John McNeil

Classic 1980s SteepleChase recording and the fifth release by trumpeter/composer/educator John McNeil. It took place during the summer of 1983 in Denmark at jazz club Montmartre as a part of the graduation concert of the famed Jamey Aebersold Jazz School. This limited pressing on standard weight vinyl is from the original matrices.

John toured Europe as a member of the staff of the Jamey Aebersold Jazz School and led this exciting group consist of the fellow “all-star teachers”: Dave Liebman, Jim McNeely, Ron McClure and Ed Soph. McNeil made this concert as a field study of “how-to-make-a-live-recording” for the students in the audience

PERSONNEL:

• John McNeil - trumpet, flugelhorn
• David Liebman - tenor sax
• Jim McNeely - piano
• Ron McClure - bass
• Ed Soph - drums

Recorded live at Montmartre, Copenhagen August 30, 1983

TRACKS:

• A1. C J
• A2. Were's Rialto
• A3. Jigsaw

• B1. Things We Did Last Summer
• B2. Falling In Love Is Wonderful
• B3. Shadow Falls