Pianist, big band composer/arranger, Grammy Award winner Steven Feifke posted this concert earlier this year, with his and colleague Bijon Watson's Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra.
From the New Trier Jazz Festival, Gaffney Auditorium, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL, USA, on 3 February 2024.
The
band: Reeds - Alexa Tarantino, Christopher McBride, Tom Luer, Kirsten
Edkins, Lauren Sevian. Trumpets - Bijon Watson, Derrick Gardner, Janelle
Finton, Danny Jonokuchi. Trombones - John Fedchock, Javier Nero, Nick
Finzer. Bass - Julianne Gralle. Guitar - Will Brahm. Piano - Steven
Feifke. Bass - Dan Chmielinski. Drums - Jeff Hamilton.
A post below celebrates Steven Feifke’s last 3 big band albums and Grammy Award: Catalyst ; Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra (2023 Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album) ; Kinetic.
Two of Feifke’s band-members released excellent big band albums discussed below:
Trombonist Javier Nero Kemet: The Black Land.
Trumpeter Derrick Gardner Still I Rise. 😎