Although New York City composer, trombonist & alto flugelhornist Scott Reeves has been writing for decades for groups such as the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, the Dave Liebman Big Band, and groups in Japan and Italy, this is the debut recording with his own big band. Founded in 2008 and featuring top jazz artists, including saxophonists Steve Wilson & Tim Armacost, Reeves' writing draws on modern harmonic concepts, a judicious use of dissonance, wide-ranging forms, along with down-home unabashed swinging.
His compositions have been described by All About Jazz as "restless, full of color," and from Zan Stewart of the New Jersey Star Ledger, "His music mirrors his aesthetic philosophy, which is also deep and reflective."
•"Scott Reeves writes fresher, more meticulous, more challenging tunes than many well-known jazz composers." - Thomas Conrad, Jazz Times
Performers on this Album
Scott Reeves - conductor, arranger, alto flugelhorn
Steve Wilson - soprano & alto saxphones, flute
Vito Chiavuzzo - alto saxophone, flute
Rob Middleton - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Tim Armacost - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Jay Brandford - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (1, 4)
Terry Goss – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Seneca Black – lead trumpet
Nathan Eklund - trumpet & flugelhorn
Bill Mobley - trumpet & flugelhorn
Andy Gravish - trumpet & flugelhorn
Tim Sessions - lead trombone
Matt McDonald - trombone
Matt Haviland - trombone
Max Seigel - bass trombone
Jim Ridl - piano
Todd Coolman - bass
Andy Watson - bass
Sara Serpa - voice (#3, 4)
Japanese vocal dialogue (3) - Emi Miyajima Nobe & Yuzuki Nobe