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Nathan Parker Smith
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Manny Albam Commission, 2011. ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composers Award, 2010. BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Composition Prize, 2010. Special recognition by the Jazz Advisory Committee of the New York Youth Symphony for exceptional accomplishment in music composition, 2009. Raymond and Maxine Schirmer Prize in Jazz Composition, 2008. Billy Joel Commission, 2007.
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Nathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble: Not Dark Yet

by Budd Kopman
Slip Not Dark Yet into your player and STAND BACK! The Intergalactic Big Band of Doom is about to crush everything in its path. Otherwise known as the Nathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble, this absolutely burning group is simply a thrill to listen to. Smith is the composer and director of the group, creating music which evokes the world (or soundtrack) of say, Adventures of Roddick" (and Pitch Black"), Blade Runner," Battlestar Galactica," I Robot" with ...
Continue ReadingBJURecords Releases New Recordings From: Nathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble, Sketches & Owen Howard!

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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
CD Release Celebrations! Sketches: Saturday, October 25 @ An Die Musik, Baltimore, MD Tuesday, November 4 @ Korzo (Konceptions), Brooklyn, NY Wednesday, November 19 @ The Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC Owen Howard: November 7 @ The Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records, which was launched in January of 2008, and now boasts a catalog of more than forty-five recordings, proudly releases the newest wave of recordings on the label; Not Dark Yet, the debut ...
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“…[a] muscular, bracingly intricate new disc…” Time Out New York.
“…[a] seriously aggressive large ensemble… Music that speaks loudly and carries a big stick, too.” Dave Sumner, Wondering Sound.
“It’s a concentrated, potent dose of thundering jazz-metal power, more orchestral than big-band, thrilling no matter how you categorize it.” Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulance.
“Don’t let the eighteen-member size of this jazz band scare you. This isn’t Grandpa’s big band, nor your Dad’s. Nor necessarily anybody else who’s into big band jazz. The Nathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble, perhaps the world’s only modern creative heavy metal horn band, is for the rest of us.” S. Victory Aaron, Something Else Reviews.
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