Upside Out

Upside Out
Studio album by Riverside City College
Jazz Ensemble and combo
Released December 2, 2003
Recorded 2002/2003, Riverside, CA
Austin, TX
Genre Jazz, Big band, instrumental
Length 73:44
Label Sea Breeze Vista Jazz
Producer Charlie Richard
Riverside City College
Jazz Ensemble and combo chronology
Upside Out
(2003)		 Minor Case of the Blues
(2010)
cat. #
Sea Breeze Jazz-Vista
SBV 4554

Upside Out[1] is a CD by the Riverside City College Jazz Ensemble and combo; this was released in 2003 on the Sea Breeze Vista Jazz label. Critic Jack Bowers notes, "A consistently rewarding album by top-drawer college-level jazz ensemble and trio."[2] Most notably the CD continues to receive airplay through the country due to the high level of the music on the recording.[3][4][5]

Background

The Riverside City College Jazz Ensemble has been existence for over 40 years; the combos are subgroups of the larger ensemble. The 2003 CD Upside out is a by product of the consistency the jazz studies department at Riverside City College maintains. Full-time students make up the personnel of the performing groups and keep a busy schedule of performances and recording dates.[6] Besides recording the CD Upside Out (and others) RCC jazz groups have traveled to the UNC Greeley, Reno, and the University of Texas Jazz Festivals, and have also toured to Japan and Hawaii. The group finished first place in the 2 year Big Band division at the 2010 University of Nevada, Reno Jazz Festival.[6] Guest artists with this groups in recent years have included Carl Saunders, James Moody, Bob McChesney, Mike Stern, Poncho Sanchez, Gary Foster, Alex Iles, Brandon Fields, The Airmen of Note, Bill Reichenbach, Lanny Morgan, Kye Palmer, Kim Richmond, and Rick Margitza.[6] The ensemble also commissions a new works for Jazz Ensemble each spring. Recent commissions have come from noted jazz writers Bob Curnow, Jack Cooper (composed title track from Upside Out), David Caffey, Matt Harris, James Miley, Glenn Morrissette, Steven Schmidt and Sandy Megas.[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by individual composers and arrangers.

No.TitleLength
1."Are We There Yet? (Lyle Mays, arr. Bob Curnow)"  6:13
2."Upside Out (Jack Cooper)"  9:18
3."Widow's Walk (Rick Margitza, arr. Dan Gailey)"  8:36
4."The Third Wind, (Lyle Mays and Pat Metheny), arr. Sandy Megas"  11:52
5."Seven Eleven (Chris Potter, arr. Paul White)"  7:43
6."Bumbershoot (Béla Fleck)"  6:02
7."Wondering (Shane Jordan)"  3:50
8."Donna Lee (Charlie Parker)"  5:32
9."Nasty Dance (Bob Brookmeyer)"  12:38
Total length:73:43

Recording Sessions

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Promotion

The music from the CD was played several times on tour with the RCC Jazz Ensemble to include a concert tour of Japan and performances at the Reno Jazz Festival and I.A.J.E. Convention. The CD was distributed throughout the United States to radio stations, 91.3 KVLU-NPR reported on their January 2004 playlist that Upside Out received "heavy" play, which was not an uncommon reception for the CD.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Guide [8]
All About Jazz(very positive)[2]
Jazz Journal International[9](very positive)[9]

The CD was critically acclaimed and has continued to receive airplay throughout the country with jazz disc jockeys due to the high level of the music and musicianship on the CD. There are numerous examples of this ongoing airplay with jazz stations such as WBIO (IN), WPKN (CT), WAER (NY), and KSDS (CA).[3][4][5][10]

"...In other words, this set of post-bop jazz is on a higher level than nearly all other college recordings, and the musicians sound as if they are 30 rather than 20. Sea Breeze, a label that has extensively documented college and high-school bands, has a strong winner in Upside Out."

Scott Yanow, Allmusic Guide

Charts

Year Chart Type Song/AlbumPosition Chart Date
2004 JazzWeek Airplay Reporting Album Upside Out 164 February 6, 2004[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ All Music Guide, Upside Out CD
  2. 1 2 All About Jazz, JACK BOWERS, review Published: February 20, 2004
  3. 1 2 WBIO Fort Wayne, Indiana, NPR Jazz. Tossed Jazz Salad: Jazz with Bob Mayer, Tue. Nov 20th 2012, 7:21pm, RCC Jazz Ensemble “The Third Wind” from Upside Out
  4. 1 2 KSDS Playlist Archive, Wednesday, August 4th 2010, 5:41 AM, RCC Jazz Ensemble, Nasty Dance from Upside Out
  5. 1 2 WAER Playlists, 88.3 (NY), Afternoon Jazz hosted by Eric Cohen, April 24, 2012, RCC Jazz Ensemble, DONNA LEE, from Upside Out Start Time, 3:41:04 PM
  6. 1 2 3 4 RCC Jazz Ensembles, information and media
  7. ↑ 91.3 KVLU – Jazz, Blues, and New Age Play List report
  8. ↑ All Music Guide, SCOTT YANOW, review
  9. 1 2 Review, Jazz Journal International, Volume 58, Issues 7-12. Billboard Limited, 2005. pp. 33
  10. ↑ Playlists and musings from David Golden at WPKN 89.5 in Bridgeport, CT. Playlist, September 21, 2008, Set Two, RCC Jazz Ensemble; Nasty Dance; Upside Out (2003 Sea Breeze Vista), played before mic break 10:57 a.m.
  11. ↑ "JazzWeek Radio Airplay charting".
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