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The Video Session

by Happy Orchestra

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Happy One 04:41
2.
Reaganing 04:50
3.
The Dance 04:36
4.
The Mothers 05:14

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Recorded live in Seattle in August 2015. Visit www.happyorchestra.com to watch video of the session!

Happy Orchestra, produced by drummer Tarik Abouzied, is a band that puts smiles on faces and lights fires under feet. Its members are drawn from some of the Northwest’s most highly regarded funk, jazz, and soul bands including McTuff, Skerik’s Bandalabra, Richie Aldente, and more. The band combines instrumental and compositional firepower with a determined effort at crafting an intensely happy musical experience.

Abouzied was awarded the maximum 4Culture Arts Project Grant in order to develop, record and perform with Happy Orchestra. The band was conceived from his gratitude and experiences as an established musical force in Seattle: “The level of talent in this city is astounding, the community that supports this music scene is as strong as I’ve ever seen, and contributing to that has been incredibly life affirming. … I want more, and so Happy Orchestra is born.”

Nationally recognized saxophonist Skerik and Earshot Golden Ear Award collector Thomas Marriott join as the horn section, bringing decades-refined improvisational might and intensity. Richie Aldente front man Tim Kennedy and bassist Ian Sheridan fuse effortlessly with McTuff guitarist Andy Coe and drummer Tarik Abouzied, who both “possess Olympian skills on their instruments…” (The Stranger) to create an unshakeable foundation built from years of camaraderie and virtuosic musicianship. This combination of stellar human beings, instrumental mastery, and a grin-inducing compositional palette is what makes Happy Orchestra an unmissable act.

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released September 10, 2015

Thomas Marriott – trumpet; Skerik – saxophone
Andy Coe – guitar; Tim Kennedy – keys; Ian Sheridan – bass; Tarik Abouzied – drums

This project was supported, in part, by an award from 4Culture

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Happy Orchestra Seattle, Washington

Happy Orchestra, produced by drummer Tarik Abouzied, is an award-winning band that puts smiles on faces and brings nourishment to ears and minds. Voted Alternative Jazz Group of the Year by readers of Earshot Jazz, Happy combines instrumental and compositional firepower with a determined effort at crafting an intensely happy musical experience. ... more

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