PiranhaAll Music guide CD Listing is a CD released by the Fullerton College Jazz Band and Alternative Jazz Lab Ensemble in 2000, it was critically acclaimed by All About Jazz.All About Jazz Review, Jack Bowers, May 1, 2000
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 1999, when the CD Piranha was produced, there has been several award winning recordings such as Time Tripping coming from the Fullerton College Jazz Band.the Fullerton College Jazz Band had recorded 6 albums in the 1980s which all had been given very high acclaim in reviews. The group has been the recipient of numerous Down Beat and NARAS awards and the CDs are distributed worldwide.liner notes for Mainstream CD
During this time period 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.The Fort Nightly Program notes for Claremont-McKenna College Performance, Fullerton College Jazz Ensemble #1, October 19, 1994, Vol. 10, No. 03.
Track listing
Recording Sessions recorded 1999 in studio, Fullerton College, Fullerton, California
Reception
"Saying a piranha is combative is somewhat like observing that the late Vince Lombardi was rather fond of winning. The newest release by Fullerton College’s Jazz Ensemble 1 and Alternative Jazz Lab Ensemble is exceedingly well–named, as both groups are ready to rumble from the outset and breathe fire throughout a galvanizing session original compositions..."
Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
References
External links
Official website