For those unaware, Jon C. Gardner is a composer and arranger based in Philadelphia, PA. While earning music degrees from the University of Valley Forge and UMass-Amherst, Jon apprenticed under Jeffery W. Holmes, and Guggenheim Recipient Dr. Felipe Salles studying copyist and arranging techniques along with jazz ensemble rehearsal techniques.

A three time honorable mention award winner in the international Ithaca College Jazz Composition Contest, Jon has come to be a very well sought after arranger and composer while maintaining an active performing role. Jon has served as an educator for various collegiate, k-12 ensembles throughout various areas of Pennsylvania; Massachusetts; Connecticut; and Poland.

It’s all about the craft! Jon’s brand new album with the Gardyn Jazz Orchestra is out now and entitled Vinyl Brews, and is an album that is all about brews. Furthermore, each track has some correspondence to a craft brew that inspired Jon to create an audio counterpart!

1. Dinero de Sangré [6:25]
2. By the Stoney Creek [6:49]
3. The Golden OG [4:43]
4. Walking On Clouds [6:19]
5. Zoomies! [6:41]
6. Meh... It Happens [4:24]
7. By the Stoney Creek (Alternate Take) [6:59]
8. The Golden OG (Alternate Take) [4:41]
9. Walking On Clouds (Alternate Take) [6:21]

With a thank you thrown out to the Von C. Brewing Company family, who Jon claims that without their support, and great craft brews, the inspiration to create this album would not have been possible, this new recording opens (after an introduction) on the joyfully inspiring Dinero de Sangré and then we get brought forth the triumphant By the Stoney Creek, the melodiously-sculpted The Golden OG and the drum-led, grooved beauty Walking On Clouds.

Along next on this fascinatingly blended album, is the gently fervent, aptly-titled Zoomies! and the languishing Meh... It Happens, and they are in turn backed by the upbeat, soulful By the Stoney Creek (Alternate Take), the finger-snapping The Golden OG (Alternate Take), coming to a close on the low slung, mesmerizingly rhythmic Walking On Clouds (Alternate Take).

Musicians:
Jon C. Gardner - Alto Saxophone
Jacob Kaplan - Alto Saxophone
Jud Aaron - Tenor Saxophone
Jordan Graef - Tenor Saxophone
Louis Kugelman - Baritone Saxophone

Official Purchase Link

www.jcgardnermusic.com