The debut big band album of award-winning composer and arranger Joe Clark, "Lush" simmers and swings with a line-up of Chicago's best jazz players and Grammy-award winning drummer Jeff Hamilton playing jazz standards and new compositions!
Musicians:
Bob Lark, director
All arrangements by Joe Clark Conductor: Bob Lark Lead Engineer: Tom Miller Asst. Engineers: Emmett Farley and Zachariah Jarrett
Saxes Dan Nicholson Corbin Andrick Chris Madsen Anthony Bruno Mark Hiebert
Trumpets Brent Turney ( co-lead) Chuck Parrish (co-lead) Victor Garcia B.J. Cord Joe Clark
Trombones Andy Baker Tom Garling Bryant Scott Tom Matta
Rhythm Mike Pinto - Guitar Ryan Cohan - Piano Joe Policastro - Bass
...and special guest artist Jeff Hamilton on Drums!
Award-winning composer and arranger Joe Clark leads the band on exciting
and intimate new originals and arrangements influenced by film-noir and
the greasy sound of New Orleans brass bands including "Well You Needn't",
"Lush Life", and "Tenderly".
"Lush" features the hard-driving swing of Grammy-award winning drummer
Jeff Hamilton -- co-director of The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and
renowned for his work with the Count Basie Orchestra, Woody Herman's
Thundering Herd, The Bill Holman Band, Ray Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, and
Diana Krall.
The debut album of the Joe Clark Big Band, "Lush" simmers
and swings with a line-up of Chicago's best jazz players, including Ryan
Cohan (piano), Victor Garcia (trumpet), Tom Garling (trombone), Chris
Madsen (tenor sax), Tom Matta (bass trombone), and Dan Nicholson (alto
sax).
