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San Jose Jazz Festival Big Band: Temperature Rising: Suite for Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
A few years ago the San Jose Jazz Festival commissioned composer/educator/trombonist Dave Eshelman to write a Jazz suite as a “musical accolade” to that California city, and Temperature Rising is the result of that mandate. As there are no other selections on the CD, the running time is only 28:55 (the first two minutes of which comprise a spoken introduction by Pete Fallico). The 27–minute suite itself is superb, with its four movements depicting the bustle of downtown; paying tribute ...
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