JACK STAMP (b.1954) - Chamber Music, Volume One Mt Olive Fanfare for brass quintet (2022) ; Concertino for Brass Quintet and Chamber Orchestra (2021) ; A Craic Situation for brass quintet (2021) ; Suite Madera for wind quintet (2017) ; A Lost Friendship for string trio (2022) ; Lord, Keep Us Steadfast for brass quintet (2018) ; Red Cedar Lake Suite for brass quintet (2021) ; Suite for unaccompanied solo trumpet (2022) ; Concertino for Trumpet and Jazz Ensemble (2020). FIRST RECORDINGS Uptown Brass, Mill City Chamber Players, Hideaway Wind Quintet, WhittierStringTrio, Marissa Benedict, trumpet, Charles Lazarus, trumpet, University of Minnesota Jazz Ensemble, Jack Stamp, Dean Sorenson, conductors

Description: The American composer John Stamp (b. 1954) – universally known as ‘Jack’ – is a familiar figure in the worlds of the symphonic wind-band movement that flourishes in US universities and of the brass band on both sides of the Atlantic. This first Toccata Classics album of his music presents a cross-section of his recent works for woodwinds, brass and strings, varied in mood, from upbeat to reflective, and in style, from a solemn hymn-setting to buoyant, outdoors Americana à la Copland, now and then coloured by a hint of Jazz. Uptown Brass, Mill City Chamber Players, Hideaway Wind Quintet, WhittierStringTrio, Marissa Benedict, trumpet, Charles Lazarus, trumpet, University of Minnesota Jazz Ensemble, Jack Stamp, Dean Sorenson, conductors