Live and Screamin' - with Dennis Noday, trumpet soloist by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra - Uhune

ALBUM

Recorded in two separate 1977 performances at FitzGerald's Nightclub and originally released in March of 1998, these two concerts by the high-flying Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra under the leadership of Lenny King have been reissued by the Chicago Lakeside Jazz label. Guesting is former Stan Kenton & His Orchestra section player Dennis Noday, whose upper-atmosphere trumpet pyrotechnics are featured on "Blue," "Maria," and "MacArthur Park." Noday was assigned that unique Kenton screeching trumpet role following in the shoes of the likes of Ray Wetzel and Maynard Ferguson. Noday also shows that he is not one dimensional as he waxes romantically in Harry James-style on a couple of cuts. Significant solo outings are not limited to the Noday's horn. The excellent expressive tenor sax of Mark Colby carries the day on "Yesterdays," despite the efforts of a very heavy trumpet/trombone section to drown him out, also reminiscent of Kenton. Don Rader's "Greasy Sack Blues gives Terry Connell an opportunity to show Noday that he is by no means the only kid on the block handy with the valved horn. Leader King includes some of Kenton's more memorable orchestrations, like Dee Barton's haunting arrangement of "Here's That Rainy Day from the 1970 recording Live at the Redlands University. But he also remembers charts by lesser-known Kenton arrangers like Frank Mantooth and Gordon Brisker. Mantooth's orchestral version of "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" is especially impressive due mainly to the trombone of Hary Kozlowski. This is one of the tracks where there is no "screamin' and kickin'," but rather a lovely ballad played in a respectful soft and gentle manner. All in all, this session provides almost 70 minutes of music played (not all at once) by 20 talented musicians happily enthusiastic about what they're doing -- before an audience happily enthusiastic about what they're hearing. Recommended.
© Dave Nathan /TiVo

1. Magic Flea

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Sammy Nestico; Composer

2. A Time For Love

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Johnny Mandel / Paul Webster; Composer

3. What's New?

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Johnny Burke / Bob Haggart; Composer

4. Maria

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim; Composer

5. I Remember Stan

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Lennie Niehaus; Composer

6. Fitz

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Gene Roland; Composer

7. Yesterdays

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Jerome Kern / Otto Harbach; Composer

8. El Congo Valiente

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Johnny Richards; Composer

9. Blue

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Bobby Shew; Composer

10. Greasy Sack Blues

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Don Rader; Composer

11. But Beautiful

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Johnny Burke / Jimmy Vanheusen; Composer

12. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Frances Landesman / Thomas Wolf; Composer

13. Here's That Rainy Day

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Johnny Burke / Jimmy Vanheusen; Composer

14. MacArthur Park

by Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Primary Artist: Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra; Main Performer
Composer: Jimmy Webb; Composer

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

14 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 8 minutes and 30 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 600x600 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

3/14 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Jazz, Vocal, Vocal-Pop

Label

Chicago Lakeside Jazz

Music Distribution Service

CD Baby

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1997

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

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UPC

641555960120