CBC Radio orchestra and K-OS

[b coon]

I thought this might interest some of you,

About a year ago I was involved in a collaboration between rap artist K-OS and the CBC Radio Orchestra.

Kheaven (K-OS) wrote the song, guitarist Russ Klyne and myself worked on the arrangement together and I orchestrated it for the Orchestra (plus K-OS's band). That is: 14 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 2 double basses, trumpet, nylon string guitar, piano/keyboards, tablas, drums and DJ.

Among local jazz greats you get to hear the incredible Chris Gestrin create magic on piano/keyboards and the amazing Brad Turner play a gorgeous flugel solo. The K-OS band (with the very talented guitarist Russ Klyne at the helm) do a great job laying down the groove.

The results are in and you can check out the resulting documentary on CBC TV.
To say it was a unique experience would be an understatement!

K-OS and the CBC Radio Orchestra
Two Musical Worlds Collide
A Music Documentary on CBC Television

"OPENING NIGHT" Thursday Feb. 2 @ 9 pm
and on "ZED REAL" Tuesday Feb. 7 @ 11:25 pm

All the best, see you around,

Bill Coon

[Steve]

Is the ZED REAL show shown on CBC (CH3)??

Sounds like a cool project. It caught my eye when I first heard about it ijust under a year ago and I'm looking forward to seeing the results.

[b coon]

Yes, the documentary is actually called "Burning to Shine" and will be on CBC television's "Opening Night" Thurs Feb 2 @ 9pm and on "Zed Real" Tues Feb 7 @11:25 pm

[John Korsrud]

Good work Bill!

But why was it important that all musicians were laying down all the tracks at once? That's really adding to the stress, no?