For those unaware, Open Spaces is the second album by the 17-piece Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra. The album features a dynamic collection of classic folk material reimagined by Hersog, as well as his unforgettable original compositions.

The exceptional musicianship of the ensemble is showcased throughout the album, which is elevated even further by collaborations with some of the most dynamic and influential musicians in the genre, including Scott Robinson, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Noah Preminger, and Dan Weiss.

Hersog’s innovative and orchestral approach to the large ensemble is highlighted, making Open Spaces an unforgettable listening experience.

1. The Wreck Of Edmund Fitzgerald
2. How Many Roads
3. Ahead By A Century
4. Shenandoah
5. I Hear
6. Jib Set
7. Canadian Folk Song
8. Rentrer
9. Sarracenia Purpurea
10. Red River Valley

This magnificently impassioned, and expertly crafted new recording opens on the military-hued, spontaneous rhythms within The Wreck Of Edmund Fitzgerald and the lower-ebbed, at first, Kurt Rosenwinkel’s guitar soaring soon thereafter How Many Roads, and they are backed by the simply sparkling finger-snapper Ahead By A Century, then comes their unique take on the old sea-shanty Shenandoah, before we are brought forth the jagged improvisational skills, combined with some luxuriant melodies from all concerned, cohesively jamming together for the 11 minute I Hear.

The wholly captivating Jib Set and the veritably shimmering Canadian Folk Song are up next, and they are in turn backed seamlessly by Kim Cass’s upright bass-led Rentrer (which itself soon turns into a beautiful, and harmonized set of syncopated rhythms), the recording rounding out with the euphorically-charged Sarracenia Purpurea, coming to a close on the cinematic glow found within Red River Valley.

Born in 1985 and raised in Vancouver and Victoria, Hersog has become a vital voice as a trumpeter, composer and arranger. A 2016 graduate of New England Conservatory, Hersog won the school’s prestigious Gunther Schuller Medal. He studied with a who’s who of jazz at NEC. Hersog teaches jazz trumpet at Capilano University, where he also writes for the school’s big band and leads a trumpet ensemble.

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