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Eric Miyashiro: Times Square: Live at STB 139
by Jack Bowers
In October '04, a number of the most celebrated jazz trumpeters on the West Coast (and in the world) gathered in Los Angeles to take part in “Stratospheric, a three-day salute to the incomparable Maynard Ferguson sponsored by Ken Poston and the LA Jazz Institute. As one would expect, there were electrifying performances by the likes of Bobby Shew, Wayne Bergeron, Don Rader, Bob Summers, Dennis Noday, Roger Ingram, Scott Englebright, Stan Mark, Pete DeSiena and others. But it was ...
Continue ReadingCount Basie Orchestra: Basie Is Back
by Jack Bowers
No, the Count isn't literally back... in fact, he's never really been away, as the Count Basie Orchestra has kept rolling along under a series of leaders since Basie's death in April 1984. This latest incarnation, directed by the Count's longtime bass trombonist Bill Hughes, was recorded in concert in October '05 at Denryoku Hall in Sendai, Japan. Following in the footsteps of Basie's Old Testament and New Testament bands, Aaron Woodward writes in his liner notes, “We are calling ...
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