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Donald Walden and the Detroit Jazz Orchestra: Focus
by Jack Bowers
Before appraising the music on saxophonist Donald Walden's new album, Focus, we should first consider the truth in advertising" issue. Webster's defines an orchestra as a group of instrumentalists including especially string players [emphasis mine] organized to perform ensemble music." Walden's orchestra" has no strings attached, and in fact is actually an octet. That's correct, a leader and seven sidemen organized to perform ensemble music." So caveat emptor. (In other words, don't be misled by the label; an orchestra it ...
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