Chamberlain Brass - Cocktail Hour (2014)

Franco Finstad - Leader, Trumpet; Terry Szor - Trumpet; Patty Schmitt - French Horn; Jayan Nandagopan - trombone; Kyle Turner - Tuba.

The Chamberlain Brass debut album, “Cocktail Hour”, explores jazz, Latin, pop and soul with a unique approach - a swinging brass quintet backing up a heavy weight jazz soloist. Utilizing the virtuosic improvisation of internationally renowned trumpeter Terell Stafford, and new original arrangements by rising New York arranger Jayan Nandagopan, the new genre of “the jazz brass quintet” has arrived. Existing recordings of jazz by standard classical brass groups often lack swing and feel and are usually an add-on to the group’s usual classical approach. By combining jazz musicians and fresh, new repertoire, Chamberlain Brass have created something exciting and different: a purely jazz brass quintet.