Name: American Adventure
Price: 13.25 USD
Availability: BackOrder

Release Date: 16th Feb 2014
Catalogue No: STS018
Label: Spartacus
Length: 59 minutes

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Marcus Miller: Splatch (feat. Mike Stern)

Work length7:43

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Mike Stern

Mingus: Duke Ellington's Sound of Love (feat. Kurt Elling & Tommy Smith)

Work length6:02

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Kurt Elling, Tommy Smith

Shorter: Yes or No (feat. Alyn Cosker & Joe Locke)

Work length5:46

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Alyn Cosker, Joe Locke

Richie Beirach: Pendulum (feat. David Kikoski, David Liebman & Donny Mccaslin)

Work length10:31

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Donny McCaslin, David Liebman, David Kikoski

Coltrane: Dear Lord (feat. David Kikoski & Randy Brecker)

Work length12:34

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, David Kikoski, Randy Brecker

Corea: Quartet No. 1 (, Pt. 2) [feat. Bill Evans & David Kikoski]

Work length9:42

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Bill Evans, David Kikoski

Shorter: Pinocchio (feat. Clarence Penn, Joel Frahm & Michael Dease)

Work length6:58

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Michael Dease, Joel Frahm, Clarence Penn

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The acclaimed Scottish National Jazz Orchestra creates a power surge at Avatar Studios with electrifying performances, featuring some very special American guests. These include Kurt Elling, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, David Liebman, Joe Locke, Bill Evans and Clarence Penn, alongside SNJO director Tommy Smith.

In June 2013, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra fulfilled a long-held ambition to cross the Atlantic and tour in the USA and Canada. How better to fill two free days than by inviting some friends over to record some tunes? The sessions at Avatar Studios brought together the brightest young minds in Scottish Jazz and some of the wisest heads in America today.

The end result is power-packed contemporary jazz with fabulous featured artists feeding into the grid. Kurt Elling provides a smouldering vocal on "The Sound of Love" while SNJO director Tommy Smith is iridescent on 16-bars of lyrical tenor. Mike Stern plays some incendiary guitar on "Splatch" and Clarence Penn contributes combustible drumming on "Pinocchio". With Joe Locke on superconductive vibes and Dave Kikoski on calibrated piano the former power station crackled to the positively charged blowing of Bill Evans, Donny McCaslin, Michael Dease, Randy Brecker and Joel Frahm. Listen out too for drummer Alyn Cosker's blistering soloing on "Yes or No". Stand well back though for the swing of "Pendulum" as Dave Liebman, fired up by the extraordinary Cosker, pushes the readings off the scale and into the red zone as the 'American Adventure' really heats up.

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