Danjam Orchestra

Check out this complementary review of our CD: http://jazzful.bondwaresite.com/mod/ecs/product/35554/sudden-appearance-sometimes In the realm of modern jazz, the big band is making a resurgence. Powerhouse ensembles led by the likes of Chris Walden and Alex Budman have been gaining ground steadily. Enter Daniel Jamieson’s Toronto rendition of the modern big band, with some exploration built into every track. The sound is always reaching for something in Sudden Appearance, his

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Check out Will Boisture’s review of our CD! http://willboisture.com/?p=748

Check out this review of our CD in the August ‘11 issue of Downbeat! “… Alto saxophonist Daniel Jamieson grew up inspired by fellow Canadian Rob McConnell and with the formation of his Danjam Orchestra in 2008 picked up the mantle of the McConnell’s Boss Brass and Tentet… band is brass and reed heavy, but he leavens their clout on three of his eight pieces with the airy vocalese of Jihye Kim, and his own tuneful solo take on Charlie Chaplin’s Smile…”

http://www.jsojazzscene.org/CDReviews/201107_CDReviews.htm Here’s a New York-based big band led by Toronto-born Jamieson. Most of the album consists of his original writing for this ensemble, and it is varied in tempo, mood and style. I liked the linear feeling of “Song for Anna” and the “rush” of “Sudden Appearance.” The originals are surrounded by the opener, a very dissonant “Alone Together,” and the closer, a richly harmonic version of “Smile.”

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/142293-daniel-jamiesons-danjam-orchestra-sudden-appearance/ Click here to read John Garratt’s review of our CD!