Steve Million - Remembering the Way Home - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Saxophonist Art Bouton kept it simple in 2011 when he founded the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra perform the best music with the best players. With Denver's powerful base of world-class jazz musicians, it hasn't taken long for the band to establish itself as a cultural institution in the region along with being a vital partner to educational outreach programs. For their debut recording, band members Wil Swindler, Steve Weist, and Paul McKee contribute arrangements of a wide range of classics along with the original opening track InchHopscotchInch by Wil Swindler. With topflight performers including Greg Gisbert, Al Hood, Bijoux Barbosa, and Eric Gunnison, an aggressive programming schedule, and a supportive arts community backing them, this CJRO debut portends an auspicious future.

Steve Million - Million To One [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/12/1995

Chicago songwriter and guitarist James Elkington-who has collaborated with everyone from Richard Thompson to Jeff Tweedy to Tortoise-recorded his sophomore album at Wilco's Loft, expanding upon his celebrated 2017 debut Wintres Woma (PoB-034) as well as his recent production and arrangement work for the likes of Steve Gunn, Nap Eyes, and Joan Shelley. Casting glances back to British folk traditions as well as toward avant-garde horizons, these brilliant new songs, as accessible as they are arcane, buttress Elkington's brisk guitar figures and baritone poesy with strings, woodwinds, and backing vocals by Tamara Lindeman of the Weather Station.