Boathouse Records is pleased to announce the release of VEJI’s 5th album, Big Works featuring the large 22 piece version of VEJI with full strings, harp and choir. The members of VEJI on this album include Juno Award winning Cam Ryga, Ross Taggart, Perry White, Brad Turner, Ian McDougall, Christine Duncan, Dave Robbins, Ken Lister and many others! This CD features Hugh Fraser’s Concerto for Jazz Orchestra which is a 30 minute tour de force featuring all the sections and soloists while the Mass in C Minor is a result of blending Hugh’s ideas, J.S. Bach and John Coltrane. The final two movements of the Mass in C Minor won the BBC & Mechanical Copyright Composition Award for Best Big Band Composition in London, England.

CONCERTO FOR JAZZ ORCHESTRA

1. Dawn

2. Cross and Trine

3. Duke’s Circle

4. Adzenyah’s Love

5. Dusk

MASS IN C MINOR

6. Kyrie

7. Gloria

8. Credo

9. Sanctus

10. Agnus Dei