Jazz Articles about Galen Jeter

Galen Jeter and Dallas' Original Jazz Orchestra: Big 30

by Jack Bowers
March 14, 2005

The title of the Dallas Jazz Orchestra's latest album, properly pronounced Big Three-Oh, denotes the thirtieth anniversary of this remarkable big band from deep in the heart of Texas. And what better way to celebrate than by doing what DOJO does best--creating wonderful big-band jazz en masse and swinging like there's no tomorrow.

For three decades, lead trumpeter Galen Jeter has held the band together with duct tape and prayer, and anyone who has heard them must surely believe, as ...