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Connect the Dots

By The Verve Jazz Ensemble

Label: LightGroove Media
Released: 2018
Track listing: Bistro; Tangerine; Connect the Dots; Disk Jockey Jump; Autumn Left; Little Karin; On the Run; Ceora; Intermission Riff; Love for Sale; My Shining Hour; Jumping on the Couch; Lil Darlin'

Verve Jazz Ensemble Showcases Jubilant Group Sound On Its 5th Album, "Connect The Dots," Out July 20

June 15, 2018

Always highly polished, the Verve Jazz Ensemble’s timeless straight-ahead jazz reaches for exuberance as well on LightGroove Media’s July 20 release Connect the Dots. The fifth album by the VJE, a modular New York-based ensemble led by drummer Josh Feldstein, features upbeat performances of band originals, standards, and lesser-known works by classic jazz composers—each characterized by ...

Josh Feldstein

Verve Jazz Ensemble leader Josh Feldstein has been a jazz drummer for more than 30 years. The VJE's 5th album, "Connect The Dots," to be released in July 2018, features Josh Feldstein on drums supported by an expanded VJE septet and a front line of horns including trumpet, tenor, alto / flute, and trombone. A native New Yorker who grew up on the NYC jazz scene, Josh has studied with drum legends John Riley and Joe Morello. Josh formed the VJE in 2006 as a local jazz group in the Danbury, CT area. The straight-ahead jazz group – which paid homage to the legendary music of the famed Verve record label – soon took off with a large local following

Thought Trains

By The Gotham Jazz Orchestra

Label: Connect the Dots
Released: 2002

The Gotham Jazz Orchestra: Thought Trains

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 2002

One assumes instinctively that a big–band album named Thought Trains isn’t likely to include such time–worn staples as “Moten Swing” or “One O’Clock Jump.” That’s definitely true of this one, even though it does receive a “jump start” from Mike Holober’s rhythmically vibrant composition, “Jump Down, Spin Around.” All of the compositions / arrangements are Holober’s, ...