Mainstream (Fullerton College Jazz Band album)

Mainstream
Studio album by the
Fullerton College Jazz Band
Released 1994
Recorded Fullerton College
Fullerton, California
Genre Jazz, Big band, instrumental
Length 59:00
Label JLFC
Producer James Linahon
the
Fullerton College Jazz Band chronology

Soundtrack
(1990)		 Mainstream
(1994)		 Celebration!
(1997)

cat. #9012

Music sample
"There's A Small Hotel"
Music sample
"Stella By Starlight"

Mainstream is a CD released by the Fullerton College Jazz Band in 1994, it was critically acclaimed by Down Beat Magazine being given three and a half stars.[1]

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. By 1994, when the CD Mainstream was produced, there has been several award winning recordings such as Time Tripping coming from the Fullerton College Jazz Band.[2] The group has been the recipient of numerous Down Beat and NARAS awards and the CDs are distributed worldwide.[3]

During this time the group was selected as the winner for the first ten-day Disney World/International Association for Jazz Education competition for College and University bands; the Fullerton College Jazz Band #1 performed at Disney World in Orlando during the inaugural concerts. After a two-week tour for the U.S. State Department, they opened the 1995 Munich International Jazz Festival.[4]

The CD was dedicated to Rich Matteson who was a highly noted educator and musical artist; he had passed in 1993 shortly after his performances on the recording. A video recording was also made of Matteson's appearance on the CD.[5] Two of the tracks are arranged by Fullerton College Jazz Band alum Jack Cooper.[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by various artists listed. 

No. Title Length
1. "Stella by Starlight (Victor Young, arr. Matt Catingub)"   3:54
2. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(Jimmy Van Heusen, arr. Jack Cooper)"  		 5:30
3. "There Is No Greater Love (Isham Jones, arr. Rich Matteson)"   5:02
4. "How Long Has This Been Going On?
(George Gershwin, arr. Rich Matteson)"  		 6:27
5. "There's a Small Hotel
(Richard Rodgers, arr. Jack Cooper)"  		 9:10
6. "I Hear A Rhapsody (Dick Gasparre, arr. Don Rader)"   4:19
7. "On The Trail (Ferde Grofé, arr. Don Rader)"   5:02
8. "What Is A Woman? (Wes Hensel)"   5:32
9. "Supposin' (P. Denniker, arr. Gordon Brisker)"   5:32
10. "Roadsong (Wes Montgomery, arr. Tom Hynes)"   4:59
11. "Altotude (Matt Catingub)"   4:07
Total length:
 59:00

Recording Sessions

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Reception

Good/Very Good - "... Most of the pieces are classic American songbook material played with the command of a good studio band ..."

Down Beat Magazine

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Down Beat[1]
Good/Very Good

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Review, Down Beat Magazine, October 1st, 1995
  2. ↑ the Fullerton College Jazz Band had recorded 6 albums in the 1980s which all had been given very high acclaim in reviews.
  3. ↑ liner notes for Mainstream CD
  4. ↑ The Fort Nightly Program notes for Claremont-McKenna College Performance, Fullerton College Jazz Ensemble #1, October 19, 1994, Vol. 10 , No. 03.
  5. ↑ Rich Matteson live in concert 1991, Fullerton College Jazz Festival, OCLC 777033276
  6. ↑ Cooper was on three FCJB recordings including the Time Tripping LP and attended the college in the early 1980s

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