Downtime: Live on Tour in the Baltic States & Scandinavia

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Label
BYU Records
Release Date
April 20, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Byu Synthesis, Collins, Hest
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 20, 2018
    • UPC
      714861019025
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      YCD0218DTM
    • LABEL
      BYU Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera)

      Composer: Henry Mancini

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Brigitta Teuscher

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    2. Top Hat: Cheek to Cheek

      Composer: Irving Berlin

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Louise Ringheim Foss, Daniel Wells

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    3. Downtime

      Composer: Corey Christiansen

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Andrew Larsen, Parker Speirs

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    4. The Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Brigitta Teuscher

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    5. Movin' Out, Movin' In

      Composer: Marcus Printup

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Brian Woodbury, Austie Robinson, Jordan Widdison, Parker Speirs

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    6. Donna Lee

      Composer: Charlie Parker

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Brian Woodbury, Brennan Bown, Daniel Burt, Marcus Anderson, Brennan Tolman

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    7. Laura

      Composer: David Raksin

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Andrew Larsen

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    8. I Wish

      Composer: Stevie Wonder

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Brigitta Teuscher, Ray Smith, Marcus Anderson, Nick Wagstaff

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    9. Brigadoon: Almost like Being in Love

      Composer: Frederick Loewe

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Louise Ringheim Foss

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    10. The Jolson Story: You Made Me Love You

      Composer: James V. Monaco

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Austie Robinson

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    11. Maqamat

      Composer: Austie Robinson

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Jordan Widdison, Austie Robinson, Parker Speirs, Brennan Tolman

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    12. You Know I Care

      Composer: Duke Pearson

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Brian Woodbury

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    13. Swing Time: The Way You Look Tonight

      Composer: Jerome Kern

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Brigitta Teuscher, Jordan Widdison

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    14. Shorty

      Composer: Marcus Anderson

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Jacob Baldwin, Marcus Anderson, Austie Robinson, Jordan Widdison, Parker Speirs

      Conductor: Ray Smith

    15. Sir Duke

      Composer: Stevie Wonder

      Ensemble: BYU Synthesis

      Performer: Brigitta Teuscher, Jordan Widdison, Marcus Anderson

      Conductor: Ray Smith


Ray Smith, director of the Brigham Young University jazz ensemble 'Synthesis,' writes of this live release: "Welcome to our musical tour of Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania! We are excited to share with you the excitement and musical energy of our live performances for the people of the Baltic States and Scandinavia. Synthesis has had the privilege of sharing America's music- jazz- with many countries of the world, including Japan, China, Brazil, Russia, and much of Europe. We need no translation when we play; people everywhere feel and love jazz, and much goodwill ahs been fostered through our performances. I have tried before to record the band at the end of a tour with no success because of our being jet lagged and brain-dead. We decided this time to bring good microphones and record every concert and see what we could get. Thankfully, Jeff Carter traveled with us to engineer these recordings. It's amazing that he took these sounds from mostly outdoor performances- in shopping plazas and even in the woods. I hope you enjoy the recordings as much as we enjoyed playing these amazing tunes!" Synthesis is a musical melding of some of the finest musicians at Brigham Young University. Drawing freely from the various styles of Afro-American music, the ensemble has become known for versatility, spontaneity, and creativity in performance. The ensemble has toured Japan, China, Scandinavia, Russia, Europe, and Brazil, and has given numerous performances throughout the USA.