Badger High School Jazz Ensemble-Blue Cellophane

This well balanced, well done and well recorded David Berger arranged Blue Cellophane from Duke Ellington is performed by the Badger Jazz Ensemble. Winners of the LaCroose Jazz Festival 2007 and 2008 this recording is from the 2007 Jazz Band on the album "The Groove Merchants". Stay tuned for this year's new recordings to find their way to YouTube. Possibilities: Hunting Wabbits, Blues and The Abscessed Tooth, Blue Ramble, The Asphalt Jungle, The Mooche, Sultry Sunset, Splanky, Warm Breeze and Front Burner.

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Music

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• jazz
• blue
• cellophane
• badger
• high
• school
• BHS
• duke
• ellington
• ensemble

[JayWC4]

I've been playing the solo part for this piece this year with my university's jazz ensemble, and I would also agree on the tempo being a little off. This is blistering compared to what I play it at... of course, I've only been playing slide since this year and have a bad habit of interpreting tempo however I damn please. I just think it sounds great played real slow and relaxed, like a ballad. Either way the soloist has a ton of technical ability, although his tone is a bit weak for my tastes.

[Tinypuente]

The soloist is Ben Ames a senor who graduated the year of this recording (2007). He is a great tromboneist and should no way be judged by this recording. He can proform this song slow or at the tempo recorded, but for this recording he did not up to his potential. Our band was missing unprepared in recording this piece as well and that should explain away all of those missed notes, Lol. I will try to record our May 22, 2008 concert and get it on Youtube. We play our best at that.

[3rdSpartan]

It's okay except for some of the tone issues and from what it sounded like some tempo issues.