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Bobby Shew: Salsa Caliente
by Jack Bowers
It is mildly surprising that Bobby Shew hasn’t recorded until now an album of Latin Jazz. He was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he played the music often as a young man. While his career took him in other directions — to the studios in Los Angeles, the trumpet sections of a number of well–respected big bands, and eventually all over the world as a sought–after solo performer — his love for its fiery melodies and unconventional rhythms never ...
Continue ReadingBobby Shew with the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra: Easy to Love
by Jack Bowers
As guest trumpeter Bobby Shew says in his liner notes to Easy to Love - and I certainly won't disagree - “the MYJO is hot!" Bobby adds that the Midlands-based ensemble is “one of the finest youth bands" with which he has ever performed. Again, no argument from this quarter. I've been an enthusiastic partisan since hearing the band's first recording a couple or three years ago (in concert) with alto saxophonist Lanny Morgan. Its second recording is in some ...
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