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Swinging Every Which Way But Loose

Label: NIUJE
Released: 2006
Track listing: We Be Jammin

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On the Verge

Label: NIUJE
Released: 2006
Track listing: I Remember You; Tippin

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The Liberace Jazztet: On the Verge

Read "On the Verge" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The Liberace Jazztet, based at Northern Illinois University, is so named because it was formed in 2001 as a result of a grant from the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts. The Jazztet is comprised of junior, senior and graduate students at the NIU School of Music who are designated “Liberace Scholars. When this ...

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Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble: Swinging Every Which Way But Loose

Read "Swinging Every Which Way But Loose" reviewed by Jack Bowers


To show clearly where his sentiments lie, Ronald Carter, director of the renowned Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble, has included the word “swing (or “swinging ) in the title of each of the four albums the band has released since he took charge of the program nearly a decade ago. The latest, Swinging Every Which Way ...

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We Came to Swing!

Label: NIUJE
Released: 2003
Track listing: Airegin; Black and Tan Fantasy; The Voice of the Saxophone; Bridging the Gap; Lucky So & So; Uncertainty; Darn That Dream; Told You So; Cottontail (54:06).

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The Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble: We Came to Swing!

Read "We Came to Swing!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This is the third album in a row by the Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble that includes the words “swing” or “swingin’” in its title. I’m beginning to suspect that director Ronald Carter and his apprentices are trying to tell us something. In this case, the announcement is directed toward its audience, as We Came to ...


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