2011 continues the exciting vision put forth last year by the new release of HOLD ON. The Fred Hess Big Band CD INTO THE OPEN has been released on Alison Records. The band will performFebruary 18, at Dazzle, 930 Lincoln in Denver, CO.. Shows at 7and 9 pm. Read the article about Fred in the May 2004 issue of DownBeat (listed in the Press Section). . The April 2005 issue of Cadence contains a seven page interview on Fred's musical history .         INTO THE OPEN The Fred Hess Big Band FRED HESS leader/composer john gunther  alto saxophone johan eriksson alto saxophone fred hess tenor saxophone Peter Sommer tenor saxophone mark harris baritone saxophone brad goode trumpet dave rajewski trumpet al hood trumpet ron miles trumpet tom ball trombone nelson hinds trombone hoyt andres trombone gary mayne bass trombone marc sabetella piano ken filiano bass matt wilson drums tyler gilmore conductor Alison Records 116 Album Information LISTEN toSOOZ BLOOZ BUY THIS CD