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Moving Day: The Music of John Shifflett

Kristen Strom

Moving Day: The Music of John Shifflett

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: OA2 Records
UPC: 0805552216127
Catnr: OA2 22161
Release date: 08 February 2019
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OA2 Records
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0805552216127
Catalogue number
OA2 22161
Release date
08 February 2019
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John Shifflett (1955 - 2017) was a beloved bassist, well-known as THE sideman in many of the San Francisco Bay Area’s foremost ensembles and for traveling jazz dignitaries. Kept more as a guarded secret was his compositional skills and library of compelling and varied pieces of music. Saxophonist Kristen Strom, guitarist Scott Sorkin and drummer Jason Lewis played with John in their quartet and on countless other projects over the last 25 years. For this deeply heartfelt tribute to their friend, Kristen, Scott and Jason have arranged a collection of his compositions and brought together some of his esteemed Bay Area colleagues to perform, record, and celebrate his music. Without a doubt, a labor of love, and a testament to a life well lived in service to music, the creative process, and friends.
John Shifflett (1955 - 2017) war ein beliebter Bassist, bekannt als DER Sideman in vielen der führenden Ensembles der San Francisco Bay Area und für weitere Jazz-Größen. Mehr als ein gehütetes Geheimnis galten seine kompositorischen Fähigkeiten und seine Bibliothek mit überzeugenden und vielfältigen Musikstücken. In den letzten 25 Jahren spielten der Saxophonist Kristen Strom, Gitarrist Scott Sorkin und Schlagzeuger Jason Lewis mit John in ihrem Quartett und bei unzähligen anderen Projekten. Für diese tief empfundene Hommage an ihren Freund Kristen haben Scott und Jason eine Sammlung seiner Kompositionen zusammengestellt und einige seiner geschätzten Kollegen aus der Bay Area zusammengeführt, um seine Musik aufzuführen, aufzunehmen und zu feiern. Zweifellos eine Arbeit der Liebe und ein Beweis für ein gut gelebtes Leben im Dienste der Musik, des kreativen Prozesses und der Freunde.

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Kristen Strom (saxophone)

In addition to leading her own ensemble, the Kristen Strom Quintet, she is an integral part of some of the San Francisco Bay Area's leading bands. She has performed with many well-known artists, including Manhattan Transfer, Roberta Flack, Johnny Mathis, Jimmy Heath, Steve Turre, Kevin Mahogany, Michel LeGrand, the San Jose Symphony, the Temptations, Natalie Cole, The Four Tops, and the San Francisco Production Beach Blanket Babylon. In addition to her solo albums, 'Intention', and 'Sojourn'she has recorded more than 30 CDs with various jazz and pop artists, including the international jazz group Crossing Borders, John Worley and Worlview, Ed Johnson and Novo Tempo, Wally Schnalle, Tammy L. Hall, The Jim Norton Collective and poet Paul Zarzyski and four albums...
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In addition to leading her own ensemble, the Kristen Strom Quintet, she is an integral part of some of the San Francisco Bay Area's leading bands. She has performed with many well-known artists, including Manhattan Transfer, Roberta Flack, Johnny Mathis, Jimmy Heath, Steve Turre, Kevin Mahogany, Michel LeGrand, the San Jose Symphony, the Temptations, Natalie Cole, The Four Tops, and the San Francisco Production Beach Blanket Babylon. In addition to her solo albums, "Intention", and "Sojourn"she has recorded more than 30 CDs with various jazz and pop artists, including the international jazz group Crossing Borders, John Worley and Worlview, Ed Johnson and Novo Tempo, Wally Schnalle, Tammy L. Hall, The Jim Norton Collective and poet Paul Zarzyski and four albums with The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra. Her touring schedule has included performances across the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia with the Nuclear Whales and others. Kristen is saxophone and jazz combo instructor at Santa Clara University, is on the faculty of the Stanford Jazz Workshop and is the Director of South Bay Summer Jazz Intensive. Kristen has a B.A. in Music from San Jose State University, as well as graduate studies in music education, and studied saxophone and woodwinds with Joe Henderson, Mel Martin and Victor Morosco. Kristen is an endorsing artist and clinician for Selmer saxophones.

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Aaron Lington (bariton saxophone)

Grammy Award-winning baritone saxophonist and composer Aaron Joseph Lington (b. 1974) received his BM in music education from the University of Houston, Moores School of Music, and both his MM in jazz studies and DMA in saxophone performance from the University of North Texas where he studied with James Riggs. His performing and compositional credits include collaborations with the San Francisco Symphony, Maynard Ferguson, the BBC Radio Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, Bo Diddley, Joe Lovano, Jamie Davis, Tommy Igoe, Pacific Mambo Orchestra, and many others. In addition, he has won awards for both his playing and writing from Downbeat Magazine, ASCAP, and was the 2003 recipient of the Sammy Nestico Award. He was named the 2011 'Jazz...
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Grammy Award-winning baritone saxophonist and composer Aaron Joseph Lington (b. 1974) received his BM in music education from the University of Houston, Moores School of Music, and both his MM in jazz studies and DMA in saxophone performance from the University of North Texas where he studied with James Riggs. His performing and compositional credits include collaborations with the San Francisco Symphony, Maynard Ferguson, the BBC Radio Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, Bo Diddley, Joe Lovano, Jamie Davis, Tommy Igoe, Pacific Mambo Orchestra, and many others. In addition, he has won awards for both his playing and writing from Downbeat Magazine, ASCAP, and was the 2003 recipient of the Sammy Nestico Award. He was named the 2011 "Jazz Educator of the Year" by the California Music Educators Association, and has been recognized multiple times in the both the Downbeat Magazine Critic's Poll and Reader's Poll. In 2015 he was named as a Silicon Valley Artist Laureate. The San Jose Mercury News praises Dr. Lington's playing as "revelatory...he obviously relishes the beautiful, blustery bark of his instrument..." and that he possesses a "...finely honed melodic sensibility..." Josh Davies from the International Trumpet Guild states that Lington "...[shows] a true command of his instrument with a very studied and soulful essence." Cadence magazine declares "Lington and compatriots come up with a wonderful and totally American jazz sound, [resulting in] a solid mainstream set based on some sweet melodic improvisation." In addition to his position as professor at San Jose State University where he serves as Coordinator of Jazz Studies, Dr. Lington is also the director of the San Jose Jazz High School All Stars. Aaron Lington is a Saxophone Performing Artist for Selmer Saxophones and is a D'Addario Performing Artist and performs exclusively on Rico Reeds.

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Jason Lewis (drums)

Scott Sorkin (guitar)

Ken Okada (double bass)

Jeff Lewis (trumpet)

John Worley (trumpet)

John Gove (trombone)

John R. Burr (piano)

Dan Robbins (double bass)

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