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Doug Rasmussen

Acme Jazz Company

By Doug Rasmussen

Label: ACME Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Time After Time; Wouldn’t It Be Nice; A Balm for the World; Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby; Nice Work If You Can Get It; One Eyed Jacks; Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing; It Might as Well Be Spring; Autumn in New York; Cheek to Cheek.

Acme Jazz Company: Acme Jazz Company

by Jack Bowers
April 21, 2014

There are moments on its debut recording when the Twin Cities-based Acme Jazz Company rises well above its generic name to present an exciting brand of big-band jazz, others when its run-of-the-mill label seems to suit the ensemble like a proverbial glove. Lance Strickland's genial “One Eyed Jacks," for example, hustles merrily along behind cogent statements ...