Soundtrack
Studio album by
the
Fullerton College Jazz Band
Released1990
RecordedFullerton College
Fullerton, California
GenreJazz, Big band, vocal, instrumental
Length47:18
LabelDiscovery Records
Trend AM-PM label
ProducerAlbert Marx
The
Fullerton College Jazz Band chronology
Love Ya
(1986/1988)
Soundtrack
(1990)
Mainstream
(1994)
cat. # Trend AM-PM Records AMCD-304
Audio sample
"Maria"
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Soundtrack is a CD released by the Fullerton College Jazz Bands and Vocal Jazz for the Discovery Records Trend AM-PM label.

Background

In 1981 the Music Department at Fullerton College built a 16 track in house recording facility which was to serve as a teaching tool for both student music groups and students wanting to take recording technology classes at a vocational level. Soundtrack is the sixth of several albums to come out of this studio to feature the award-winning Fullerton College Jazz Band. The CD contains tracks from two of the Fullerton College jazz groups: Jazz Band I and Vocal Jazz. The #1 jazz band was the winner of the 1985 International Association for Jazz Education Disneyworld Competition and the opening band for the 1985 Playboy Jazz Festival and the LP/CD recordings to date are recipients of numerous Down Beat and NARAS Awards.[1]

Albert Marx, who was the owner of Discovery Records/Trend Records AM-PM label, became very impressed with the band four years earlier and the level of the music coming from the jazz groups at Fullerton College.[2] He decided to support the younger, up and coming jazz students/players from the greater Los Angeles/Southern California region by producing certain LPs and CDs.

Track listing

All tracks are written by various artists listed

No.TitleLength
1."Oh, Lady Be Good (George Gershwin, arr. Allen Carter)"3:05
2."Somewhere Out There (James Horner/Barry Mann, arr. Dan Friedman)"4:57
3."Maria (Leonard Bernstein, arr. David Metzger)"4:26
4."When You Wish Upon A Star (Harline/Washington, arr. Charles Argersinger)"4:37
5."Emily (Mandel/Mercer, arr. Les Hooper)"4:54
6."Swinging On A Star (Van Heusen/Burke, arr. Matt Catingub)"3:22
7."It Might As Well Be Spring (Rodgers/Hammerstein)"5:45
8."Close Enough For Love (Mandel/Williams, arr. Rick Helzer)"6:44
9."Invitation (Kaper, arr. Tom Hynes)"4:54
10."Till There Was You (Meredith Willson, arr. Roger Myers)"4:34
Total length:47:18

Recording Sessions

Personnel

Musicians

  • Conductors: James Linahon and Brent Pierce
  • Sax (guest soloists): Ernie Del Fante, Lanny Morgan
  • Trumpet (guest soloist): James Linahon
  • Vocal (guest soloist): Sunny Wilkenson
  • Piano (guest soloists): Rick Helzer, Tom Ranier
  • Guitar (guest soloists): Tom Hynes, Adrian Rosen
  • Drums (guest soloist): Allen Carter
  • Saxes and woodwinds: Tuan Vu, Yancey Valdez, Dino Soldo, Russell Shepherd, Ed Little, Mike Thomas, Steve Slate, Rob Mader
  • Trumpets and flugelhorns: Paul Pugh, David Glenday, Glen Colby, Tammy Dauba, Dave Allen
  • Trombones: Ryan Anglin, Bruce Lansford, Glen Goodrich, Steve Sowicki, Alphonse Mosse III, Kurt Godel
  • Guitar: John Hancock
  • Piano: Shawn Whitmer
  • Bass: Dave Carpenter, Tom Fowler
  • Drums: Eugean Ermel, Bryan Head, Rich Arbuckle
  • Vocal Jazz: Patricia Figeroa, Dorraine Metzger, Janis Swanson, Dana Lynn Gribble, Kerstin Klopsch, Doug Eash, Mark Henson, Harlan Harris, Ed McCormick, Seth Weiss, Bruce Hart

Production

  • Recording, mixing, re-mixing: James Linahon, Warren Hatfield, Randy Beers, Dan Friedman
  • Mastering: Robert Vosgien, CMS Digital
  • Album cover design: Michele Shih
  • Album art director: Graham Booth, Fullerton College Art Department

Reception

"...vocal director Brent Pierce handles the FC Vocal Jazz ensemble with skill and the featured faculty vocalist Sunny Wilkenson is a soulful singer whose phrasing is slightly reminiscent of Stevie Wonder. Soundtrack is a digital recording and the engineering is top flight...Some of the student soloists who impress include David Allen, Aiphonse Mosse and John Hancock. The faculty soloists also demonstrate a firm grasp of big band soloing. The ensemble passages benefit from crisp execution and the arrangements reveal hard work and rehearsal. A blind-folded listener would probably have difficulty distinguishing between Soundtrack and the work of any number of contemporary (professional big band CDs)..."

Cadence Magazine[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cadence Magazinevery positive[3]
Jazz Journal Internationalpositive[4]
Tom Lord jazz discography(listing) 1993[5]
Schwann Catalogue(listing) 1989[6]

References

  1. Soundtrack liner notes and credits
  2. liner notes from 1983/84 Time Tripping LP
  3. 1 2 Cadence, Volume 17 Editor Bob Rusch, January 1, 1991. page 87
  4. Jazz Journal International, review, Vol 40, 1988. Page 33
  5. Tom Lord. The Jazz Discography: Volume 7, Lord Music Reference, 1993. Page F-397
  6. Schwann: Volume 41, Issue 2, ABC Consumer Magazines, Inc., 1989. Page C-597
  • OCLC 37655114
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