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Bundesjazzorchester (BuJazzO): Focus on Vocals
by Jack Bowers
Luckily for those of us who prefer our big–band Jazz straight (no chaser), this recent two–disc set (recorded in March ’97) by Germany’s remarkably proficient Bundesjazzorchester (Youth Jazz Orchestra) doesn’t focus exclusively on vocals. The nine selections on each disc include five instrumentals on Disc 1, five more on Disc 2. Among the (non–vocal) highlights on Disc 1 — Antti Rissanen’s buoyant “Red Letter Day” and luminous charts by Bernd Lechtenfeld (Pat Metheny’s “Better Days Ahead,” which does include wordless ...
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by Jack Bowers
Criticism? Sorry, dear reader; you’ll have to turn elsewhere for that. Here you’ll find only a cordial salute to Germany’s foremost youth ensemble, the Bundesjazzorchester, and its indefatigable director, Peter Herbolzheimer, and an avowal of my good fortune in acquiring, after several years of searching, a copy of BuJazzO, Vol. 1, which has assumed a place of honor in my big–band racks next to Vols. 2 and 3. For that I must thank Peter Ortmann through whose kindness I was ...
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