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Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra: Shadows of Tomorrow

Read "Shadows of Tomorrow" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Do not let the word “Latin" in front of the Socrates Garcia Jazz Orchestra's name sway you. Shadows of Tomorrow is bright and spirited contemporary jazz albeit with a southerly twist. The salute to Latin America is for the most part rhythmic; everything else leans resolutely toward el norte, and the orchestra (which is actually based in Colorado, where Garcia teaches at the University of Northern Colorado) lends its considerable weight and savvy to every one of the leader's half-dozen ...

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David Caffey Jazz Orchestra: At the Edge of Spring

Read "At the Edge of Spring" reviewed by Jack Bowers


With his album, At the Edge of Spring, composer and arranger David Caffey and his Colorado-based Jazz Orchestra not only defy the widely-held belief that big bands are dead, they emphatically blow that axium out of the water. This is an ensemble with no discernible weaknesses, as proficient and powerful as any that have come before it or are likely to follow. To verify that impression, you need only couple your ears with an open mind. As ...

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University of Northern Colorado Jazz Lab Band 1: The Romeo and Juliet Project

Read "The Romeo and Juliet Project" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The University of Northern Colorado's Lab Band 1 has been a dominant force on the intercollegiate jazz scene for many years, first under director Gene Aitken and more recently Dana Landry whose latest enterprise with the band, The Romeo and Juliet Project, was of course inspired by William Shakespeare's incomparable paean to young love and its sometimes grievous consequences. While “searching for a way for UNC's Jazz Lab Band 1 to create an original large-scale work that ...

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Don Aliquo: Jazz Folk

Read "Jazz Folk" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Jazz Folk is an homage to jazz musicians (the folks) who put their heart and soul into playing creative music. This straight-ahead record sports four Don Aliquo originals, three pieces from bassist Rufus Reid, and two modern standards. While there is nothing especially new here, and experienced listeners will find no surprises, the individual playing and the group aesthetic is excellent. The musicians obviously know and like each other, and the joy of their playing infuses this ...

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Don Aliquo: Jazz Folk

Read "Jazz Folk" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Un classico quintetto bop, la classica front line sax-tromba, nove tracce dalla struttura tema-assoli-tema che più classica non si può, la classica alternanza di up-tempo e slow-tempo. E’ tutta qui la fotografia di Jazz Folk, quarto album da leder del sassofonista Don Aliquo, rappresentante assai quotato, sebbene poco noto dalle nostre parti, del cosiddetto modern mainstream. Si potrebbe dire che le otto composizioni originali sono formalmente impeccabili e ricoprono un vasto ventaglio dello stile boppistico e dei suoi numerosi derivati. ...

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Don Aliquo: Jazz Folk

Read "Jazz Folk" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


The music on Jazz Folk has nothing whatsoever to do with folk music. Instead, Don Aliquo reports that he aimed to “capture the soul and spirit of folk music." Perhaps the title refers to “jazz people," which would make more sense.

Don Aliquo is a well-respected saxophonist and educator in Nashville and a Director of Studies as well as Associate Professor of saxophone at Middle Tennessee State University. This is his fourth album, and he accurately describes his ...

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Don Aliquo: Jazz Folk

Read "Jazz Folk" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Tenor saxophonist Don Aliquo is based in Nashville, Tennessee, but his sound on Jazz Folk sounds very East Coast mainstream. His smooth, clean tenor tone and seemingly fluid and intricately articulate flow of always surprising ideas brings veteran saxophonist George Coleman to mind, especially the way he makes it sound so easy.Aliquo teams up here with a fine quintet--trumpet and sax with a rhythm section--on a set that sits right in the middle of the bop tradition. His ...


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