West Toronto Ode by The Composers Collective Big Band

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Album Title: The Toronto Project
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023

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About the Album

What is the sound of a city? With The Toronto Project, the Composers Collective Big Band has put together its most ambitious project yet, commissioning Toronto’s top jazz composers to write about the neighbourhoods and aspects of their city that inspire them the most. The Composers Collective Big Band is an 18 piece jazz ensemble led by trombonist and composer Christian Overton. Since forming in 2005, the group’s mandate has been to present new works for large jazz ensemble by Canadian composers. Toronto has been known as a great jazz city for decades. When jazz fans all over the world hear bands like Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, they instantly recognize the swinging arrangements and immaculate playing as being emblematic of the Toronto sound. Today, that sound is evolving into something new - an audacious sensibility forged by a diverse new generation of jazz musicians. Discover the unique people and places that make up Toronto as seen through the eyes of its finest jazz artists. The Toronto Project was released worldwide on Friday, April 14th 2023.

Song Listing

West Toronto Ode; Non-Sequitur; Spadina; Finding Home; Inside the Toy Factory; Interweave; The Commuter; Transit.

Personnel

The Composers Collective Big Band

band / orchestra

Christian Overton

trombone

Jason Logue

trumpet

John Pittman

trumpet

Brian O'Kane

trumpet

John Macleod

cornet

Tara Davidson

saxophone, alto

Chris Roberts

saxophone, alto

Paul Metcalfe

saxophone, alto

Jared Welsh

saxophone, tenor

Marcus Ali

saxophone, alto

William Carn

trombone

Tom Richards

trombone

Pat Blanchard

trombone

Karl Silveira

trombone

Sylvain Bedard

trombone, bass

Erik Patterson

guitar, electric

Carissa Neufeld

piano

Justin Gray

bass, electric

Jeff Halischuk

drums

Additional Personnel

Pablosky Rosales: tres; Les Alt: flute; Amely Zhou: erhu; Maya Killtron: voice; Jonathan Kay: tenor sax; Andrew Kay: alto sax; Ravi Naimpally: tabla.

Reviews

The Toronto Project by Jack Bowers

Date featured

May 21, 2023

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