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Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra

In January of 2004, the Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra was created to be the house big band at Tula's restaurant in Seattle. After a 15 year run of performing Sunday nights, the band is working on other projects, including working with area schools and communities, big band concert series, and recording original music.

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Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra: The Wolf Awakens

Read "The Wolf Awakens" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The Wolf Awakens, Seattle-based saxophonist Jim Cutler's third album as leader of his Jazz Orchestra, consists entirely of original compositions including four of his own, half a dozen by trumpeter Daniel Barry and one ("Haze Gray") by Matso Limtiaco. Before appraising them, a word about the ensemble, and that word is exemplary. These are without a doubt some of the finest jazz musicians in that area of the country, and the ease with which they breathe life into these prismatic ...

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"The Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra has developed into a solid ensemble. Cutler's music is confident, swinging and exuberant and extends the modern tradition. It all comes together here." - Jim Wilke, Jazz After Hours, PRI and Jazz Northwest, KPLU

"This three-year-old ensemble shows Stan Kenton muscle." - Downbeat Magazine

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

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Pony Boy Records
2006

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