''Primarily Jazz''All Music Guide, ''Primarily Jazz''
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Fullerton College Fullerton College (FC) is a Public college, public community college in Fullerton, California. The college is part of the California Community Colleges System and the North Orange County Community College District. Established in 1913, it is the ...

Jazz Band for the

Discovery Records Discovery Records was a United States-based record company and label known for its recordings of jazz music. Discovery was founded in 1948 by jazz fan and promoter Albert Marx. The record label eventually would record jazz notables such as Dizzy ...

Trend AM-PM label, it was the third release in as many years.

Background

In 1981 the Music Department at

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. ''Primarily Jazz'' is the third of many albums to come out of this studio to feature the award-winning

Jazz Band. The LP does contain tracks from three of the Fullerton College jazz groups: Jazz Band I, Jazz Band II, Connection Jazz Combo. The distinctive qualities about the LP that set it apart from numerous college jazz records (what people think of as promotional demos) is the fact it was a two-year community college able to get on a label so quickly. Albert Marx, who was the owner of

Trend Records Trend Records was a post-World War II United States jazz record label. Trend's back catalogue was purchased by Albert Marx, an authority on jazz music and entrepreneur who founded Discovery Records in 1948, and much of its material was reissued ...

AM-PM label, became very impressed with the band and the level of the music coming from the jazz groups at Fullerton College. He decided to support the younger, up and coming jazz students/players from the greater Los Angeles/Southern California region by producing certain LPs. The roster on this album is self-evident as to the diversity and level of student musicians

developed at that time and has for many years. The track ''The Bop Brothers Beach Party'' track is also featured on the 1998 CD ''Celebration - The Fullerton College Jazz Festival 25th Anniversary.''

Track listing

Recording Sessions

* recorded January 25–27, 1984,

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Personnel

Musicians

*Conductors
Terry Blackley
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James Linahon
*Piano/tenor sax (guest soloist):

Tom Ranier Thomas John Ranier (born July 13, 1949) is an American instrumentalist who primarily plays piano but also saxophone and clarinet. As a jazz artist he has recorded widely under his own name and as a sideman for Warner Bros., Concord Records and se ...

*Alto sax (guest soloist)
Ernie Del Fante
*Trumpet (guest soloist): James Linahon *Trombone (guest soloist): Jeff Tower *Drums (guest soloist): Allen Carter *Saxes and woodwinds

Jack Cooper, Phil Walker
Tony MorrisEdmund Velasco
Laura Nixon,

Jeff Rupert Jeff Rupert (born September 6, 1964) is an American jazz saxophonist and professor at the University of Central Florida. Career Rupert received his master's degree in Jazz Studies from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University in 1993, ...

, Steve Page, Luis Segovia, Russell Burt, Dan Friedman, Todd Senn *Trumpets and flugelhorns
Phillip Wightman
Mike Schwartz, Jim Watkins, Tim Grindheim, Mark Hudson, John Aranda, Johnny Nosky, Jeff Collins *Trombones: Roger Olsen
Wendell Kelly
Dave Abgego,
Bob Heller
Dave Aul, John Gilberson, Thomas Poff, Mark Titzkowski *Guitar: Bruce Woll, Dave Bastien *Piano: Phill Bastanchury, Barbara Farkas *Bass
Tim GivensDenise Briese
Carol Chapin *Drums
Dave HitchingsPat Ready
David Ramirez, Cheryl Savala Percussion: Tim Holloway

Production

*Recording engineers: James Linahon *Second recording engineer: Randy Beers *Mixing engineers: Terry Blackley and James Linahon. *Mastering: Bernie Grundman *Pressing: L.R.S. Inc. *Photography: Dick Rupert, John Shideler, Terry Blackley *Liner notes: Terry Blackley *Album design: Graham Booth,

Art Department

Reception

References

External links

* * * *
Official website
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