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Northeastern State University Jazz Ensemble: Appointment in Milano
by Jack Bowers
Another commendable album of straight-ahead big band jazz courtesy of Jazz Ensemble 1 at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, this time with special guest Bobby Watson, a superb alto saxophonist who supervises the Jazz Studies program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Unlike its earlier studio date, Hour of the Pearl, director Arthur White's ensemble is reasonably well-served by the recorded sound, which adds substantially to one's enjoyment of the enterprise. Even though the outcome is still a long ...
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