Album Notes

Clockwork is a quintet of musicians who happen to sing. With their own arrangements of jazz from standards to be-bop with interesting, unexpected surprises, this award-winning vocal group is the coolest, newest sound in jazz. Clockwork has taken the West by storm and is not to be missed in the jazz world. Influenced by Chet Baker, Charlie Parker, Gene Puerling, Phil Mattson, and many others, Clockwork’s performances include a wide range of material. From beautiful ballads and hard-swinging standards to complex, harmonized bebop lines normally only performed by an experienced saxophone section, their five voices make the listener forget that there are no instruments playing.

Clockwork’s original style and sound has set this group apart from other a cappella groups. Twice they have become the champions in the A Cappella Harmony Sweepstakes (2004 and 2006) and their arrangements of “In the Garden of Eden”, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm/I Got Rhythm” and “Donna Lee” have all been award winners for their originality and performance. And this San Francisco Bay Area-based vocal quintet was nominated and won two awards in the category for A Cappella Performance from the 2006 International Just Plain Folks Music Awards. www.jpfolks.com. Best Song for A Cappella Performance category–“In the Garden of Eden” from their EP “Clockwork” and Best A Cappella Album –“Tesseract”.

Clockwork has a focus on Jazz, but also performs beautifully arranged pop/rock selections including songs from the Beatles, Iron butterfly, Radiohead and others. Influenced by Chet Baker, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and others, Clockwork is a musically erudite and technically excellent group with a warm, friendly attitude. Bay Area and national baseball fans also love them for their memorable rendition of the national anthem.

In addition to being experienced performers, Clockwork, individually and collectively, has extensive experience hosting and participating in educational workshops on a range of topics that include arranging for voices, solo interpretation, small and ensemble group singing, microphone technique, and improvisation, and all the members have been adjudicators for competitive and non-competitive music festivals.

This is not your typical a cappella group.

Clockwork: All arrangements are written by and for the members of the group.