Jazz Articles about Don Menza Big Band

Don Menza Big Band: Menza Lines

by Jack Bowers
August 31, 2005

Don Menza Big Band Menza Lines Jazzed Media 2005

Menza Lines is the second big-band album recorded in October '04 during Stratospheric, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute's salute to the music and career of high-note trumpet maestro Maynard Ferguson. Like the first one, Bill Holman Live, it's a clear-cut winner for Graham Carter's young but impressive Jazzed Media label.

The album's title has a dual meaning, epitomizing on the one hand Menza's ...