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The Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra

The Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra: Give It One

by Jack Bowers
December 12, 2004

Much like its predecessors, Dan McMillion's fifth album as leader of his central Florida-based Jazz Orchestra offers more straight-ahead swinging inspired by fellow trumpeter Maynard Ferguson's electrifying big bands of the '60s, ably performed by an ensemble comprised of earnest young musicians who don't hold anything back. Among the eleven selections are two co-written by Maynard ...

Up Your Brass

By The Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: You Got It; Spirit of St. Frederick; Norwegian Wood; Maria; Change Up; Dolphin Dance; Saturnian Sleigh Ride; People; Last Dive; Blues for Red; The Chicken; Hot House; Gonna Fly Now (theme from Rocky) (69:36).

The Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra: Up Your Brass

by Jack Bowers
November 1, 2002

Sound the trumpets! Dan McMillion’s explosive Florida–based Jazz Orchestra is back with another colorful scrapbook of straight–ahead big–band Jazz sketched in the image of his main men, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich and Woody Herman (if one must have role models he may as well choose the best). McMillion’s Maynard–like high–note trumpet, which produces sparks throughout the ...

Got the Spirit

By The Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Groove; Just Friends; Got the Spirit; Knarf; It Don

The Dan McMillion Jazz Orchestra: Got the Spirit

by Jack Bowers
April 1, 2001

Remember those electrifying big bands of 40 or so years ago presided over by peerless high–note trumpeter Maynard Ferguson? Thought you’d heard the last of them? Wrong! The remarkable MF sound lives on, thanks to another outstanding trumpeter, Dan McMillion, and his brawny Florida–based Jazz Orchestra, who’ve definitely got the “Maynard Ferguson spirit” on this, their ...