Jazz Articles about New South Jazz Orchestra

The New South Jazz Orchestra: Got the Spirit

by Jack Bowers
April 26, 2005

If this is what the New South is about, count me in. From guitarist Tom Wolfe's chordal opening on “Harlem Chaser, one can sense that the New South Jazz Orchestra means serious business on its debut album, Got the Spirit, an impression that is reinforced time and again on the sharp and soulful studio date.

The NSJO is comprised of a number of the South's leading all-around musicians, at least nine of whom are faculty members at various colleges or ...