Label: Origin Records
Format: CD
Barcode: 0805558268724
Catalog number: ORIGIN 82687
Releasedate: 06-03-15
Format: CD
Barcode: 0805558268724
Releasedate: 06-03-15
- "Exploring Mars" is Josh Nelson's sixth recording as a band leader.
- Tracks are whimsically named after each Mars Rover: Curiosity, Opportunity, Sojourner, and Spirit
- In the band are jazz stars, including trumpeter John Daversa, guitarist Larry Koonse and trombonist Alan Ferber.
- Tracks are whimsically named after each Mars Rover: Curiosity, Opportunity, Sojourner, and Spirit
- In the band are jazz stars, including trumpeter John Daversa, guitarist Larry Koonse and trombonist Alan Ferber.
"Exploring Mars" is Josh Nelson's sixth recording as a leader, and where he ambitiously explores the Red Planet through exciting original compositions. Whimsically named after each Mars Rover - Curiosity, Opportunity, Sojourner, and Spirit - the bulk of the material features a stellar West Coast ensemble of jazz stars, including trumpeter John Daversa, guitarist Larry Koonse and trombonist Alan Ferber. Rounding out the record is a gorgeous love song featuring vocalist Kathleen Grace, a 6-piano rendition of "Mars, The Bringer of War" from Gustav Holst's orchestral suite "The Planets," and a reading from Ray Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles."
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1Spirit (featuring a reading from 'The Martian Chronicles', by Ray Bradbury)05:28
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2Sojourner06:14
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3Memnonia Quadrangle (featuring Larry Koonse)03:32
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4How You Loved Me on Mars05:48
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5Opportunity05:54
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6Solis Lacus, The Eye of Mars (featuring Dan Schnelle)02:39
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7Mars, the Bringer of War (Movement 1 from 'The Planets')06:53
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8Curiosity07:44
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9Syrtis Major, The Hourglass Sea (featuring John Daversa)02:20
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10Spirit05:25