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"Salt Lake City, Ready to Fly" is from the movie "Of Fire and Ice" that is a documentary premiered in "The Salt Lake Freedom Film and Storytelling Festival." It is about the poetry, art and music that flourished in Salt Lake during
the winter of 2002 and the echoes that yet reverberate in this town since the
world came to the crossroads for one of the greatest Olympics in history.
From Deseret News archives:
'Ready to Fly' will leave you soaring
The inspirational album celebrates S.L. diversity
Published: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:00 a.m. MST
By Edward Reichel
Deseret News music critic

BRIAN JACKSON FETZER, "Salt Lake City — Ready to Fly!" (Corona of an Eclipse Productions) ***
"Salt Lake City — Ready to Fly" is an eclectic mix of music with one thing in common — celebrating the diversity of Utah's capital city.
The 23 tracks on this CD represent a wide range of musical styles, from country to jazz to pop. All of the words and music are by Brian Jackson Fetzer, and he's featured on the majority of the songs. And joining Fetzer are members of his band (Doc Jackson and the American Good Times Country Band), the Children's Chorus at Oakridge Elementary School, the Salt Lake Symphonic Choir and members of the Utah Symphony. Together, they create music that is often inspirational, at times humorous and always full of hope and joy.
Fetzer has also included a few purely instrumental numbers in this collection. In the section labeled "Uptown Trilogy," "Give Me That Jazz!" and "Uptown Cats, Hummin' and a Countin' " are a couple of fun, spunky, get-up-and-dance numbers.
One of the loveliest songs on this album, though, is "Colors," a lyrical portrait of the Salt Lake International Peace Gardens.
In fact, all of Fetzer's songs are melodic and easy to listen to. You'll find yourself constantly hitting the repeat button on your CD player to hear your favorite songs over and over again.
And there's no way you can keep yourself from humming these catchy tunes — as if you really wanted to stop anyway. Fetzer's got a winner here.