Philip Scott

This cd turned out to be a pretty good big band offering, Jan 23 2003

Aw...Big band music! What can I say about you? To start with I would like to mention that big band music is what I cut my teeth on back in let's see, the 1940's. Has it been that long, well my calender says so. I guess the years have had a way of slipping by.

To talk about this new band is exciting for me. This is a great discovery for me and hopeful for you too.

The new leader, Craig Raymond is a gem. He is a trumpter and a great one at that. He really knows how to make his brass shine in more ways than one.

His suppporting cast is a fine blend of musicians. Some of the memebers are well seasoned, while others are just begining to bloom. They all have come together very well.

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Olde tyme religion is very much live as shown by this cd, Oct 22 2002

Please excuse me for a moment while I hyperventilate. That's better! I have looked far and wide for such a cd as this and presto it's here. P-R-A-I-S-E G-O-D!

With the way that comptempory music is taking over, I was wondering if anyone would ever go back to our Christian roots and record a cd of old tunes. You know the ones that most of us cut our teeth on. Praise God again for this cd.

There is a lot of specific things that need to be said about this cd. First, I would like to address the repertoire. I have never heard such great tunes. These tunes really, really blow me away. They really help me focus on Jesus and his ministry and what he wants for you and me.

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This band did somethings wright, listen up, Oct 13 2002

I would like to begin with by asking you to go through a little exercise with me. I would ask that you shut your eyes for a minute and imagine these things that i'm getting ready to mention to you. Here goes! I would like for you to dream of what makes a band sound good. How about the arrangements performed? How about the repertoire used by the band? Lastly, how about how the band took these things and knitted them together to where they seemed to fit perfectly?

Well this band had some good arrangements to play. They also had a pretty good repertoire to offer. And finally in my opinion they knitted it all together fairly well. The out come of all this is a decent sounding cd.

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