Name: Intro f. Pharoahe Monch by revivebigband in Way Back
Duration: 2 min 16 s
Description: This track was created by sampling Oliver Nelson's "Blues and the Abstract Truth." Igmar had performed Pharoahe's track several times before, and it was foremost in his mind as a track to include in the show when he was coming up with a setlist for the show.

Way Back

This track was created by sampling Oliver Nelson's "Blues and the Abstract Truth." Igmar had performed Pharoahe's track several times before, and it was foremost in his mind as a track to include in the show when he was coming up with a setlist for the show. 

Intro f. Pharoahe Monch

The Notorious B.I.G. - Sky's The Limit (Young Guru Remix)

Live Concert Recordings of The Revive Big Band with Special Guest Pharoahe Monch
Recorded August 27th 2012 at The Blue Note Jazz Club

Performers:
Igmar Thomas, Trumpet, Musical Director, Arranger
Pharoahe Monch, vocals
Mela Machinko, vocals
Raydar Ellis, DJ, vocals
Lawrence Fields, piano/keys
Ben Williams, bass
Marcus Gilmore, drums
Jeff Lee Johnson, Guitar
Butter, percussion
Jason Palmer, Trumpet
Josh Evans, Trumpet
Cameron Johnson, Trumpet
Sharel Cassity, Alto Sax
Godwin Louis, Alto Sax
Anthony Nelson, Baritone Sax
Marcus Strickland, Tenor Sax
Frank Lacy, Trombone
Corey King, Trombone
Max Seigel,Trombone

ABOUT THE REVIVE BIG BAND

The musical styles, experience, and tastes of Revive’s members vary widely, but their collective mission is the same. “We’re carrying on, within the tradition of big bands, what would be relevant today,” Thomas says. “[We're] modifying the message and making it translatable, accessible to the people, so that they have something relevant to grasp on to. It represents that little bridge.”Revive’s repertoire is an authentic gumbo, featuring original compositions by Thomas, as well as epic orchestrations of selected productions from different producers and notable hip-hop songs combined with the original sampled jazz record, all re-imagined and arranged into original works for a big band.”Our voice is one that has a foot deeply placed in the jazz roots and the tradition of that, à la Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie – but also, another foot deeply invested in 2012, and so on. That’s the direction: Dizzy, Dilla, and us,” declares Thomas.