You are a genius Nathan ! Wonderful winds !!

Great talent my friend....These drums are everywhere....really good stuff

This is huge ! What do you play, Nathan ? Is it you who drive (drive ?, don't know the word, I found conduct) the big band ? Let me know if you come to France with your band ! I'd like to see you in live !

so very well written ( and of course performed) you control and allow chaos so well

I Still Believe We Found Love

Nathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble 
Woodwinds 
Kevin Russell, Chris Shade, Michael Thomas, Justin Flynn, Alden Banta. 
Trumpets 
Augie Haas, David Smith, Josh Deutsch, Matt Holman. 
Trombones 
Matthew McDonald, Nick Finzer, JC Sanford, James Rogers. 
Rhythm 
Landon Knoblock, Rhodes. Kenji Shinagawa, guitar. Russ Flynn, bass. Jared Schonig, drums.

Recorded at Let ‘em In Studio, Brooklyn, NY on 8/26, 9/13, 9/30, & 10/7 2014 by Luke Moellman and Brian Losch. Mixed by Luke Moellman & Nathan Parker Smith. Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound. Produced by Nathan Parker Smith. Funding for tracks 2,3, & 11 provided by the BMI Manny Albam Commission. All compositions by Nathan Parker Smith, © 2014 NPSMUSIC/ASCAP. Exclusively licensed to Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records, LLC. Made in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. Unauthorised duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

Fog Over East

O Holy Night, The Recording Academy.  With Jeremy Goldsmith on acoustic guitar.

Arrangement by Emily Drennan, Gregory Lopez and Jeremy Goldsmith.

Produced by RoxSteady Music (www.roxsteadymusic.com)
                                                        www.emilydrennan.com

O Holy Night

JOE HILL'S LAST WILL (music by Curtis Bryant, words by Joe Hill)

Vocals, guitar and violin performed by Vladdy Iskhakov

On November 19, 1915 IWW union activist, poet and songwriter Joe Hill was executed by a Utah firing squad, framed by the industrialists and their political allies for a murder he did not commit. Even after appeals for a new trial from president Woodrow Wilson and scores of other luminaries the politically corrupt governor William Spry refused to grant clemency, preferring to make an example of Hill in his campaign to crush the union and the free speech movement in the state. The night before his execution Hill scribbled down the words "My Last Will" on a scrap of paper:

My will is easy to decide,
For there is nothing to divide.
My kin don't need to fuss and moan,
"Moss does not cling to a rolling stone."

My body? Oh, if I could choose
I would to ashes it reduce,
And let the merry breezes blow,
My dust to where some flowers grow.

Perhaps some fading flower then
Would come to life and bloom again.
This is my Last and Final Will.
Good Luck to All of you,
Joe Hill

Bryant's is not the first musical setting of Hill's last poem, but hopefully a fitting memorial to the union bard in the days approaching the 100th anniversary of this atrocious miscarriage of justice by the state of Utah. Hill let it be known that he didn't want to "be found dead in Utah," and in keeping with his wishes his ashes were scattered to the "merry breezes" by IWW delegates over five continents including 47 of the lower 48 states – all but the state of Utah. 

Atlanta composer, Curtis Bryant, has composed music in virtually all media from chamber music to choral, orchestral and operatic. His music has been described as “...immediately attractive and accessible, with an emphasis on beauty of sound, simplicity of means, and expression of feeling.” (Atlanta Journal and Constitution). Bryant's work for television has led him to explore popular music as well, ranging in style from jazz to gospel and rock, as well as many folk and ethnic styles. But, if diversity has been a necessity at times, it has not prevented Bryant from developing his own distinctive voice as a composer of serious concert music. Bryant’s music is solidly tonal in style, often employing modal harmonies which display influences from blues and jazz. His use of form is strongly founded in Classical tradition, which brings about a synthesis of European structures with uniquely American colors. Bryant has a particularly strong sense of melody, which is at the heart of all his music. His sense of melodic line has made his music especially well suited to the voice, but he is equally at home with instrumental music. Bryant's work for broadcast media has garnered seven Emmy Award nominations from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Performing artist Vladdy Iskhakov moved to the USA from Samarkand, Uzbekistan at the age of nine. He is a founding member of the band The Sixxis. Here he performs vocals, guitar and violin in his studio in the Atlanta area. Iskhakov is a songwriter and composer in his own right and has collaborated with Bryant recently on the film project "Edgar Allen Poe's The Gold Bug."

Recording engineer, ProTools, and added percussion for the track by John Jaret

Joe Hill's Last Will

HOLIDAY TIME OF YEAR is on the first ballot for this year's 58th Grammy's under several categories:

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
Holiday Time Of Year 
Sunnie Paxson & Mark J. Vincent, arrangers (Jazz Club)

SONG OF THE YEAR
Holiday Time Of Year 
Sunnie Paxson, Mark Vincent and Cynthia Calhoun, song writers (Jazz Club)

RECORD OF THE YEAR
Holiday Time Of Year 
Jazz Club

BEST NEW ARTIST
Jazz Club

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
Holiday Time Of Year
Jazz Club

BEST R&B Song
Holiday Time Of Year
Jazz Club

Holiday Time Of Year is an uplifting song with a positive and spiritual message sharing the meaning and importance of Holiday traditions. 
It reaches everyone's soul with it's special aspiration, "Spreading Peace and Joy, Far and Near, Loving wishes for the coming year" .

