COVERTRACK LISTING:
- STRIKE UP THE BAND (11:57)
(Ira Gershwin-George Gershwin)
Soloists: Eugene Amaro, John MacLeod, Steve McDade, Guido Basso- HEY (4:38)
(Rob McConnell)
Soloist: Jerry Johnson- VERY EARLY (7:08)
(Bill Evans)
Soloist: Don Thompson- THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE (7:00)
(Mercer Ellington-Ted Persons)
Soloists: Rick Wilkins, Ed Bickert- SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE (11:20)
(Charlie Parker)
Soloists: Moe Koffman, Rob McConnell, Eugene Amaro, John MacLeod, Ed Bickert- EMBRACEABLE YOU/WHY DID I CHOOSE YOU? (5:48)
(Ira Gershwin-George Gershwin)/(Herbert Martin-Michael Leonard)
Soloists: Rob McConnell, Eugene Amaro- BLUE SERGE SUIT(E) (18.57)
(lan McDougall)
I. CLUB SIROCCO (6:57)
II. SOMNAMBLUES (7:10)
III. BLUES UNBLUE (4:50)
Soloists: (I) Steve Wallace, Rob McConnell, Rick Wilkins; (II) Ed Bickert, Don Thompson; (III) Eugene AmaroPERSONNEL:
ROB McCONNELL -- valve trombone
MOE KOFFMAN -- flute, soprano & alto saxophone, clarinet
JOHN JOHNSON -- flute, clarinet, soprano & alto saxophone
EUGENE AMARO -- flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone
RICK WILKINS -- clarinet, tenor saxophone
BOB LEONARD -- flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
ARNIE CHYCOSKI -- lead trumpet, flugelhorn
STEVE McDADE -- assoc. lead trumpet, flugelhon
JOHN MacLEOD -- trumpet, flugelhorn
GUIDO BASSO -- trumpet, flugelhorn
DAVE WOODS -- trumpet, flugelhorn
IAN McDOUGALL -- lead trombone
BOB LIViNGSTON -- trombone
JERRY JOHNSON -- trombone
ERNIE PATTISON -- bass trombone
GARY PATTISON -- French horn
JAMES MacDONALD -- French horn
DON THOMPSON -- piano
ED BICKERT -- guitar
STEVE WALLACE -- bass
TERRY CLARKE -- drums
BRIAN LEONARD -- percussionAll selections arranged by Rob McConnell except "Scrapple From The Apple" by Ron Collier, and "Blue Serge Suit(e)" by lan McDougall.
Executive Producer: Carl E. Jefferson
Produced by Phil Sheridan
Recorded at Manta/Eastern Sound, Toronto, Ontario, Canada February 3, 1992
Remixed at McClear Place Recording Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recording & Remix Engineer: Phil Sheridan
Assistant Recording Engineer: Dean R. Perry
Mastered by George Horn
Cover Concept & Photography by David Fischer (Valve Trombone provided by Best Musical Instrument Co., Oakland, CA)
Liner Photography by Barb McDougall
Art Direction: Sandi Young
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Bell