Jazz Articles about Fatum Brothers

Fatum Brothers Jazz Orchestra: Live in Chicago

by Jack Bowers
October 4, 2013

For their second album, the talented Fatum brothers (twins, as it happens), Michael on trumpet, John on drums, introduced their admirable Jazz Orchestra to an appreciative audience at Chicago's venerable Jazz Showcase in July 2013 for a concert of mostly original compositions on which unbridled old-school swinging is the order of the day. Jazz standards by Benny Golson ("Stablemates"), Miles Davis ("Donna Lee") and the Gershwin brothers' “They Can't Take That Away from Me" rub shoulders with themes by members ...