Click below to play music samples and/or order the CD from CDBaby.com: Save shipping charges!  Buy the CD at JJQ gigs or Ethos West concerts - just $12 Single tracks are 99¢ on Amazon, iTunes, etc.		New in February 2009! Buddha Jazz Ethos West & the JJQ play Ron Holleman's Shambhala Suite & other neat stuff Jazz, classical, and a synthesis of both. The centerpiece is Ron Holleman's joyful Shambhala Suite, a five-movement work for string quartet and jazz quintet inspired by Buddhist themes. The CD leads off with Bob's One Song, a funky original tune by JJQ/Ethos West pianist Bob Montgomery that gives the JJQ a chance to let their hair down. Cellist Becky Kutz Osterberg is featured next on Vivaldi's Concerto in C Minor. Then Ethos West's full string orchestra is showcased on the third movement of the rarely performed Suite for Strings by British composer Frank Bridge. Finally, the Ethos West string quartet and the Just Jazz Quintet combine forces for the five movements of the Shambhala Suite: Dharma Bums, The Road to Enlightenment, Waltz for Sue, Skydance for Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, and Sakyong Samba. Recorded in 2008 at the Ethos West Spring Concert and later in the recording studio

Buy this CD at JJQ gigs – now only $8! In fall 2006, after five years of playing together, the JJQ released their first CD. It's called "JJQ, The Just Jazz Quintet: Live & Straight Ahead" and includes recordings of some of the band's best live performances up to that point. Below are the CD contents and some MP3 samples of the music. CONTENTS:   1. The Time and the Place (Jimmy Heath) 6:50   2. Line for Lyons (Gerry Mulligan) 5:53   3. Silent Call (Matthew Arau) 7:13   4. Dharma Bums (Ron Holleman) 4:18   5. You Can't Go Home Again (Don Sebesky) 3:17   6. Attunius Abius (Ken Wacker) 5:59   7. Idol Gossip (Gerry Mulligan) 4:17   8. Mr. Magic (R. MacDonald & W. Salter) 10:45   9. Blues in Jackson Square (Javier Arau) 5:58 10. Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Mercer Ellington) 5:57 Recorded at live performances in Fort Collins and Broomfield, Colorado, 2002-2004. SAMPLES FROM THE CD: Line for Lyons (Radio KRFC, Fort Collins, Sept. 2003) 1:15 Silent Call (Broomfield Jazz Festival, Sept. 2003) 0:53 Dharma Bums (Broomfield Jazz Festival, Sept. 2003) 1:45 Attunius Abius (Broomfield Jazz Festival, Sept. 2003) 1:32 Idol Gossip (Radio KRFC, Fort Collins, Oct. 2004) 1:02 Mister Magic (Broomfield Jazz Festival, Sept. 2003) 1:41 Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Avogadro's Number, Fort Collins, summer 2002) 1:28