Friday, July 23, 2021

JC Sanford - Imminent Standards Trio Vol. 1 (July 23, 2021 Shifting Paradigm Records)

Trombonist JC Sanford, a protégé of legendary composer and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, has performed with the likes of Danilo Pérez, Matt Wilson, Donny McCaslin, and Anthony Cox and has regularly been recognized as a “Rising Star” trombonist, arranger, and big band in DownBeat Magazine’s Critic’s Polls over the past several years. His 2014 debut CD with the JC Sanford Orchestra Views from the Inside yielded international acclaim and was awarded a 2014 Aaron Copland Fund recording grant. He is conductor of the thrice-Grammy-nominated John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble and is musical director of the JazzMN Orchestra.

1. Cherokee
2. Beatrice
3. Time After Time
4. Juju
5. Where Or When
6. Nutty 07:07
7. It's You Or No One
8. Whisper Not
9. Dear John
10. Single Petal of a Rose

JC Sanford - trombone
Jeff Bailey - bass
Phil Hey - drums

Recorded at RocketSnake Records by Dylan Nau
Arden Hills, MN on Feb 20/21 and Mar 3/4, 2021
Mixed and Mastered by Mike Marciano
Cover Art by Mia Kakitani-Sanford
CD Design by Verdinho