Carmen - The Symphony Jazz Ensemble

Suite From The Opera Carmen

Carmen

The Symphony Jazz Ensemble
Producer: Frank Proto
Recording Engineers: Ric Probst and Rich Goldman
Mastering Engineer: Mike Fuller
Cover Design and Photography: David Kalmus
QCA (Queen City Album) Redmark Records - Cincinnati, Ohio
QCA 364
1977

Symphony Jazz Ensemble
Frank Brown - Trumpet and Trombone
Mike Andres - Saxophones and Flutes
Paul Piller - Trombone
Larry Dickson - Saxophones and Clarinets
Frank Vincent - Piano and Electric Piano
Frank Proto - Bass and Electric Bass
Jim Seward - Drums and Conga
Bill Platt - Percussion

From the back cover: The Symphony Jazz Ensemble is a group of Cincinnati-based musicians. Originally organized in 1966 as a quintet made up of members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the group has changed personnel and expanded several times over the years. Although Frank Proto and Bill Platt are currently the only members of the orchestra, most of the players in the Symphony Jazz Ensemble.

Frank Proto, the leader and one of the group's original members, writes most of the music. He is a member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's string bass section and serves as the orchestra's "composer-in-residence". His music for pops concerts and Young People's concerts is regularly programmed by orchestras throughout the country.

Frank Brown is a studio musician whose lead trumpet can be heard on the recordings of James Brown, Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck. He is director fo jazz studies at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music.

Mike Andres, Frank Vincent and Jim Seward are all active in recording and television work and teach at the University of Cincinnati. Bill Platt in principal percussionist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Cincinnati. Paul Piler, formerly with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the only other original member of the Symphony Jazz Ensemble, also works in recording and television studios and teaches at the University of Cincinnati.

Larry Dickson is a professor of English literature at Northern Kentucky University. He has recorded with Arthur Prysock, Dave Brubeck and James Brown and is an active arranger.

Suite From The Opera Carmen
Verse to the Toreador Song
Prelude to Act 1
Aragonaise
Intermezzo
The Dragons of Alcala
Habanera

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Hot Ice
Hi Rise