Games is an award winning compact disc by the University of Northern Iowa

University of Northern Iowa

The University of Northern Iowa is a college located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. UNI offers more than 120 majors across the colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities and Fine Arts, Natural Sciences, and Social and Behavioral sciences, and graduate college.UNI has...

 Jazz Band One recorded in the studio with one cut recorded live at the 1998 Montreux Jazz Festival

Montreux Jazz Festival

The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva...

. This was their 7th CD release in as many years. This group has been consistently recognized as one of the top collegiate jazz ensembles in the country having won numerous Down Beat

Down Beat

Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...

 awards and accolades from music industry professionals. "Bob Washut has a magical way with thses kids. Each time I hear one of his groups, I'm even more blown way than the last time."

Recording Sessions

• May 11/12, 1998 at Catamount Studios, Cedar Falls, IA (all except track #10)

• July 6, 1998 at the Montreux Jazz Festival
  Montreux Jazz Festival
  The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva...
  
   (track #10)

Musicians

DIRECTOR: Dr. Robert Washut

WOODWINDS: Todd Munnik, Rick Stone, Dustin Bear, Jay Ramsey, Jeff Schafer

TRUMPETS: Dan Zager, Willie Garza, Eric Miller, Dave Lisik, Adam Lauritsen

TROMBONES: Mike Berven, Paul Rappaport, B.J. Kleene, Andrew Pratt

RHYTHM SECTION: Steve Shanley, acoustic and electric piano; Mike Cramer, guitar; Dave Altemeier, acoustic and electric bass; Jason Hastie, drums

GUESTS SOLISTS: Jack Graham, clarinet (Somewhere), Randy Hogancamp, vibes and percussion (El Pajarito), Sarah Barber, mezzo-soprano (The Cage), Meridie Williams, horn (Butter)

Production

• Recording engineer, mixing, and mastering: Studio - July 20/21, 1998 by Tom Tatman and Bob Washut. Live - Tom Barry

• Liner Notes: Robert Washut and Bobby Shew
  Bobby Shew
  -Biography:After leaving college in 1960, Shew was drafted into the U.S. Army and played trumpet with the NORAD band in Colorado Springs and on tour. After leaving the Army, Shew joined Tommy Dorsey's band and then played with the Woody Herman and then the Buddy Rich Big Bands in the mid-to-late...
  
  

• Cover art: Audrey Schroeder

• Photograghs: Jeff Martin

Works from the compact disc

The works from the compact disc are wide ranging and reflect the eclectic and innovative teaching that Dr. Robert Washut and the UNI Music School faculty promote. Other faculty and regional artists are are collaborated with on the CD to include the original version of Charles Ives

Charles Ives

Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original"...

' vocal work The Cage (sung by Sarah Barber) which is used as the intro to Dr. Jack Cooper

The Chamber Wind Music of Jack Cooper

The Chamber Wind Music of Jack Cooper is the first classical/new music studio recording featuring numerous performing artists recording chamber wind music of the composer on the Centaur Records label.- Music :- Background :...

's arrangement of the work for jazz orchestra. The UNI professor of clarinet Jack Graham is used as a soloist by Bob Washut on the his chart on Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...

's Somewhere

Somewhere (song)

"Somewhere" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story which was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the...

. The selections Jeep's Blues (Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...

) and Every Tub (Count Basie

Count Basie

William "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Basie led his jazz orchestra almost continuously for nearly 50 years...

) point to the well rooted traditions of jazz taught in the curriculum at UNI. Numerous student works are featured on the recording also.

Reception