Joyful Noise

Released in 2015. More info on the album here.

Joyful Noise feature's Chuck's original orchestrations of Horace Silver's early compositions, including "Sister Sadie," Moonrays," "Cookin' at the Continental," "Cool Eyes," "Doodlin'," "Home Cookin'," "Opus de Funk," "Room 608," "Strollin'," "Creepin' In," and "Nica's Dream" for the eight-piece ensemble. The performers include John Nastos on alto sax/flute, David Evans on tenor sax/clarinet, Robert Crowell on baritone sax, Charlie Porter on trumpet, John Moak on trombone, Dan Gaynor on piano, Christopher Brown on drums and Chuck Israels on bass.

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