The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
The Music of Donald Brown

1. I Used to Think She Was Quiet
2. Strangers in Paradise
3. Waltz for Monk
4. Back Down in Lu Easy Anna
5. The Thing About Harold Mabern
6. Shade Street (Vance Thompson)
7. Dearest Emily (Vance Thompson)
8. Episode from a Village Dance

All tunes composed by Donald Brown, arranged by Vance Thompson unless otherwise noted.

WOODWINDS
Mark Tucker - alto, soprano, flute
David King - alto, flute
Bill Scarlett - tenor, soprano, clarinet
Jimmy Mann - tenor, clarinet
Tom Johnson – baritone, bass clarinet

TRUMPETS
Michael Wyatt
Stewart Cox
Thomas Heflin
Tom Fox (tracks 2,6,7,8)
Michael Spirko (track 7)
Vance Thompson, Director

TROMBONES
Don Hough
Tom Lundberg
Darrell Wyatt
Brad McDougall

RHYTHM
Mark Boling, guitar (track 2)
Bill Swann, piano
Rusty Holloway, bass
Keith Brown, drums

Recorded live at:
The University of Tennessee Music Hall
and Fairbanks Roasting Room
Recording Engineer:
Mischa Goldman
Produced by:
Mischa Goldman and Vance Thompson

"These songs are incredible examples of jazz's archetypical big band sound. What many of us think of when we think of jazz. And the performances are just as good. [The band] swings all the way through, delicately when needed, energetically at the right time. It shouldn't be a surprise that Knoxville's jazz players could capture the subtle mood shifts of these songs so well, but it is. And that's a pleasant revelation."
- The Metro Pulse