(2013) I Love Jump Jazz id_qobuz:http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/bross-townsends-band/album/i-love-jump-jazz Both compositions are beautiful examples

Both compositions are beautiful examples of transcendental French orchestral music

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern

gave two recitals in Tokyo and appeared with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Bizet’s Jeux d’enfants und Fauré’s Dolly are reflections of childhood

(2013) I Love Jump Jazz id_qobuz:http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/bross-townsends-band/album/i-love-jump-jazz Both compositions are beautiful examplesBACKGROUND 15 years ago in the West End, a now defunct jazz club in New York, we had a discussion about the possibility of releasing an LP recording. Trumpeter Ed Tiger Lewis, tenor saxophonist Percy France, and our man Bross Townsend were present. It was to be a record featuring orchestrated, swinging jump music. Sidemen such as trombonist Ted Kelly, baritone saxophonist Cecil Payne and bassist arranger Georges Duvivier headed the list of musicians