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The Fullerton College Jazz Ensembles: Piranha

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 2000

Saying a piranha is combative is somewhat like observing that the late Vince Lombardi was rather fond of winning. The newest release by Fullerton College’s Jazz Ensemble 1 and Alternative Jazz Lab Ensemble is exceedingly well–named, as both groups are ready to rumble from the outset and breathe fire throughout a galvanizing session comprised entirely of original compositions. The frame of reference is mainly funk / Latin and emphatically upbeat, and within those parameters the scrappy Fullerton ensembles are solidly ...

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The Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra: Well Seasoned

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 2000

If anyone is apprehensive about the future of big'band Jazz, he or she need only look eastward toward Asia, Europe and the British Isles to lay any such fears to rest. Even though big bands remain very much alive in the good old US of A, overseas is where it's really happenin' these days. As one who keeps his finger on that pulse, I can assure you that the big'band scene 'over there' is livelier and more expansive than ever. ...