New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Greg Yasinitsky is an internationally recognized composer and saxophonist. He is the recipient of the American Prize for his Jazz Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and is a recipient of grants and awards from the
National Endowment for the Arts, The Commission Project of New York, Meet the Composer West, ASCAP, Artist Trust, Washington
State Music Teachers Association (WSMTA) and the Washington
Music Educators Association (WMEA).
Additionally, Yasinitsky has been involved in education for over forty years. He is a Regents Professor in the School of
Music at Washington
State University where he teaches composition, jazz studies and saxophone. He is a Board Member of the Jazz Education Network, is a member of the Washington
Music Educators Hall of Fame, and is a recipient of the WSU Eminent Faculty Award, the top honor for faculty at WSU, and the Distinguished Faculty Award, the top honor in the College of Arts and Sciences. Also, he is the author of the book Improvisation 101: Major, Minor and Blues, published by Advance Music.
Yasinitsky can be heard with Tom Harrell, Art Lande and others on recordings released by the Musical Heritage Society, Soul Note, Palo Alto and Revelation Records. His playing and compositions can be heard on over fifty compact discs including recordings released by Vienna
Modern Masters, Arizona University Recordings, Open Loop Records, Washington
State University Recordings and his own label, YAZZ Recordings.
Yasinitsky is also in demand as a conductor and clinician, and has presented concerts and workshops throughout the US, Canada,
Europe and Japan. Additionally, Yasinitsky has been the subject of articles and reviews in Down Beat, JazzIz, Jazz Player, Saxophone Journal, The Instrumentalist, Jazz Educators Journal and Yamaha's New Ways magazines and has contributed articles to numerous scholarly journals. Yasinitsky is a Yamaha performing artist and JodyJazz artist.
YAZZ Band features the exciting, original, contemporary big band compositions of bandleader and saxophonist Greg Yasinitsky, performed by fantastic musicians based mainly in the Pacific Northwest. The program includes everything from modal jazz to bop to ballads, hard swinging to even-eighth notes, and reimaginings of the blues. A number of these compositions were commissions including music written especially for the 30th anniversary of the British Columbia Interior Jazz Festival, the 25th anniversary of the Las
Vegas Academy of the Arts, the Louisiana
State University Jazz Band, University of Arkansas Jazz Band and College of San
Mateo Jazz Band. This program was recorded in the Washington
State University Recording Studio during three days in June of 2017 with an additional session to record Partial Eclipse in December of 2017.
Featured soloists include: Vern Sielert and John Harbaugh, trumpet and flugelhorn; Brian Ward, piano; Dave Glenn, Jenny Kellogg and Al Gemberling, trombones; F.
David Snider, bass;
David Jarvis and Dan Bukvich, drums; Patrick Sheng—Greg's nephew—and Yasinitsky, saxophone.
As composer and trombonist Michael Davis—Rolling Stones,
Buddy Rich and leader of the Hip Bone Big Band—writes about Greg Yasinitsky's YAZZ Band: "Outstanding! Great writing and playing!! Really enjoyed the entire CD."
PERSONNEL:
Greg Yasinitsky—alto, tenor and baritone saxophones (Yahs-in-it-skee)
Ann Marie Yasinitsky—flute (Yahs-in-it-skee)
Vanessa Sielert—alto saxophone (See-lurt)
Patrick Sheng—tenor saxophone
John Harbaugh—trumpet and flugelhorn
Vern Sielert—trumpet and flugelhorn (See-lurt)
Dave Glenn—trombone
Jenny Kellogg—trombone and bass trombone
Al Gemberling—trombone
Sarah Miller—trombone
PJ Kelley—bass trombone
Brian Ward—piano
F.
David Snider—bass
David Jarvis—drums
Dan Bukvich—drums (Buck-vitch)
TRACKS:
1. Serpentine | 4:57
Greg Yasinitsky, tenor saxophone
Vern Sielert, trumpet |
David Jarvis, drums
2. New York Confidential | 5:11
Brian Ward, piano
3. True North | 6:12
Vern Sielert, trumpet | Brian Ward, piano
Greg Yasinitsky, alto saxophone
Patrick Sheng, tenor saxophone | Dan Bukvich, drums
4. Sideways | 7:45
Brian Ward, piano | Vern Sielert, flugelhorn
Greg Yasinitsky, tenor saxophone
5. Full Blown | 3:57
F.
David Snider, bass | John Harbaugh, trumpet
6. Gator Tail | 7:39
Dave Glenn, trombone | Al Gemberling, trombone
Dan Bukvich, drums
7. Partial Eclipse | 5:10
Greg Yasinitsky, tenor saxophone
Jenny Kellogg, trombone | Vern Sielert, trumpet
8. Missing You | 5:27
Greg Yasinitsky, tenor saxophone
9. One-Two-Three | 6:47
Brian Ward, piano | Greg Yasinitsky, alto saxophone
Patrick Sheng, tenor saxophone |
David Jarvis, drums
Artist: Greg Yasinitsky
CD Title: Yazz Band
Label: YAZZ Recordings
Add Date: October 1, 2018
Street Date:
September 28, 2018
Website: gregyasinitsky.com
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