cressman – trombone
Jon Hatamiya – trombone (4)
Rich Lee – bass trombone
John R Burr – piano (1)
Dan Feiszli – bass (3)
Jeff Marrs – drums (6)
Jeff Masanari – guitar (6)
Joe Bagale – vocals (2)
Produced by Michael Zilber
Recorded by New York: Aaron Nevezie, SF: Jeff Cressman
New York: The Bunker Studios, Brooklyn San Francisco – The Union, San Francisco
New York: March 27, 2018, SF: August 9, 2018
Mixing: New York: Dan Feiszli, SF: Jeff Cressman
New York: El Cerrito, CA San Francisco: San Francisco, CA
Mastered by Jeremy Goody, Megasonic Sound, Oakland, CA
Photos by Scott Chernis, Dionne Perez
Cover design & layout by John Bishop