Jazz Dock Orchestra - Tonight (2023)

Jazz Dock Orchestra - Tonight

1. The Swinger (Andy Schofield)

2. Gil Evans (Jan Jirucha)

3. Night Colours (Andy Schofield)

4. Menga Baribir! (Jan Jirucha)

5. Dark Corners (Andy Schofield)

6. … And Goodnight (Andy Schofield)

Jazz Dock Orchestra:

Andy Schofield – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, flute, Petr Kalfus – alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet, Marcel Bárta – tenor sax, clarinet, bassclarinet, Suzanne Higgins – tenor sax, clarinet, flute, Jakub Cirkl – baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet

Miroslav Nováček, Jaroslav Kohoutek, Miroslav Hloucal, Martin Jůzl – trumpet, flugelhorn

Jan Jirucha, Richard Šanda, Štěpán Janoušek – trombone, Tomáš Bialko – basstrombone

Jiří Levíček – piano, Tomáš Baroš – double bass, Daniel Šoltis – drums

Jazz Dock Orchestra, whose career was established by their first gig in January 2018, is a “house bigband” for Jazz Dock, the renowned Prague jazz club, a magic and favourite place on the riverside, where top players form the Czech jazz scene and from abroad meet and play. The Orchestra consists of some of the best Czech and Slovak musicians, helmed by the English saxophonist and composer, Andy Schofield. So far the Jazz Dock Orchestra has welcomed several legendary guests at its gigs, among them Kurt Elling, Richard Bona, Ben Wendel and Niels Klein, and has played compositions and arrangements by the classics like Duke Elligton, Bob Brookmeyer, Charles Mingus or Gil Evans. Nevertheless, on this album, released to celebrate the band´s 5th anniversary, the musicians present the compositions by their own co-leaders – Andy Schofield and Jan Jirucha. The album was recorded live to capture the inimitable atmosphere and the unique energy often returned to the players by their fantastic audience at the Orchestra´s regular monthly gigs at Jazz Dock.

(Animal Music 2023)