Kristen Strom - Moving Day: The Music of John Shifflett (2018)

With a tone that's lithe and lustrous, Kristen Strom embodies her musical philosophy in every note she plays.
ANDY GILBERT, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

John Shifflett (1955 - 2017) was a beloved bassist, well-known as THE sideman in many of the San Francisco Bay Area's foremost ensembles and for traveling jazz dignitaries. Kept more as a guarded secret was his compositional skills and library of compelling and varied pieces of music. Saxophonist Kristen Strom, guitarist Scott Sorkin and drummer Jason Lewis played with John in their quartet and on countless other projects over the last 25 years. For this deeply heartfelt tribute to their friend, Kristen, Scott and Jason have arranged a collection of his compositions and brought together some of his esteemed Bay Area colleagues to perform, record, and celebrate his music. Without a doubt, a labor of love, and a testament to a life well lived in service to music, the creative process, and friends.

TRACK LISTING:
1 Moving Day (arr. Strom/Sorkin/Lewis) 6:47
2 Mt. Hamilton (arr. Kristen Strom) 5:13
3 Her Garden (arr. Strom/Sorkin/Lewis) 7:41
4 The Vikings (arr. Strom/Sorkin/Lewis) 8:31
5 Quantum Theory (arr. Lewis/Strom/Sorkin) 7:14
6 Down to the Sea in Ships (arr. Kristen Strom) 8:13
7 Iowa (arr. Scott Sorkin) 7:51
8 Franklin's Men/Northwest Passage (arr.Strom/Sorkin) 2:07

PERFORMERS:
Kristen Strom - soprano, alto and tenor sax, flutes, clarinets
Scott Sorkin - guitars
Ken Okada - bass
Jason Lewis - drums, percussion, vibraphone
Dahveed Behroozi - piano (3
Aaron Lington - bari sax, bass clarinet (2, 7)
Jeff Lewis - trumpet (2) flugelhorn (2), cornet (8)
John Worley - trumpet (2) flugelhorn (7), cornet (8)
John Gove - trombone (2, 5, 7, 8)
John R. Burr - piano (2, 8)
Rick Vandivier - guitar (2)
Dan Robbins - bass (2)