Jazz Articles about Cody Kleinhans

About Cody Kleinhans

Album Review

Choi Cunliffe Big Band: East Meets West

Read "East Meets West" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 12, 2026

True, big bands are far removed from the lofty pinnacle they once occupied, when it must have seemed at times as though there were one on almost every street corner. Every once in a while, however, a new band comes along with enough musical depth and awesome firepower to make a listener sit up and take notice. When that happens, the phenomenon can usually be traced back not only to the band per se but to the marvelous arrangements that ...

Album Review

Mina Choi: Stories

by Jack Bowers
June 2, 2025

Who could have guessed that the next wave of world-class big-band composers and arrangers would wash ashore in the U.S. after starting its journey in faraway Asia? In 2024 alone, many composers with roots in the Far East have nourished their credentials with impressive and well- received big-band recordings. Those whose names spring to mind include Jihye Lee, Hyeseon Hong, Noel Okimoto and Zhengtao Pan, a list that has now grown by one with the addition of pianist and composer ...