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Wil Swindler

Composer and saxophonist, Wil Swindler currently resides near Denver, CO where he leads Wil Swindler's Elevenet, the modern bop quintet GoodRattle, and the Wil Swindler Quartet.  In addition to his own bands, he is an active performer with the Peter Sommer Septet, Al Hood’s H2 Big Band, Colorado Symphony, the Ben Markley Big Band, the Colorado Jazz Orchestra, the Adam Bartzcak Republic, and many more.  In addition to receiving IAJE's Gil Evans Fellowship in 2008, Wil has completed numerous commissions from jazz ensembles, military bands, and symphony orchestras around the world.  Wil has three CDs available under his own name, Universe B (OA2 Records 2010), the Right Riot (2014) with GoodRqattle, and Chamber Jazz Ensemble (NohJoh Music 2006), and can be heard on numerous other albums including Ingrid Michaelson’s Songs for the Season, Steve Owen's Stand Up Eight, Peter Sommer’s Happy-Go-Lucky-Locals, Al Hood/Dave Hansen's You're It, Bob Washut’s Journey to Knowhere, and David Caffey’s Enter Autumn and All in One.

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Tell the Truth

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Tell the Truth; Tuesday Morning Feeling; Don't Bring It Up; Snowy Range Blues; Spencer's Mood; It's Spoken Spokane; The Picture Outside My Window; Rimshot.

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Shadows of Tomorrow

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: AG’s Resting Face…Scary!!!; Sultry Villa Mella Twilights; Brad’s Dreamy Samana Night; Illusions, Delusions…A Glimmer of Hope; Movement I: The Wizard’s Wicked Charm; Movement II: Liars and Fools; Movement III: The Mold-Breaker (Bringer of Joy).

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At the Edge of Spring

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Starlight; At the Edge of Spring; Old Hat; Brazilian Dances for Brooklyn; The Brothers; Direct Current; One by One; This Is for Albert.

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Blues Sky

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Two Masters; Across That Bridge; June 16th; Ambrosian; Arnhem; As It Was and Is; Blues Sky; Cross Steps; Dylan Dream; Muse Walk.

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Ben Markley: Tell the Truth

Read "Tell the Truth" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Ben Markley, who has already earned wide praise as a pianist, educator and leader of the Ben Markley Big Band, brandishes his sturdy composing and arranging chops on Tell the Truth, wherein he leads an able-bodied Colorado-based quintet through its paces on eight of his typically melodious and sunlit original compositions. According to ...

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Two Masters

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Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
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Don't Bring It Up

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Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 06:06

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David Caffey Jazz Orchestra: At the Edge of Spring

Read "At the Edge of Spring" reviewed by Jack Bowers


With his album, At the Edge of Spring, composer and arranger David Caffey and his Colorado-based Jazz Orchestra not only defy the widely-held belief that big bands are dead, they emphatically blow that axium out of the water. This is an ensemble with no discernible weaknesses, as proficient and powerful as any that have come before ...

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Vibes on a Breath

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: If I Only Had A Brain; Nature Boy; Roaring Fork Closure; We’ll Get Through This; Stolen Moments; Subconscious Lee; New Orleans; It Could Happen To You; In Your Quiet Place; Seven Steps To Heaven; Bus.


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