New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Waltz About Nothing

... NSJO sets new standards of excellence in contemporary big band music.
ED ENRIGHT, DOWNBEAT

Since its inception in 2013, the New Standard Jazz Orchestra has emerged as a serious musical force in Chicago, one with a voice all its own. Co-led by saxophonist Ken Partyka and trombonist Andy Baker, the band is filled with some of Chicago's finest musicians, composers and arrangers, several who provide the majority of the band's repertoire. Through their monthly residency at the famed Jazz Showcase, NSJO's arrangers mine the ensemble for subtle textures and colors, starting out simply and building in complexity, drawing on musical devices that range beyond the typical as they establish rich backdrops for solos by world-class improvisers such as John Wojciecowski, Marquis Hill, Mark Colby and Tom Garling.

PERFORMERS:
Ken Partyka - alto & soprano sax, flute
Chris Madsen - alto sax, flute
Mark Colby - tenor sax, clarinet
John Wojciechowski - tenor sax, clarinet
Mark Hiebert - baritone sax, bass clarinet
Steve Leinheiser - additional woodwinds
Andy Baker - Trombone
Tom Garling - Trombone
Tim Coffman - Trombone
John Blane - Bass Trombone
Roger Ingram - Lead Trumpet
Chuck Parrish - Trumpet (split lead)
B.J. Cord - Trumpet
Marquis Hill - Trumpet
Dan Murphy - piano
Tim Fox - bass
Todd Howell - drums

Tracklist:
01. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Metamorphosis (6:39)
02. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Spring and Fall (7:13)
03. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Waltz About Nothing (5:48)
04. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - This One's for Sturm (7:33)
05. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Star Crossed Lovers (7:25)
06. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Samba for Someone (4:48)
07. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Lexicon (5:22)
08. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Bu's Groove (4:16)
09. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Close to You (5:48)
10. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Sedentary Motion (9:07)
11. New Standard Jazz Orchestra - Milestones (7:30)