Arranged & Produced by Sunnie Paxson & Mark Vincent
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered at Multi Media Music Productions
Toluca Lake, CA. 
www.multimediamusicproductions.com

CREDITS :
Sunnie Paxson - Piano & Keyboards
Mark Vincent - Acoustic & Electric Guitars 
Cynthia Calhoun - Vocals 
Sekou Bunch - Bass, 
Jimmy Paxson - Drums & Percussion, 
Mitch Manker - Trumpet, Flugel Horn & Trombone

HOLIDAY TIME OF YEAR by Jazz Club < jazzclubband.com >
(Music & Lyrics by Sunnie Paxson, Mark Vincent & Cynthia Calhoun)
© 2014 Capoeira Music Publishing, Cynthia E Calhoun Publishing

Crimson Bows, And Mistletoe
The Fire Is All Aglow
Why Not Take Some Time, To Chill And Unwind
It’s The Holiday Time Of Year

So-Sing Out Loud, Invite The Crowd
The Mood Is Oh So Right
The Stars Are Bright, Mountains So White
It’s The Holiday Time Of Year

Why Not Come Inside, Stay A While
The Time Is Here To Join In The Yuletide Cheer
So,Take A Break, Celebrate, And Merry Make
As The Spirit Warms Your Heart

Spreading Peace And Joy, Far And Near
Loving Wishes For The Coming Year

Listen Close And Watch The Moon
You May Hear The Angel’s Tune
From Starlit Dunes, The Carolers Croon 
You Know Old St Nick’s Coming Soon

Get In Touch With Dear Friends Far And Near
Make A Toast To The Coming Year
Slow The Pace, Life’s Not A Race
Enjoy This Time, Feel The Spirit Of The Divine

Spreading Peace And Joy, Far And Near
Loving Wishes For The Coming Year

(Electric Piano Solo’ Acoustic Guitar Solo)

Spreading Peace And Joy, Far And Near
Loving Wishes For The Coming Year

(Modulation)

Spreading Peace And Joy, Far And Near
Loving Wishes For The Coming Year

Sharing Peace And Joy, Far And Near
Loving Wishes For The Coming Year

(repeat)

Holiday Time Of Year (featuring Sunnie Paxson, Mark Vincent & Cynthia Calhoun)

Words and Music by Joe Taylor & Jane Getz
Produced and Engineered by Bob Tucker, Jane Getz & Joe Taylor


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Build This House

Build This House - Wav File

If you like, [PlEaSe ShArE]!
This is a cover of "Positive Force" by Magnus Pålsson - https://soundcloud.com/souleyedigitalmusic from the game VVVVVV. Magnus has lent a huge hand in making this.
I like it... I hope you do to!

NOTE: I collaborated with Magnus Pålsson (the original composer) on this. I recorded live drums and kept and going back and forth between the live and original. I want to keep the original chiptune "feel" while adding the live layer, and also a "gamey" sound - hence some of the "gamey" sounds left over from original, so I went with the original drums with a touch of live. it really is a matter of taste!

Saxes - Ron Bertolet Brass Danny Flam Drums - Gal Gershovsky 

VVVVVV - Positive force - brass cover

Project by Gary Lindsay's Studio Jazz Writing (MM) and Jazz Composition (DMA) students. Inspired by Rob Mathes' Orchestral Songs, Maria Schneider's Winter Morning Walks, and other composers. Each student selected a poem and created a new music composition. All composition, arranging, recording, and mixing was accomplished by each jazz writer. 

The House Was Just Twinkling In The Moonlight (Gertrude Stein/Lucas Apostoleris)

Give It Out

Just Where You Are

It got very cold out here
On the outskirts of space…
Out here in space

But you’ll be the last one to ever know

Just swear you are

Just where you are

Just where you want to be….


 repeat once again and Find yourself Man……..


Synthesizer and Electric guitar by Jussi Welin https://soundcloud.com/juswel/flying-in-the-sky
Vocals, lyrics, Synthesizer and solo Guitar by conover

Just Where You Are (Conover/Welin)

Not Dark Yet - Nathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble
“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. 

“…[a] band that just about blows down the house… This is blockbuster, even bruising, music with little respite on the program; such vigorous music might scare some folks away, [I] can’t wait to hear this ensemble live.” Richard B. Kamins, Step Tempest. 

“…[a] seriously aggressive large ensemble… Music that speaks loudly and carries a big stick, too.” Dave Sumner, Wondering Sound. 

“…[a] muscular, bracingly intricate new disc…” Time Out New York. 
Nathan Parker Smith Large Ensemble 

Woodwinds 
Kevin Russell, Chris Shade, Michael Thomas, Justin Flynn, Alden Banta. 

Trumpets 
Augie Haas, David Smith, Josh Deutsch, Matt Holman. 

Trombones 
Matthew McDonald, Nick Finzer, JC Sanford, James Rogers. 

Rhythm 
Landon Knoblock, Rhodes. Kenji Shinagawa, guitar. Russ Flynn, bass. Jared Schonig, drums.
credits
released 14 October 2014 

Recorded at Let ‘em In Studio, Brooklyn, NY on 8/26, 9/13, 9/30, & 10/7 2014 by Luke Moellman and Brian Losch. Mixed by Luke Moellman & Nathan Parker Smith. Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound. Produced by Nathan Parker Smith. Funding for tracks 2,3, & 11 provided by the BMI Manny Albam Commission. All compositions by Nathan Parker Smith, © 2014 NPSMUSIC/ASCAP. Exclusively licensed to Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records, LLC. Made in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. Unauthorised duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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