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Keeping My Composure by Charley Harrison
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11 tracks | 58 minutes
Released Mar 2006
on C3 Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:15 Jeannine lyrics BUY MP3 04:15 Jeannine lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:15 Jeannine
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:02 Recipe For Romance lyrics BUY MP3 04:02 Recipe For Romance lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:02 Recipe For Romance
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:32 Lori's Dream lyrics BUY MP3 07:32 Lori's Dream lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:32 Lori's Dream
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:02 Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars lyrics BUY MP3 04:02 Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:02 Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:07 Vitamin B-3 lyrics BUY MP3 06:07 Vitamin B-3 lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:07 Vitamin B-3
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:43 Pure Imagination lyrics BUY MP3 04:43 Pure Imagination lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:43 Pure Imagination
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:56 If You Were Mine lyrics BUY MP3 05:56 If You Were Mine lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:56 If You Were Mine
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:13 More Love lyrics BUY MP3 04:13 More Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:13 More Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:32 2 By 6 lyrics BUY MP3 05:32 2 By 6 lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:32 2 By 6
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:05 On The South Side Of Chicago lyrics BUY MP3 06:05 On The South Side Of Chicago lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:05 On The South Side Of Chicago
Composer/Arranger/Conductor/Guitarist, Charley Harrison, with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, featuring Freddy Cole, Kurt Elling, Cedar Walton, Bobby Broom, Sara Gazarek and Frieda Lee.
Editorial review
Jazz educator Charley Harrison spent a decade writing music for Chicago advertising and though he moved west to teach at UCLA, he is also the assistant director of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. His considerable skills as a composer and arranger are on display in his debut recording, conducting the Orchestra with a host of special guests. Vocalist Kurt Elling shines in Harrison's superb scoring of Duke Pearson's rarely performed hard bop vehicle "Jeannine," which also showcases alto saxophonist John Wojciechowski. Singer Frieda Lee is also a veteran jazz educator, though she is a regularly featured singer with the CJO and this is evidently her belated professional debut recording; she adds plenty of spice to "Corcavado (Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars," plus warm interpretations of the Broadway tune "Pure Imagination" and the bittersweet "More Love." Vocalist Sara Gazarek was a relative newcomer at the time of the sessions, as her debut CD was released over a year after Keeping My Composure, but she devours Harrison's swinging "Recipe For Romance" whole, a piece full of amusing double entendres related to cooking. The final vocal guest is Freddy Cole, whose slightly raspy sound adds just the right touch to the bluesy "On the South Side of Chicago." {SHarrison} finally puts down his baton to join fellow guitarist Bobby Broom for the leader's percolating blues "2 By 6." Charley Harrison is easily one of the most promising composers in a big band setting to emerge in the early 21st century. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
"Charley Harrison is one of the outstanding new voices in jazz arranging and composition. His ability to incorporate improvisation with Orchestration is masterful."
- Kenny Burrell, legendary guitarist
"Harrison's compositions provide great platforms for the soloists...This is a promising effort, with bright swinging arrangements, a good array of tunes and plenty of ensemble power."
- Will Smith
DOWN BEAT
"Brilliant arrangements like these remind us why we love big bands."
- Ed Trefzger
JAZZWEEK
"If you like well-crafted Big Band music, that swings, featuring great vocalists and world class soloists, you must discover this new, young composer and arranger. He has put together a swinging, dynamic group of performances that will lead listeners back for a desire for more!"
- Rick Holland
www.jazzradio247.com
"Charley Harrison is one of the finest young composers on the scene today.
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