{"id":1181,"date":"2018-10-21T16:13:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T22:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/?page_id=1181"},"modified":"2020-10-20T22:27:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T04:27:15","slug":"steppin-up","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/index.php\/albums-old\/steppin-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Steppin&#8217; Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2219\" src=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ObsessionsOctet_SteppinUpCover_150ppi_square-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ObsessionsOctet_SteppinUpCover_150ppi_square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ObsessionsOctet_SteppinUpCover_150ppi_square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ObsessionsOctet_SteppinUpCover_150ppi_square.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>Steppin&#8217; Up<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/index.php\/obsessions-octet\/\"><strong>Kent Sangster&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/index.php\/obsessions-octet\/\"><strong>OBSESSIONS OCTET<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>BRR-201602<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track Listing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A Matter of Time&nbsp; (5:21)<\/li>\n<li>The Importance of Elders&nbsp; (4:42)<\/li>\n<li>Thrones&nbsp; (5:56)<\/li>\n<li>Song for Jarek&nbsp; (5:33)<\/li>\n<li>La Muerte del Angel&nbsp; (5:08)<\/li>\n<li>Milonga del Angel&nbsp; (7:07)<\/li>\n<li>Chopin Prelude (No. 4 in E Minor)&nbsp; (4:50)<\/li>\n<li>Travels (5:36)<\/li>\n<li>Steppin&#8217; Up&nbsp; (5:03)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Steppin\u2019 Up<\/em>&nbsp;is a follow up to the group\u2019s previous albums&nbsp;<em>Obsession<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Melodia<\/em>, which have received rave reviews and awards including a Western Canadian Music Award and Juno nomination for&nbsp;<em>Obsession,<\/em>&nbsp;and another WCMA nomination for&nbsp;<em>Melodia<\/em>.&nbsp;Canadian Jazz icon Tommy Banks has said, \u201c[<em>Steppin\u2019 Up<\/em>] is another feather in their collective cap, which is fully bristling with feathers already. Kent Sangster\u2019s creative compositions and orchestrations present great opportunities to demonstrate first-rate ensemble playing and wonderfully musical solos across the board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macewanbookstore.com\/p-10533-steppin-up.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy it here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Available on<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/album\/steppin-up\/1178101148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1273\" src=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Circle-Icons-Apple-e1540346440403.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/music\/album\/Kent_Sangster_s_Obsession_Octet_Steppin_Up?id=B4n3tnt3p5hk5pwfr33ok6v3dla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1289\" src=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Circle-Icons-Google-Play-e1540347339417.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-553670551\/sets\/obsessions-octet-steppin-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1295\" src=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Circle-Icons-Soundcloud-e1540347671439.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Album Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kent Sangster&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;Joanna Ciapka-Sangster&nbsp; |&nbsp; Neda Yamach&nbsp; |&nbsp; Rhonda Henshaw<br>Ronda Metszies&nbsp; |&nbsp; John Taylor&nbsp; |&nbsp; Jamie Cooper&nbsp; |&nbsp; Chris Andrew<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>More from Kent Sangster&#8217;s Obsessions Octet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/index.php\/albums\/reverence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ObsessionsOctet_ReverenceCover_150ppi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2210\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ObsessionsOctet_ReverenceCover_150ppi.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ObsessionsOctet_ReverenceCover_150ppi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ObsessionsOctet_ReverenceCover_150ppi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>OBSESSIONS OCTET \u2013 <em>Reverence<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steppin&#8217; Up Kent Sangster&#8217;sOBSESSIONS OCTET BRR-201602 Track Listing A Matter of Time&nbsp; (5:21) The Importance of Elders&nbsp; (4:42) Thrones&nbsp; (5:56) Song for Jarek&nbsp; (5:33) La Muerte del Angel&nbsp; (5:08) Milonga del Angel&nbsp; (7:07) Chopin Prelude (No. 4 in E Minor)&nbsp; (4:50) Travels (5:36) Steppin&#8217; Up&nbsp; (5:03) Steppin\u2019 Up&nbsp;is a follow up to the group\u2019s previous &#8230; <a title=\"Steppin&#8217; Up\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/index.php\/albums-old\/steppin-up\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":1199,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1181","page","type-page","status-publish"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"RoboGalleryMansoryImagesCenter":false,"RoboGalleryPreload":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"menu-87.2793x36":false,"menu-36x36":false,"menu-48x48":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Kristjan Buckingham","author_link":"https:\/\/bentriverrecords.macewan.ca\/index.php\/author\/buckinghamk2\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Steppin&#8217; 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