Results for "Chris Walden Big Band"

Chris Walden Big Band: Full-On!

by Jack Bowers
October 3, 2014

To say that Chris Walden's instrumental compositions and arrangements are the best part of his new big-band album, Full-On!, is not to dismiss the rest as less than adequate. Walden's charts for the ensemble, on the other hand, do provide much of the excitement in a session that is otherwise dominated by vocals (seven in all), ...

Chris Walden Big Band: Full-On!

by Dan Bilawsky
September 13, 2014

It's been a while since the jazz world has seen a release from this group. The first three albums credited to the Chris Walden Big Band--the Grammy-nominated Home Of My Heart (Origin Records, 2005), No Bounds (Origin Records, 2006), and Kurt Marti Suite (Origin Records, 2007)--came in quick succession. And then there was silence from Walden. ...

Grammy Nominated Chris Walden Big Band 10th Anniversary Show August 9 in Hollywood

August 4, 2009

THE GRAMMY NOMINATED CHRIS WALDEN BIG BAND 10TH ANNIVERSARY ALL-STAR CONCERT FEATURING TIERNEY SUTTON, CAROL WELSMAN, COURTNEY FORTUNE & CHRISTOPHER CROSS PERFORMS AT CATALINA JAZZ CLUB SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 (Los Angeles, CA) Grammy nominated composer Chris Walden and the Chris Walden Big Band will celebrate their 10th anniversary with an all-star concert featuring Tierney Sutton, Carol ...

Chris Walden, "No Bounds"

Featuring the music of Chris Walden Big Band
Duration: 05:00
July 26, 2007

Chris Walden Big Band: No Bounds

by Dan McClenaghan
July 11, 2006

Chris Walden has been on a heck of a roll lately, with two Grammy nods for last year's Home of My Heart, one of the finest big band efforts of the year. He also in did the orchestrations for the acclaimed Michael Bolton set Bolton Swings Sinatra.Home of My Heart deserved all the accolades ...

Chris Walden Big Band: No Bounds

by Victor L. Schermer
July 2, 2006

No Bounds is as tasteful a big band album as you're likely to hear today, at a time when large jazz ensembles compete in virtuousity, intensity, range and--unfortunately--volume. Every note on the disc is well-placed, in tune and, even when dissonant, pleasing to the ears. That's because Walden knows music from top to bottom, having been ...

Chris Walden Big Band: Winter Games

by Edward Blanco
March 14, 2006

The 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy have passed into history, leaving us with many golden moments and some musical memories from composer David Foster, who wrote the Olympic theme music. German composer/arranger and bandleader Chris Walden, who has written over 400 arrangements for big band and symphony orchestra throughout his career, penned his own jazzy ...

Chris Walden Big Band: Home of My Heart

by Eric J. Iannelli
May 24, 2005

Recorded several years ago, in late 2002, Home of My Heart sounds as if it could have been--were it not for its handful of latter-day charts by eighties pop supernova Christopher Cross and film composer John Williams--recorded several decades earlier. The prevailing sound is classic big band, delighting in the force of its multitudes while consistently ...

Chris Walden Big Band: Home of My Heart

by Dan McClenaghan
March 13, 2005

German-born, Los Angeles-based composer/arranger/flugelhornist Chris Walden looks way too young to be this good at a task as daunting as big band writing. He looks almost too young to be sitting in with the band, though he is pushing the ripe old age of forty. But he started early at the art, writing big band arrangements ...