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Jack Cortner: Sound Check

Read "Sound Check" reviewed by Robert J. Robbins


Back in 2007, veteran composer/arranger Jack Cortner (a longtime ghost for the late arranger and orchestrator Billy Byers) released Fast Track, his illustrious debut as a bandleader for the Jazzed Media label, with ex-Kenton and Herman trumpeter Marvin Stamm and his erstwhile sidekick, pianist Bill Mays, as the principal soloists. With Sound Check, Cortner, Stamm, and Mays return triumphantly with virtually the same ensemble drawn from the cream of New York session and Broadway pit musicians.

Stamm's nimble fluegelhorn and ...

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Jack Cortner New York Big Band: Fast Track

Read "Fast Track" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Trumpeter Jack Cortner has been an integral part of New York's vibrant music scene for over forty-five years, primarily as a composer and arranger writing for Broadway musical theatre, commercials and television. While you may not be familiar with his work in jazz, you have probably heard his music if you've ever seen the popular soaps The Edge of Night or As The World Turns or watched the familiar ABC-TV's Monday Night Football. Cortner has written the themes for all ...

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Jack Cortner New York Big Band: Fast Track

Read "Fast Track" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Even though Jack Cortner has been making a living as a musician in New York City for more than 45 years, Fast Track is the first-ever big band album with his name as leader. No, Cortner isn't a late bloomer. The composer, arranger and former trumpeter has simply been too busy with other pursuits, such as writing and arranging for the musical theatre, television and broadcast commercials (otherwise known as jingles). Along the way, Cortner wrote the themes for the ...

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Jazzed Media Releases the Jack Cortner Big Band "Sound Check" CD

Jazzed Media Releases the Jack Cortner Big Band "Sound Check" CD

Source: Michael Ricci

Jazzed Media announces the September 8, 2009 release of the Jack Cortner Big Band “Sound Check" CD. “Sound Check" is the second big band recording in which Jack Cortner features Marvin Stamm's trumpet and flugelhorn playing. As on the first Jazzed Media album, “Fast Track", the “Sound Check" musicians are among the leading artists in New York's intersecting jazz and studio communities. CD He is a great arranger, and this band of New York's finest musicians love playing his music. ...

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Sound Check

Jazzed Media
2009

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Sound Check - Jack...

Jazzed Media
2009

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Fast Track

Jazzed Media
2007

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Fast Track - Jack...

Jazzed Media
2006

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