Remembrances Jon Faddis

• 1 Sophisticated Lady 07:07
• 2 Laura 06:09
• 3 Speak Like a Child 07:26
• 4 Footprints 05:56
• 5 Naima 06:01
• 6 Johnny Bug 06:37
• 7 La Rosa Y El Sauce 06:50
• 8 In Your Own Sweet Way 07:07
• 9 Riverside Park 07:41
• 10 Goodbye 06:40
• Total Runtime 01:07:34

Info for Remembrances

Jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis records a satiny, swinging album that celebrates the old and the new. The recording showcases the multi-faceted musician with support from a handpicked 14-piece jazz orchestra. Fans familiar with Faddis' storming, take-no-prisoners style will find Remembrances a revelation. Conductor Carlos Franzetti has arranged the ten selections with emphasis on the saxes and winds, resulting in a lush, glowing sound recalling the urbanity of Count Basie's glory days.

Jon Faddis, flugelhorn, trumpet
Lawrence Feldman, flute, alto saxophone
Dale Kleps, flute, alto saxophone
George Young, flute, alto saxophone
Kenneth Hitchcock, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet, soprano- and tenor saxophone, soprano vocal
Bill Easley, clarinet, tenor saxophone
Blair Tindall, english horn, oboe
John Clark, french horn
Stewart Rose, french horn
Jim Pugh, Euphonium, alto- and tenor trombone
Roger Rosenberg, bassoon, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
David Hazeltine, piano
Peter Washington, bass
Clarence Penn, drums
Carlos Franzetti, conductor

Jon Faddis
s a complete and consummate musician – conductor, composer, and educator. Marked by both intense integrity and humor, Faddis earned accolades from his close friend and mentor John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, who declared of Faddis, “He’s the best ever, including me!” As a trumpeter, Faddis possesses a virtually unparalleled range and full command of his instrument, making the practically impossible seem effortless.

Born in 1953, Faddis began playing at age seven, inspired by an appearance by Louis Armstrong on the Ed Sullivan Show. Bill Catalano (an alumnus of the Stan Kenton band) hipped Faddis to the music of Dizzy Gillespie. Meeting Dizzy Gillespie at the Monterey Jazz Festival and then sitting in with him at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco proved to be a pivotal beginning of a unique friendship between Gillespie and Faddis, one that spanned almost three decades. Two days before his 18th birthday, Faddis joined Lionel Hampton’s band as a featured soloist, moving from Oakland, CA to New York. Shortly after arriving in Manhattan, Faddis was invited to sit in with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra at the Village Vanguard; he rapidly became lead trumpeter for the band, touring the world. He soon formed his own quartet, and began directing orchestras, including the Grammy-winning United Nation Orchestra, the Dizzy Gillespie 70th Birthday Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble (2004-2010), the Carnegie Hall Centennial Big Band, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band (1992-2002), and the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York (2003-present). Faddis has also served as guest conductor and featured guest with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

Faddis’ distinctive trumpet appears on hundreds of records and numerous soundtracks for film and television. Faddis’ original compositions include the Jazz opera Lulu Noire (1997) (named a “Top 10” pick by USA Today); other Faddis compositions may be heard on his Grammy-nominated Remembrances (Chesky 1998), Hornucopia (Epic 1991), Into the Faddisphere (Epic 1989), and TERANGA (Koch 2006).

Faddis is known as one of the most innovative and inspiring jazz trumpeters of our time. He has an unfailing commitment to the education of young musicians and frequently conducts clinics and mater classes worldwide to help the next generation of jazz musicians. In Chicago, Faddis served as the Jazz Institute of Chicago’s first mentor for the Jazz Links program and also created the Louis Armstrong Legacy Program. Faddis is a full-time faculty member at the Conservatory of Music, Purchase College-SUNY, where he began in 1999 as Artist-in-Residence, becoming shortly after Professor and Director of Jazz Performance. Faddis holds the first-ever honorary doctorate in Jazz from Manhattan School of Music (which he attended for about a semester when he was 18), as well as numerous other accolades and awards.

Whatever the context – classroom or concert hall – and whatever the style, Jon Faddis epitomizes the best in Jazz.

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