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Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra: Sketches of Spain Live
by Jack Bowers
The celebrated Miles Davis/Gil Evans partnership, which produced three classic albums more than forty years ago, is undergoing a mini-renaissance that started with the recent interpretation of Porgy & Bess by trumpeter Clark Terry and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra and gave rise as well to this meticulous reprise of Sketches of Spain featuring David Liebman with the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra.
Unlike Porgy, on which Terry's approach would quite naturally be compared to Davis's, Liebman plays soprano and ...
Continue ReadingManhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra: Contemporary Jazz Composition
by Jack Bowers
There are some genuinely absorbing contemporary jazz compositions on this concert recording from four years ago by the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra conducted by Justin DiCioccio; a shame there aren't more of them. Judging from the 31:43 playing time, I'd presume the disc wasn't intended for commercial release but designed more as a teaching/listening apparatus for students (but I could be wrong about that).
The album is dedicated to composer/arranger Manny Albam who was still alive when the ...
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