Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra (Denver, CO)
Adam Bartczak & The Republic (Denver, CO)
Ben Markley Big Band (Wyoming & Colorado musicians)
Whitney Center Jazz Orchestra (Sheridan, WY)
Drew Zaremba & The Fellowship Big Band (Greeley, CO)
As a student at the University of North Texas, I performed as bass trombonist with the world-renowned One O'Clock Jazz Lab Band under the direction of Steve Wiest and Jay Saunders.
Each year, the One O'Clock records a professional-quality studio album of original music. Since 1975, these albums have been nominated for a total of seven Grammy awards, most recently for Richard DeRosa's composition "Niel" on the album Lab 2015.
Highlights of the years I spent as a member of the One O'Clock include tours to St. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, Monterrey, CA, Palm Springs, CA, Tulsa, OK, Powell, WY, and Hattiesburg, MS; performances with guest artists including Terell Stafford, John Clayton, Wayne Bergeron, Dave Green, Denis DiBlasio, Mike Stern, Peter Erskine, Walt Weiskopf, Stockton Helbing, Chuck Findley, and Bobby McFerrin; and sharing the stage with 18 trumpet legends at the "Cancer Blows" fundraiser event.
"The Song is You"
Arranged by Drew Zaremba
Live, November 2014
Featuring Chuck Findley, trumpet
"Kelsier"
Live, March 2014
Featuring Stockton Helbing, composer & drumset
"Uncertainty"
Composed by Brad Kang
Arranged by Drew Zaremba
"Out in the Storm"
Composed by Aaron Hedenstrom
"Pistachio"
Composed by Drew Zaremba
Former One O'Clock Lab Band director Steve Wiest is not only a celebrated jazz composer and arranger, but an avid fan and author of science fiction. His 2014 album "Concerto for Folded Space" is the musical companion to his scifi novel "The Dover Stone."
CFFS is scored for an exotic ensemble Wiest calls "The Eclectric Band": trombone, saxophone, and vocal soloists accompanied by trombone choir, flute choir, and a rocked-out rhythm section. For this project I had the honor of playing bass trombone as the fifth member of award-winning trombone quartet Maniacal Four.
More information about CFFS/The Dover Stone can be found at http://steve-wiest.com/sci-fi/
"Step Aside"
"The Flutes of Glastonbury"
"EBE Bop"