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No Pews Required: Chris McDonald Jazz Orchestra
Label: Constant Dreamer Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?; Battle Hymn; Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; Fairest Lord Jesus; Little Brown Church in the Bayou; What the World Needs Now; Gimme Dat!; Go Down, Moses; Were You There?; Crown Him; Holy, Holy, Holy.
No Pews Required: Chris McDonald Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
A glance at the name and song titles on Chris McDonald's new album might lead to an assumption that this is a Christian manifesto masquerading as big-band jazz, when in fact the reverse is true--McDonald, a superlative arranger, happens to be a man of faith who uses Christian themes as the basis for some of the ...
The Rob Parton Big Band: Christmas Time Is Here
by Jack Bowers
The only plausible impetus for releasing an album of Christmas themes so close to the holiday itself is the inclusion of music that transcends the season and may be auditioned and appreciated throughout the year. Trombonist Chris McDonald accomplished that with his splendid album In the Mood for Christmas, and trumpeter Rob Parton has mirrored that ...
The Chris McDonald Orchestra: Big Band Classics / Big Band Favorites
by Jack Bowers
These are the third and fourth albums recorded for Green Hill Music by Chris McDonald, one of the finest big–band arrangers you’ve never heard. But unlike the other two ( Big Band Hymns, Big Band Christmas, reviewed in November), there’s nothing special about them. Nothing new either. After all, the world hasn’t exactly been holding its ...
