For those unaware, Outside In Music is thrilled to announce the August 18th, 2023 release of Voices. Esteemed trumpeter and composer Danny Jonokuchi’s label debut as a bandleader is a celebration of the enduring power of collective artistry and the boundless possibilities of vocal expression.

Alongside the stellar 17-piece Danny Jonokuchi Big Band, Voices features eleven of the most virtuosic rising jazz vocalists of our time, with each putting their own unexpected and singular spin on newly arranged jazz standards. The album’s first three singles “You Turned The Tables On Me“, “Born to be Blue” and “All Or Nothing At All” are streaming now on all digital platforms.

1. The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) (2:53) (Feat. Alexa Barchini)
2. All of Me (3:12) (Feat. Tahira Clayton)
3. Social Call (3:07) (Feat. Nicole Zuraitis)
4. Summertime (5:43) (Feat. Brianna Thomas)
5. You Turned the Tables on Me (3:35) (Feat. Shenel Johns)
6. What a Difference a Day Made (4:25) (Feat. Alita Moses)
7. Blame It on My Youth (5:06) (Feat. Charles Turner)
8. Born to Be Blue (5:47) (Feat. Lucy Yeghiazaryan)
9. So Many Stars (4:43) (Feat. Sirintip)
10. All or Nothing at All (4:42) (Feat. Martina DaSilva)
11. I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So (4:14) (Feat. Hannah Gill)

The album opens on the bright shine emanating from the Jones & Khan The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) (featuring Alexa Barchini) and the low slung swinger All of Me (featuring Tahira Clayton) and they are followed by the cultured Social Call (featuring Nicole Zuraitis), a stridently-embracing rendition of Gershwin’s Summertime (featuring Brianna Thomas, and then comes the late night club appeal of You Turned the Tables on Me (featuring Shenel Johns).

Along next is one of my own personal favorites from this magnificently-hued new recording, the playfully skittish What a Difference a Day Made (featuring Alita Moses) and the impassioned Blame It on My Youth (featuring Charles Turner), and they are in turn backed by an upbeat retelling of Mel Tormé’s Born to Be Blue (featuring Lucy Yeghiazaryan), the yearnful ache of So Many Stars (featuring Sirintip), the album rounding out on the euphorically-charged All or Nothing at All (featuring Martina DaSilva) and then closes on the sophisticated, elegant and melodically confident Duke Ellington cut I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So (featuring Hannah Gill).

Danny Jonokuchi first moved to New York City a decade ago, initially developing the concept for Voices upon meeting the seventeen masterful musicians that now populate the incomparable Danny Jonokuchi Big Band, and the eleven vocalists featured prominently on this release.

The bandleader longed to create a project that spoke to each musician’s artistry and collaborative abilities. Jonokuchi shares: “Voices serves as a reminder of the magic that unfolds when talented musicians come together to create something greater than the sum of its parts… Without an ounce of exaggeration, Voices is truly my dream album.”

The Danny Jonokuchi Big Band features Andrew Gould (Alto Sax, Flute), Christopher McBride (Alto Sax, Flute), Chris Oatts (Alto Sax, Flute), Jon Beshay (Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet), Chris Lewis (Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet), Andrew Gutauskas (Baritone Sax, Flute, Bass Clarinet), trumpeters Nick Marchione (lead trumpet) Sam Hoyt, John Lake, James Zollar, Scott Wendholt, Noah Halpern, Bruce Harris, trombonists Robert Edwards, Sara Jacovino, Jason Jackson, Reginald Chapman (bass trombone), pianist Jeb Patton, bassist Samuel Harris, drummer Kevin Congleton and percussionist Víctor Pablo.

The album also features special guest vocalists Alexa Barchini, Tahira Clayton, Nicole Zuraitis, Brianna Thomas, Shenel Johns, Alita Moses, Charles Turner, Lucy Yeghiazaryan, Sirintip, Martina DaSilva, and Hannah Gill.

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