"Weeknight Music is brilliant, balancing a healthy look forward with clear reminiscence on where Jazz came from; all from a young man who sports what may be one of the brightest young talents in Jazz."
On September 13-14, 2008, Elliot Deutsch Big Band met at Studio 606 to record its debut album, Weeknight Music. The band was well rehearsed and played each of the songs together, live in the studio. The result is a great, natural-sounding jazz record.
Weeknight Music has since received overwhelmingly positive reviews and has been on rotation at KKJZ.
Musicians:
Cheek to Cheek
Irving Berlin, Arr. Elliot Deutsch
Saxophones: Will Vargas, Dan Kaneyuki, Jimmy Emerzian,
Ken Moran, Stephan Cardenas
Trumpets: Jon Bradley, Walt Simonsen, Erick Jovel, Brian Owen, Bijon Watson, Chris Gray
Home
by Jimmy Emerzian
Trombones: Paul Young, Nick Daley, Ermuelito Navarro, Steve Hughes, Nick DePinna
Piano: Nick Paul
Bass: Greg Swiller, Justin Carney
Rhythm Challenge
by Elliot Deutsch
Drums: Adam Alesi
Vocals (on Beautiful Friendship): Kalil Wilson