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Piranha (album)

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Piranha
Studio album by
the
Fullerton College Jazz Band
ReleasedApril 11, 2000
RecordedFullerton College
Fullerton, California
GenreJazz, Big band, instrumental
Length1:02:06
LabelThe Orchard
ASIN: B00004TD3D
ProducerGreg Woll
The
Fullerton College Jazz Band chronology
Celebration!
(1997)
Piranha
(2000)
Standard Deviations
(2003)
cat. #5503, UPC: 669910550328

Piranha[1] 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.[2]

Background

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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.[3] The group has been the recipient of numerous Down Beat and NARAS awards and the CDs are distributed worldwide.[4]

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.[5]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by various artists listed

No.TitleLength
1."Bar Talk (Dan Radlauer)"3:34
2."Bop Brothers' Latin Vacation (Matt Cattingub)"3:54
3."Baby Weezer (Daniel Barry)"5:28
4."L.A. Groove (James Linahon)"4:14
5."From There to Here (Chuck Archard)"5:18
6."Prelude to Long Time Comin' (Jeff Hawley)"1:45
7."Long Time Comin' (Matt Harris)"6:46
8."Lemon Street Rag (Les Hooper)"6:25
9."Budini (Monk Montgomery)"3:28
10."Final Dance (Dave Caffey)"6:18
11."Practice on Your Own Time (Chuck Archard)"3:15
12."Uranus (Walter Davis Jr.)"4:47
13."Prelude to Pirnaha (Eugene Huang)"1:27
14."Piranha (Dale Devoe, arr. Greg Woll)"5:28
Total length:1:02:06

Recording Sessions

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Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[2]Very Good

"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 comprised entirely of original compositions..."

Jack Bowers, All About Jazz[2]

References

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  1. ^ All Music guide CD Listing
  2. ^ a b c All About Jazz Review, Jack Bowers, May 1, 2000
  3. ^ the Fullerton College Jazz Band had recorded 6 albums in the 1980s which all had been given very high acclaim in reviews.
  4. ^ liner notes for Mainstream CD
  5. ^ The Fort Nightly Program notes for Claremont-McKenna College Performance, Fullerton College Jazz Ensemble #1, October 19, 1994, Vol. 10, No. 03. Archived July 16, 2012, at archive.today
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  • Piranha at AllMusic
  • OCLC 819589705
  • Official website