TORCH COLLECTIVE
Torch
CD (2018)

DEBUT RELEASE BY THIS SEATTLE JAZZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE.  FEATURES BRIAN CHIN ON TRUMPET, ERIC LIKKEL ON CLARINET, STEVE SCHERMER ON BASS AND BEN THOMAS ON VIBROPHONE, PERCUSSION AND BANDONEÓN. THE COLLECTIVE’S NAME IS INSPIRED BY A THOMAS MANN QUOTE: “ART IS THE SACRED TORCH THAT MUST SHED ITS MERCIFUL LIGHT INTO ALL LIFE’S TERRIBLE DEPTHS.”

TRACK LISTING:
Tangent | Air | The Surface Of An Emerald | Tennis | Yachtie | Fire | Nana | Valse D’Alchemie | Andantinish | Larghetto-Land | Lento Bash | Picardy | Rabbit

Bass – Steve Schermer | Clarinet – Eric Likkel | Trumpet – Brian Chin | Vibraphone, Percussion, Bandoneon – Ben Thomas | Recorded by Floyd Reitsma, Aug 30-31, 2017, at Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA | Produced by Torch | Art by Scott Kolbo | Mastered by Ed Brooks

CONDITION: MINT (SEALED)
Common Tone Records (2018)