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The Towson University Jazz Ensemble: With the Old Man in Mind
by Jack Bowers
The “old man” remembered on this newest recording by the Towson University (Maryland) Jazz Ensemble is Stan Kenton, one of two Jazz giants to whom the album is dedicated. The other is Hank Levy who played saxophone in Kenton’s orchestra and also wrote and arranged for Stan before he became director of Jazz Studies at Towson. “With the Old Man in Mind” was written and arranged by Levy for Kenton’s 80th birthday celebration, held ten years ago in Las Vegas ...
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