Symphonies From Down The Block, by Realistic Orchestra

Symphonies From Down The Block

by Realistic Orchestra

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1.	Down The Block Intro 01:13	info	buy track
2.	The Captain Goes Down With The Ship \| feat. Dublin 08:37	info	buy track
3.	Vegetative States 10:40	info	buy track
4.	SR 75 \| feat. Michael Emenau 06:08	info	buy track
5.	Arcline 04:41	info	buy track
6.	Fugata \| feat. Colin Hogan 05:48	info	buy track
7.	Hard Times \| feat. Jon Monahan 07:58	info	buy track
8.	Dume Flume 02:14	info	buy track
9.	Search (Live) 10:37	info	buy track
10.	Perfect Ending (Live) \| feat. Dublin 10:19	info	buy track

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This is the second album from Jazz Mafia's Realistic Orchestra. Released in 2009, "Symphonies From Down The Block" was seriously overshadowed by Jazz Mafia's Hip-Hop Symphony "Brass, Bows & Beats" which premiered the same week this album was released. Needless to say, it didn't get promoted much and with the huge success of Brass, Bows & Beats, Realistic Orchestra went on a bit of a hiatus until firing back up in 2013. This album features RO at their finest; At the time of recording (Fall of 2008) this orchestra had been performing regularly for 5 years as well as members collaborating in many other side projects together. These tracks were recorded almost completely live with few select overdubs reserved. MNO's vibraphone solo was also overdubbed on his song SR 75, which had been one of the band's favorite compositions - He had moved to France, so necessity once again led to alternative solutions.

Recording took place at the club where the band's monthly residency was held. This made sense, as it had perfect dry acoustics and a good vibe. The band's first album had also been recorded there. The band did a rehearsal on a Sunday, recorded a closed door session Monday and then recorded a live show for an audience on Tuesday. "Nightfall" and "Search" are the only tracks from the Tuesday sets on this album but many will be released on a "Part 2" of this album coming out in late 2020 as part of the "From the Vault" series.

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released April 18, 2009

Featuring:
Adam Theis - trombone, electric bass/bandleader
Evan Francis - flute, alto sax
Kasey Knudsen - alto sax
Matt Nelson - tenor sax
Sheldon Brown - tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
Doug Rowan - bari sax, bass clarinet
Danny Grewen - trombone
Joel Behrman - trombone, trumpet
Marc Bolin - bass trombone
Joel Ryan - trumpet
Dave Scott - trumpet
Mike Olmos - trumpet
Erik Jekabson - trumpet
Niel Levonius - trumpet
George Ban-Weiss - upright bass
Tommy Folen - electric bass/upright bass
Colin Hogan - keys
Jon Monahan - guitar
Eric Garland - drums
Michael Emenau (MNO) - vibraphone on "SR 75"
Dublin - vocals on "Captain" and "Perfect Ending"
Paul Hanson - bassoon on "Ouch"

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