Jazz Articles about Jabbo Ware

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Jabbo Ware: Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington

by Robert R. Calder
February 2, 2006

Jabbo Ware Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington 2005 Y'All of New York, Inc.

I've not encountered (James) Jabbo Ware's Me, We and Them Orchestra before. He was, I read, born in Georgia and studied in St. Louis. There, when he was eighteen, a music teacher took him to a Duke Ellington concert. Thus in 1960 Ellington became his hero and compositional model.

Jabbo Ware played alto saxophone in R&B groups, and wrote and ...

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Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra: Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington

by Jerry D'Souza
October 12, 2005

28 years into their existence, James Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra recorded their first live album, which has just been released. What is time to the muse that was inspired by Duke Ellington? Days, months, and years flit by, but the music stays timeless.

The ten tunes here make up the context. Ware does not need a lengthy outing to make his statement, and so they're mostly compact--except for the last selection, which gets an extended ...