Soundtrack is a CD released by the Fullerton College Jazz Bands and Vocal Jazz for the Discovery Records Trend AM-PM label.
Background In 1981 the Music Department at Fullerton College built a 16 track in house recording facility which was to serve as a teaching tool for both student music groups and students wanting to take recording technology classes at a vocational level. Soundtrack is the sixth of several albums to come out of this studio to feature the award-winning Fullerton College Jazz Band. The CD contains tracks from two of the Fullerton College jazz groups: Jazz Band I and Vocal Jazz. The #1 jazz band was the winner of the 1985 International Association for Jazz Education Disneyworld Competition and the opening band for the 1985 Playboy Jazz Festival and the LP/CD recordings to date are recipients of numerous Down Beat and NARAS Awards.Soundtrack liner notes and credits
Albert Marx, who was the owner of Discovery Records/Trend Records AM-PM label, became very impressed with the band four years earlier and the level of the music coming from the jazz groups at Fullerton College.liner notes from 1983/84 Time Tripping LP He decided to support the younger, up and coming jazz students/players from the greater Los Angeles/Southern California region by producing certain LPs and CDs.
Track listing
Recording Sessions
Recorded January 1987 and 1988 Fullerton College, Fullerton, California
Personnel
Musicians Conductors: James Linahon and Brent Pierce Sax (guest soloists): Ernie Del Fante, Lanny Morgan Trumpet (guest soloist): James Linahon Vocal (guest soloist): Sunny Wilkenson Piano (guest soloists): Rick Helzer, Tom Ranier Guitar (guest soloists): Tom Hynes, Adrian Rosen Drums (guest soloist): Allen Carter Saxes and woodwinds: Tuan Vu, Yancey Valdez, Dino Soldo, Russell Shepherd, Ed Little, Mike Thomas, Steve Slate, Rob Mader Trumpets and flugelhorns: Paul Pugh, David Glenday, Glen Colby, Tammy Dauba, Dave Allen Trombones: Ryan Anglin, Bruce Lansford, Glen Goodrich, Steve Sowicki, Alphonse Mosse III, Kurt Godel Guitar: John Hancock Piano: Shawn Whitmer Bass: Dave Carpenter, Tom Fowler Drums: Eugean Ermel, Bryan Head, Rich Arbuckle Vocal Jazz: Patricia Figeroa, Dorraine Metzger, Janis Swanson, Dana Lynn Gribble, Kerstin Klopsch, Doug Eash, Mark Henson, Harlan Harris, Ed McCormick, Seth Weiss, Bruce Hart
Production Recording, mixing, re-mixing: James Linahon, Warren Hatfield, Randy Beers, Dan Friedman Mastering: Robert Vosgien, CMS Digital Album cover design: Michele Shih Album art director: Graham Booth, Fullerton College Art Department
Reception "...vocal director Brent Pierce handles the FC Vocal Jazz ensemble with skill and the featured faculty vocalist Sunny Wilkenson is a soulful singer whose phrasing is slightly reminiscent of Stevie Wonder. Soundtrack is a digital recording and the engineering is top flight...Some of the student soloists who impress include David Allen, Aiphonse Mosse and John Hancock. The faculty soloists also demonstrate a firm grasp of big band soloing. The ensemble passages benefit from crisp execution and the arrangements reveal hard work and rehearsal. A blind-folded listener would probably have difficulty distinguishing between Soundtrack and the work of any number of contemporary (professional big band CDs)..."
Cadence Magazine
References
External links
Official website