PROJECTS
SOLIPSIS - MUSIC OF RYAN BRAKE (2022)
TRACKS:
1. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN STASIS AND ANTI-STASIS
2. SYCOSIS AND PSYCHOSIS
3. INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN CATTLE
4. THE BURNING HOUSE
5. SIMULACRUM
6. LIGHTING AN OBSCURE WORLD
GUEST SOLOISTS:
DICK OATTS alto saxophone
ALEX SIPIAGIN trumpet
FRANCISCO TORRES trombone
JOHN ESCREET piano
JOHN RILEY drums
MUSICIANS:
BRYN VAN VLIET lead alto saxophone, woodwinds
FRANK TALBOT alto and tenor saxophones, woodwinds
DAVE WILSON alto and tenor saxophones, woodwinds
ROGER MANINS tenor saxophone, woodwinds
LOUISA WILLIAMSON tenor saxophone, woodwinds
ANDRE PARIS baritone saxophone
COLIN HEMMINGSEN bass clarinet
JON PAPENBROOK lead trumpet
MIKE BOOTH trumpet
JACK HARRÉ trumpet
DAVE LISIK trumpet
HENRY SHERRIS trumpet
FRANCISCO TORRES lead trombone
ANTHONY WILLIAMS trombone
RODGER FOX trombone
PATRICK DI SOMMA bass trombone
NICK GRANVILLE guitar
JOHN ESCREET piano
HAMISH SMITH bass
JOHN RILEY drums
RECORDED, EDITED, AND MIXED BY DR. DAVID LISIK IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
MASTERED BY MIKE MARCIANO IN NEW YORK CITY
DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY DAVE LISIK AND RYAN BRAKE.
PORTRAITS OF THAILAND -
MUSIC OF TANARAT CHAICHANA (2023)
TRACKS:
1. BUANG - SUANG (DEITY WORSHIP)
2. MEKONG (RIVER OF SOULS)
3. PHUENBAN (VILLAGE SONG)
4. WIANG HAENG (THE NORTHERN RHAPSODY)
5. SINGORA (DANCE OF KINNARI)
6. SAMINENG JIN (AN UNKNOWN POEM ON ANCIENT PORCELAIN)
7. PATCHIM (EPILOGUE)
MUSICIANS:
JACAM MANRICKS alto, soprano, and tenor saxophones, woodwinds
FRANK TALBOT alto and tenor saxophones, woodwinds
CHRIS MERZ tenor and soprano saxophones, woodwinds
LOUISA WILLIAMSON tenor saxophone, woodwinds
NICK BOWD baritone saxophone and bass clarinet
ALEX SIPIAGIN lead trumpet
MIKE BOOTH trumpet
JACK HARRÉ trumpet
DAVE LISIK trumpet
HENRY SHERRIS trumpet
ANTHONY WILLIAMS trombone
DAVID BREMNER trombone
RODGER FOX trombone
RAYMOND DOELL trombone
PATRICK DI SOMMA bass trombone
NICK GRANVILLE guitar
MICHAEL CRAWFORD electric pianos
LEONARDO COGHINI acoustic piano
TIM COLLINS vibraphone
TANARAT CHAICHANA bass
JEREMY WARREN drums
RECORDED, EDITED, AND MIXED BY DR. DAVID LISIK AT THE NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL OF MUSIC,
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON.
MASTERED BY THOMAS VOYCE IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.
DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY DAVE LISIK AND TANARAT CHAICHANA.
HILLARY STEP (2023)
TRACKS:
1. OCEAN TO SKY
2. NIGHT HAWKS
3. ASPIRE/ASCEND
4. HILLARY STEP I: MOTHER OF THE UNIVERSE
5. HILLARY STEP II: BURRA SAHIB (SAVIOR OF THE PEOPLE OF KHUMBU)
6. HILLARY STEP III: EXTRAORDINARY THINGS
GUEST SOLOISTS:
ALEX SIPIAGIN trumpet
DICK OATTS alto saxophone
MUSICIANS:
FRANK TALBOT alto and tenor saxophones, woodwinds
NICHOLAS BAUCKE-MAUNSELL alto and tenor saxophones, woodwinds
ROGER MANINS tenor saxophone, woodwinds
LOUISA WILLIAMSON tenor saxophone, woodwinds
NICK BOWD baritone saxophone and bass clarinet
ALEX SIPIAGIN lead trumpet
MIKE BOOTH trumpet
JACK HARRÉ trumpet
DAVE LISIK trumpet
HENRY SHERRIS trumpet
ANTHONY WILLIAMS trombone
DAVID BREMNER trombone
RODGER FOX trombone
PATRICK DI SOMMA bass trombone
NICK GRANVILLE guitar
LEONARDO COGHINI piano
HAMISH SMITH bass
JEREMY WARREN drums
RECORDED, EDITED, AND MIXED BY DR. DAVID LISIK AT THE NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL OF MUSIC,
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON.
MASTERED BY THOMAS VOYCE IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.
DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY DAVE LISIK AND RYAN BRAKE.
"Ocean to Sky" composed and arranged by Jack Cooper.
"Night Hawks" composed by Ella Dunbar-Wilcox and arranged by Dave Lisik.
"Hillary Step" composed and arranged by Dave Lisik
THAD 100 - MUSIC OF THAD JONES (2023)
TRACKS:
1. LOW-DOWN
2. BIG DIPPER
3. CENTRAL PARK NORTH
4. CHERRY JUICE
5. DON'T GET SASSY
6. GROOVE MERCHANT
7. LITTLE PIXIE
8. MEAN WHAT YOU SAY
9. LITTLE RASCAL ON A ROCK
10. WALKIN' ABOUT
11. TIP TOE
12. THREE AND ONE
13. QUIETUDE
14. A - THAT'S FREEDOM
15. THAD (Jim McNeely)
GUEST SOLOISTS:
ALEX SIPIAGIN trumpet
DICK OATTS alto saxophone
LAUREN SEVIAN baritone saxophone
MUSICIANS:
JACAM MANRICKS alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, woodwinds
FRANK TALBOT alto saxophones, woodwinds
CHRIS MERZ tenor saxophone, woodwinds
ERIC ALLEN tenor saxophone, woodwinds
NICK BOWD baritone saxophone
WALTER WHITE lead trumpet
ALEX SIPIAGIN trumpet
MIKE BOOTH trumpet
JACK HARRÉ trumpet
DAVE LISIK trumpet
HENRY SHERRIS trumpet
LUIS BONILLA lead trombone
ANTHONY WILLIAMS trombone
CONNOR GENTRY trombone
DAVE TAYLOR bass trombone
DAVE KIKOSKI piano
BORIS KOZLOV bass
JOHN RILEY drums
RECORDED, EDITED, AND MIXED BY DR. DAVID LISIK AT THE NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL OF MUSIC,
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON.
MASTERED BY THOMAS VOYCE IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.
DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY CONNOR GENTRY AND DAVE LISIK.
All music composed and arranged by Thad Jones except:
Groove Merchant composed by Jerome Richardson
"Thad" composed and arranged by Jim McNeely
Thad portrait by Carolin Prinn
JOHN WHITE'S REQUIEM MASS (2023)