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Nashville Jazz Orchestra: It Ain't Necesssarily So
by Jack Bowers
This splendid debut recording by the Nashville Jazz Orchestra is subtitled New Twists on Gershwin Classics." No argument there, starting with the picturesque Cuban Overture" from 1932 and encompassing a trio of songs from the folk opera Porgy and Bess, which premiered three years later. Also on the bill of fare are the standards But Not for Me," Someone to Watch Over Me," How Long Has This Been Going On" and the ambitious Prelude No. 2," deftly arranged by Jamie ...
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