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Us
  • Who We Are & What We Do
  • Recordings
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  • Our Latest CD
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    • Who We Are & What We Do
    Hi! Thanks for your interest in the Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra.

    We’re an eighteen-piece “big band” jazz group in Los Angeles that came into being in 1997, comprised of hand-picked players with whom leader Gary Urwin had been associated over the years as an arranger and trumpet player. Gary's role is to arrange or compose all the music we do, and to lead the band when we perform or record.

    With the active support of Business Manager and co-producer Pat Longo, we began work on our first CD ("Perspectives"), which debuted on Sea Breeze Records in 2000. Word of mouth spread quickly, and the band’s activities grew into enthusiastically-received live appearances, a follow-up Sea Breeze CD ("Living in the Moment") in 2003 reflecting the band’s development and growth, and our new (2006) CD on Summit Records, "Kindred Spirits."

    The band is committed to using familiar tools in a fresh way to stretch the idiom, while always swinging and remaining true to the jazz roots of the music.

    The band has been referred to as “A veritable who’s who among the Los Angeles area’s most accomplished studio and big-band artists.” It enjoys the talents of well known Los Angeles jazz personalities Pete Christlieb, Wayne Bergeron, Bobby Shew, Kim Richmond, Charlie Loper, Alex Iles, Christian Jacob, Trey Henry, Ron King, Ralph Razze and many others.


    Recordings
    We’ve been fortunate to release three critically-praised CDs, “Kindred Spirits” (new in April 2006), "Living in the Moment" and "Perspectives".

    Our second recording, "Living in the Moment," hit Number 31 on JazzWeek’s Jazz Chart in 2003 (with a bullet) and remained on the charts for six weeks. The band’s albums can be heard on some 135 radio stations nationwide, as well as abroad.


    Live Appearances
    The band has played to enthusiastic receptions and well-received press reviews at such Los Angeles jazz venues as the Jazz Bakery, Catalina Bar & Grill and Charlie O's.

    We will always post our upcoming gigs on this website.


    Our Latest CD
    Newly released on Summit Records (in April 2006) is our third album, "Kindred Spirits," featuring a “front line” of jazz legends Bill Watrous (trombone) and Pete Christlieb (tenor sax) backed by the band, with tunes hand-picked by Watrous and Christlieb and arrangements written specially for this project by leader Gary Urwin. Trumpet legend Bobby Shew also plays a significant role in covering the trumpet/flugelhorn solos and in the trumpet section on the new album.



    News
    Look for updates here!
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