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Barefoot Dances and Other Visions
By Jim McNeely
Label: Planet Arts
Released: 2018
Track listing: Bob’s Here; Black Snow; Barefoot Dances; A Glimmer of Hope; Redman Rides Again; Falling Upwards; The Cosmic Hodge-Podge.
Jim McNeely: Barefoot Dances and Other Visions
by Jerome Wilson
When today's top composer-arrangers of large ensemble jazz are discussed, Jim McNeely's name sometimes gets overlooked. He deserves the recognition. He's been a long- time associate of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and its descendant, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and he's also done a lot of work with several European big bands. It could be ...
Jim McNeely / Frankfurt Radio Big Band: Barefoot Dances and Other Visions
by Jack Bowers
Barefoot Dances and Other Visions is a contemporary seven-part suite written by composer/arranger Jim McNeely in 2014 for the Frankfurt Radio Big Band, with whom he has worked since 2008. I tailored my musical visions," he writes, to fit each player in the ensemble, and placed each soloist in a framework both familiar and challenging." Challenging ...
Holiday Roundup 2017
by Mark Sullivan
Here are this year's holiday albums I received for review. They are an exceptionally varied lot, ranging from contemporary pop to mainstream jazz--there's even one big band Hanukkah album! I wanted to make special mention of an exceptionally beautiful album that I reviewed late last year, after I had published the 2016 Roundup: Olga Konkova & ...