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Nancie Banks Orchestra: Out of It

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by Dave Nathan
June 1, 2001

Each Nancie Banks Orchestra album seems to come with an unconditional guarantee that the listener will be treated to creative and compelling charts played by a dynamic big band. The group's 4th album, Out of It, is one of those satisfaction guaranteed albums. There's a new wrinkle with this latest effort with Cecil Bridgewater conducting, arranging and playing his formidable trumpet on some cuts. Talk about icing on the cake. In addition to Bridgewater's, there are arrangements by Thad Jones, ...

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Nancie Banks Orchestra: Ear Candy

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by Dave Nathan
September 1, 2000

The tone is set for Nancie's Bank's third album by an opening six second exclamation, “Bird Lives!", by eight year old Jaclyn Barrero. The album features several cuts associated with notable practitioners (and in one case one the inventors) of Be-Bop, e.g., Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker and Bud Powell. This is not to imply that the playing is asymmetric or off center. But it carries with it that sense of adventure that these musicians created. With their new approach to ...