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No Bounds
By Chris Walden
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Winter Games; When You Wish Upon a Star; No Bounds; People Will Say We
Chris Walden: Big Band Magic With No Bounds
by Victor L. Schermer
Chris Walden is a highly gifted and creative composer and arranger who is equally at home writing and conducting music for film, TV, and jazz venues. Based in Los Angeles, he came to the U.S. from Germany in 1996, where, in his twenties, he had already established a fine reputation in multiple aspects of the music ...
The Chris Walden Big Band: No Bounds
by Jack Bowers
Any way you slice it, it's not easy for a big band to earn a Grammy Award nomination. Composer/arranger Chris Walden's debut album, Home of My Heart, received not one but two, for Best Large Jazz Ensemble and Best Instrumental Arrangement. One year later, Walden returns with another strong contender, No Bounds, showcasing eleven of his ...
In The Doghouse
Album: No Bounds
By Chris Walden
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2006
Duration: 06:33
The Chris Walden Big Band: No Bounds
by Jim Santella
For his sophomore release, trumpeter Chris Walden has written big band arrangements for several old chestnuts, several fresh originals and a few rare gems. His program sparkles with an accessible ambience. The combination of several vocal selections, a balance of orchestral instruments and big band sounds, and stellar soloing from this lineup of Los Angeles all-stars ...
Chris Walden Big Band: No Bounds
by Dan McClenaghan
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
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
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 ...
Home of My Heart
By Chris Walden
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Cherokee, Rainy Day in Vancouver, Film Noir, pt. 1, Film Noir, pt. 2, Film Noir, pt. 3, Mullholland Falls, Here's Looking At You, Star Wars, Home of My Heart, Feet First, Here's That Rainy Day, How Long Has This Been Going On?, Nonino, You Took Advantage of Me, Stolen Moments, Dr. Stefen Frank
Chris Walden Big Band: Home of My Heart
by Eric J. Iannelli
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 ...
