This is the first CD in the 20 year history of the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra. The CD includes Big Band standards and originals plus a special section of jazz arrangements of classical music by arrangers Paul Kelly and Gregg Gelb.

16 MP3 Songs in this album (57:21) !
Related styles: Jazz: Big Band, Instrumental

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Details:
The new arrangements for Jazz Encounters were created in 2009 through a grant to the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra from the North Carolina State Arts Council and this recording is supported by a Regional Artist Grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County.
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(Composers/Arrangers and Personnel are noted in the CD liner notes, however soloists are not:)
A Little Minor Booze - solos by Gregg Gelb, alto and Rob Hill, trumpet
Them There Eyes - solo by Fred Brush, guitar
Mambo Inn - solos by Gregg Gelb, alto and Rob Hill, trumpet
âJazz Encountersâ
Danny Boy - solo by Gregg Gelb, alto sax
Hungarian Dance #5 - solo by Chris Shaw, trombone
Goinâ Home - solo by Gregg Gelb, alto sax
Over the Waves - solo by Gregg Gelb, alto sax
Joyful - solo by Gregg Gelb, alto sax; Tom Bernett, drums
Arabesque - solo by Kyle Santos, trumpet
Themes and Variations No. 2
My Reverie - solo by Gregg Gelb, alto sax
I Cared For You - solos by Gregg Gelb, alto and Rob Hill, trumpet
Two Oâclock Jump - solos by Chris Shaw, trombone, Jason Bohde; trumpet; Steve Menendez, piano; Rob Hill, trumpet; Gregg Gelb, alto sax
Deep River - solo by Gregg Gelb, alto sax
Days of Wine and Roses - solo by Gregg Gelb, alto sax
HopScotch â solos by Don Larsen, tenor sax; Chris Shaw, trombone; Jason Bohde, trumpet; Rob Hill, trumpet; Gregg Gelb, alto sax; Steve Menendez, piano
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