Global Citizen

Global Citizen

The Music of Robin Eubanks
2008

Tracks:

1. Midtown
2. Shorter Bu
3. Mojo Jojo
4. The Yearning
5. For What Might Have Been
6. Red, Black, and Green Blues
7. Global Citizen
8. X-Base

All Compositions by Robin Eubanks
All Arrangements by Arthur White, except "The Yearning", arranged by Bradley Spears

• Arthur White, director, arranger, saxophone on "Global Citizen"
• Robin Eubanks, trombone on all tracks, electric trombone on "Midtown" and "X-Base"

Saxophones:

• Alto 1: Zach Eldridge, Verdigris, OK (solos on tracks 1, 5)
• Alto 2: Ashton Phillips, Tulsa, OK (solo on 2)
• Tenor 1: Jonathan Rice, Checotah, OK (solo on track 4)
• Tenor 2: Sadie Gaylord, Oolagah, OK
• Baritone: Cory Martin, Coweta, OK (solo on track 6)

Trumpets:

• Jason Ashmore, Tulsa, OK (lead on tracks 1, 2, 3, 8)
• Michael Black, Sand Springs, OK (lead on tracks 5, 6, 7)
• Kyle Williams, Wilburton, OK (lead on track 4)
• Jared Brown, Catoosa, OK (solo on track 2)
• Evan Schuering, Checotach, OK

Trombones:

• Aaron Hollon, lead, Verdigris, OK (solo on tracks 3, 8)
• Danielle Embrey, Coweta, OK (solo on 6)
• Trevor Moore, Tulsa, OK
• Danny Cole, bass, Tulsa, OK (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8)
• Norm Wika, bass, Tahlequah, OK (tracks 1, 6, 7)

Rhythm:

• Blake Peters, guitar, Tulsa, OK (solo on track 2)
• Tatsuo Kohjima, piano (all except 2, 3), Osaka, Japan (solo on track 4)
• Daniel Thompson, piano (tracks 2, 3), Tulsa, OK (solo on track 2)
• Greg Breeding, vibes, Heavener, OK (solo on track 6)
• Gerad Breeding, bass, Heavener, OK (all tracks except 1, 8)
• Justin Fulfer, bass, Broken Arrow, OK (tracks 1, 8)
• Tony Hankins, drums, Verdigris, OK (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8)
• Joe Henderson, drums, Fort Gibson, OK (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7)

About the Artists

Robin Eubanks is the premier jazz trombonist of his generation, and a Grammy award winner. Whether touring with is bands EB3 and Mental Images, as a member of the critically acclaimed Dave Holland Quintet and Big Band, or as a member of the SFJazz Collective, Robin is an artist whose impact on jazz is powerful and lasting. Emerging from a musical family that includes his brothers Duane (trumpet) and Kevin (guitar/musical director of The Tonight Show), Robin is a graduate of the University of the Arts. He balances his rigorous touring schedule with a career as a tenured professor of jazz trombone at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and is a popular clinician for universities all over the world. He has recorded several CDs as a leader and numerous projects with the Dave Holland groups, in addition to recordings with JJ Johnson, Michael Brecker, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Branford Marsalis, and numerous others. Visit www.robineubanks.com for more information on one of the most important artists in jazz.

Dr. Arthur White is the Director of Jazz Studies and Assistant Professor of Music at Northeastern State University. Emerging nationally as a saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator, he has recorded with jazz legend Dewey Redman, Fred Wesley, Chris Murrell, Scott Wendholt, Bobby Watson, Henry Johnson, and now with the great Robin Eubanks. White has arranged music for jazz luminaries Mike Mainieri, Peter Erskine, Mulgrew Miller, Kevin Mahogany, Henry Johnson, Dewey Redman, Scott Wendholt, Bobby Watson, Bob Mintzer, Robin Eubanks, Kathy Kosins, and Paul Hanson. White is published by Second Floor Music, through Hal Leonard, Inc. White was named the 2007 Oklahoma Jazz Educator of the Year.

The NSU Jazz Ensemble I is the flagship ensemble of the Jazz Program at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK. The Jazz Ensemble I have recently performed with internationally recognized artists such as Joe Lovano, Slide Hampton, Mike Mainieri, Bob Mintzer, Byron Stripling, Jimmy Cobb, Kevin Mahogany, Bobby Shew, and many others. NSU is the only higher education institution in the state of Oklahoma to offer a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a Jazz Studies major. NSU hosts the Green Country Jazz Festival, the longest running jazz festival in Oklahoma. The NSU Jazz Lab, a unique state-of-the-art performance and recording facility, serves as the home for the jazz studies program. The NSU Jazz Studies program has hosted concerts performed by Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Barron, Kevin Mahogany, Marvin Stamm, Ravi Coltrane, Bobby Watson, Mulgrew Miller, John Patitucci, Diana Krall, Russell Malone, T.S. Monk, and Eliane Elias, to name but a few. The band's second CD, Appointment in Milano with Bobby Watson, was named as a Blue Chip Award winner by Jazz Education Journal, Signifying the CD as one of the top ten university jazz CDs of 2006.

All proceeds from the sale of this recording will benefit the NSU Jazz Studies Program, and are used to support the program through public performances, tours, and recordings.

This CD sponsored in part by: Windstream, and NSU Jazz Lab.