Jazz Articles about U.S. Navy Commodores Jazz Ensemble

US Navy Commodores Jazz Ensemble: Three Shades of Blue

by Jack Bowers
February 15, 2006

While the Army and Air Force have a number of world-class jazz ensembles garrisoned here in the States and abroad, the Navy has essentially one, the Commodores, so it had better be good.

It is.

In fact, the Commodores are better than good, boasting enough seagoing firepower to stare down such well-equipped armadas as the Airmen of Note, Army Blues and other topnotch service bands without blinking, as they prove again on Three Shades of Blue. I've been a fan ...