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Salutes Woody Herman
By Depaul University Jazz Ensemble
Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2013
Track listing: Woodchopper’s Ball; Sidewalks of Cuba; Early Autumn; Laura; Lemon Drop; Blue Flame; Sonny Speaks; Apple Honey; Four Brothers; Bijou; The Good Earth.
DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: Salutes Woody Herman
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Anecdotes of all kinds about bandleader Woody Herman-- whose centennial is celebrated this year--circulate among musicians and fans to this day. From them, we deduce that “The Chopper" had a straight-razor tongue, wry humor, and less-than-zero patience for disingenuous fan-fawning over himself or his band's celebrity. Even as road-weary big bands faded from the scene and ...
The Depaul University Jazz Ensemble: Salutes Woody Herman
by Jack Bowers
Were he still with us, bandleader Woody Herman would have turned one hundred years young on May 16, 2013. What better way, then, to mark the occasion than by doing something that made “the Chopper" happier than anything else: swinging hard and often. Chicago's DePaul University Jazz Ensemble does precisely that on this superb album comprised ...
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