• Features jazz legends and Grammy® winners Randy Brecker and Bobby Shew! • Randy Brecker has won six Grammys® during his long and storied career. • Entire show recorded live in Prague. • Includes seven Vince Mendoza arrangements.

Simply some of the best classical trombonists in the world join the Columbus State University Trombone Ensemble on an impressive recording of new music including “A Beautiful Noise” that premiered in 2009.

Trumpet titan Joe Burgstaller (formerly of Canadian Brass) presents a classical compendium recording that includes Baroque, Classical, Contemporary Classical, Traditional Spiritual, Piazzolla, Chick Corea and Sting.

“With “This Time/Last Year” multi-talented bassist, composer, arranger and educator Kris Berg brings together some of Dallas-Ft. Worth’s foremost jazz talents to deliver a very classic, highly entertaining large ensemble effort. And, when these local bests are joined by special guests Wayne Bergeron, Clay Jenkins, Chris Vadala and Deleayo Marsalis to play Berg’s superbly-crafted arrangements, the intensity level rises to the Red Line.

Dave Miller’s first recording on Summit reached #12 on the JazzWeek radio chart, here he brings the vocals of Rebecca Dumaine and the ‘great American songbook’ for an absolute wonderfully performed, very enjoyable recording! Traditional standards from the Great American Songbook never grow old and are indeed given new life on this marvelous outing!

Featuring three young critically acclaimed guitar virtuosos (Jeff Stein, John Storie, and Perry Smith), New West Guitar Group has been making its mark on the way towards THE premier acoustic/electric guitar ensemble. Seamlessly melding influences from Jazz to Americana to Chamber Music, their original music combines the different timbres of the acoustic and electric guitars to create a unique, genre-defying sound. With Round-Trip Ticket, New West utilizes its signature sound as a force for exploring themes of motion, homecoming, and the natural world. As an actively performing group, New West continues to reach audiences at major venues throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, and Europe.

Recognized as one of the nation’s premiere wind ensembles, the NWSWE emphasizes the performance of masterworks for band. On their first recording in seven years, the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble have created a beautiful, songful recording with a style and sonority that streches the concept of what a symphonic wind ensemble ‘IS’…all while being an inspiring resource to music educators everywhere.

Phil Norman leads his critically acclaimed Tentet (the cream of the crop of LA-based session men; Carl Saunders, Andy Martin, Ron Stout, Roger Neumann, Larry Koonse, Rusty Higgins, Scott Whitfield, Tom Rizzo, Christian Jacob, Kevin Axt, Dick Weller, and Brad Dutz) through ten incredibly well-written charts including the Alan Broadbent original, Mendocino Nights† and the Carl Saunder’s penned tribute, Dear Mr. Florence. Since 1995 the group’s ongoing mission remains transforming the sounds of cool modern west coast jazz for the new millennium. Their previous MAMA release stayed, which was ‘live’, stayed on jazz radio’s Top 50 chart for 24 straight weeks.

”The Arizona-based Jazz Fusion band Sylvan Street’s eclectic program includes, among other things, Latin rhythms, straight-ahead Jazz, Funk, chamber-like acoustic music, and program music. And the band does it all well.” – CADENCE

Combine a renowned, acclaimed, brilliant trumpeter with a Grammy-finalist brilliant piano player, and a richly experienced bassist and percussionist and you have: BM4!

The STAMPS Jazz Quintet consists of five of the nation’s top high school recruits who have been selected to participate in a unique four-year program made possible by a very generous gift from Roe and Penny Stamps. Throughout the course of their stay at The Frost School of Music, these students will work together with many guest artists as they develop their own unique sound and style.

Featuring some of the finest brass players in the world, Earth Games 2012 is the creation of Italy’s super trombonist, composer, programmer and producer, Nicola Ferro. this musical-fusion of ‘Classical’, ‘Jazz’, ‘Blues’, ‘Pop’ and ‘alternative’ is a spine tingling reminder for us to stop, and listen to the beauty. Just as the seventh century mayan prophesized a reawakening for the year 2012; Nicola’s set of musically diverse suites, creates a sort of internal-awakening, heightening one’s senses and self-reflective consciousness… 2012 is prophesized as a return to the sacred domain of our inner technology, this masterpiece will start the process!