Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra CD Release Announcement
Jamco Music and Pony Boy Records are pleased to announce the release of the debut
CD of the Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra In Progress.
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What critics are saying:
"...placing 'In Progress' on one's list of the best big band albums of the year is a no-brainer."
- Jack Bowers,
AllAboutJazz.com
"Execution and solos are first rate. Cutler and Daniel Barry write beautifully."
- Doug Ramsey,
Rifftides (author, contributor to Jazz Times and Downbeat)
"The Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra has developed
into a solid ensemble... Cutler's music is confident, swinging and exuberant and
extends the modern tradition. It all comes together here."
- Jim Wilke,
Jazz After Hours, PRI and Jazz Northwest,
KPLU
About Jim
A multi-talented instrumentalist, composer, and band leader, Jim has been a
mainstay in the Seattle Jazz scene for over 20 years. Jim's playing style is
best described as straight ahead, mainstream acoustic jazz. He's been
influenced by many of the jazz greats; names you'd expect to hear like John
Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis, and also other artists like Lew
Tabakin and Phil Woods. Matt Collar of All Music Guide states that Jim's style
is "...reminiscent of '60s-era Sonny Rollins" while Michael Gladstone of All
About Jazz says "...his tenor styling is lyrically in the Scott Hamilton mode."
What's certain is that Jim has created his own style and sound that can be
appreciated on many levels.
As a composer, there are many influences to Jim's style -- Toshiko Akyoshi was
one of his very earliest influences, but many other great writers have had at
least a subtle influence -- Gil Evans, Thad Jones, Rob McConnell, Bob Florence,
and Bob Brookmeyer to name a few. Jim also credits his passion for late
classic, early romantic, and impressionistic composers as inspiration for his
desire to touch others through his writing.
If you're a lover of jazz and want to listen to tracks or purchase CDs, visit
the Music page and select from the discs
-- Enjoy!
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