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Danjam Orchestra NY Performance 9/23/11

     I hope everyone had a relaxing summer! I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to perform with some fantastic musicians in both Toronto and New York. Right now I am eagerly awaiting the upcoming Danjam Orchestra concert. This show will feature the hand picked orchestra from our debut CD. Jazz heavyweight Ingrid Jensen will be joining the trumpet section for this event. Jensen is one of the most in demand players on the jazz scene. She can be heard with the Grammy winning Maria Schneider Orchestra, the IJQ with Geoffrey Keezer, Project O, Nordic Connect and a number of New York-based bands. 

Click here to view the facebook invitation!

Woodwinds: Jonas Ganzemüller / Alex LoRe / Sam Dillon / Mike Ruby / Nick Biello
Trumpets: Mat Jodrell / Matt Holman / Ingrid Jensen  / Mike Malone
Trombones: Sara Jacovino / Eric Miller / Heather Segger / Dale Turk
Voice: Jihye Kim / Guitar: Sebastian Boehlen / Piano: Florian Höfner
Bass: TBA / Drums: Jerad Lippi

Click here to watch footage from our CD release featuring Tim Ries and John Riley!

Date: Friday, September 23, 2011
Venue: Somethin’ Jazz Club (formerly Miles’ Cafe)
212 E. 52nd St. 3rd Floor, 10022
Time: 1st set 9pm, 2nd set 10:30pm
Tickets: $25 (students $22)
2nd set only $20 (students $17)

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Jazz-Ful Review

Check out this complementary review of our CD:

http://jazzful.bondwaresite.com/mod/ecs/product/35554/sudden-appearance-sometimes

In the realm of modern jazz, the big band is making a resurgence. Powerhouse ensembles led by the likes of Chris Walden and Alex Budman have been gaining ground steadily. Enter Daniel Jamieson’s Toronto rendition of the modern big band, with some exploration built into every track. The sound is always reaching for something in Sudden Appearance, his debut album. Big-band jazz is normally based around tightly packed arrangements, keeping a large ensemble in line to avoid unnecessary clashing. Jamieson holds to that line up to a point, but also introduces the exploration and sheer improvisation of Albert Ayler’s and Sun Ra’s experimentations with large ensembles — just enough slack to wander around the range, but not enough to destroy the arrangement as a whole. As a result, the sound is sometimes dense and bouncing, and sometimes darker and punctuated by slow solos and off-kilter rhythms. Though the slower, searching moments can be interesting (such as Anna Webber’s flute solo in “Song for Anna”), it’s when the players get room to stretch out on more extended pieces of straightforward jazz that the album picks up — witness Andrew Gould’s long solo in the title track. Actually, that’s the success of Sudden Appearance as a whole: solid, straight-ahead jazz is what makes the set. The arrangements contribute fairly basic ideas to the proceedings, but the playing redeems anything that seems already familiar and transforms it into an enjoyable romp. ~ Adam Greenberg, Rovi