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Ellen Rowe: Sylvan Way
by J. Robert Bragonier
Jazz pianist and composer Ellen Rowe currently serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Jazz Studies at the University of Michigan. Sylvan Way is her first CD as leader; she has been a guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz on National Public Radio and has performed with jazz artists such as Kenny Wheeler, Tim Ries, Tom Harrell, John Clayton, Ingrid Jensen and Jiggs Whigham.
On this effort she has surrounded herself predominantly with rhythm sections from the Detroit area. ...
Continue ReadingThe University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble: Low-Down
by Jack Bowers
Every so often a new undergraduate Jazz Studies program steps forward to make its voice heard loudly and clearly as it establishes itself among the front ranks of college Jazz ensembles. The latest to do this is the University of Michigan, and here we have the Low–Down to prove it. The UM big band has come a long way in a brief time under talented composer / pianist / director Ellen Rowe, the proof of which is readily apparent throughout ...
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