The Reiki Practitioner (Jonathan Saraga)

"The Reiki Practitioner" was originally written for quintet and was featured on Jonathan's debut album, "First Vision", which was released at Smalls Jazz Club in New York City for the Blue Truffle Music record label. What started as a small-group original work was soon adapted for jazz orchestra and would be debuted at the 2009 Carmine Caruso Jazz Trumpet Competition presented by the International Trumpet Guild and premiered by the U.S. Army Blues. It has since been performed by multi-award winning ensembles such as the Eco-Music Big Band, the Liberte Big Band, the Erica Seguine/Shannon Baker Jazz Orchestra, and most recently, the University of Colorado, Boulder Concert Jazz Ensemble. Venues it has been performed at include The Tea Lounge, Trumpets Jazz Club and The Iridium in New York, as well as Grusin Hall at CU Boulder. The piece was recently recognized by the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers, which awarded Jonathan a commission to complete a new composition by winter of 2020. Recorded in April 2019 at Mighty Fine Studios, Denver CO Engineered by Colin Bricker Saxophones Lexi Nomikos Rhiannon Dewey Wyatt Wear Michael Gutierrez Jake Conway Trumpets Jonathan Saraga Joey Blunk Erik Ondrejko Aaron MacGilvray Sonya Walker Trombones Brian Woodbury Matteo Bassani Allison Orthel Bryan Powell Rhythm Section Adam Hernandez, guitar Annie Booth, piano Leo Arguello, bass Michael D'Angelo, drums Rocco Williams, vibes