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Ian Torres Big Band: January

by Jack Bowers
September 30, 2013

In the interest of brevity, the name of Chicago-based trumpeter Ian Torres' debut album as shown above has been abridged. For the record, the complete title is January: The Birth and Development of the Ian Torres Big Band. The “Birth" is depicted in the first five numbers, recorded in 2008-09, “Development" in the last half-dozen, recorded in 2013. The album as a whole is an homage to Torres' “inspiration, cheerleader, biggest supporter and fan"--his mother, Janis, who died suddenly in ...