Jazz Articles about NSU Jazz Ensemble

NSU Jazz Ensemble: Hour of the Pearl

by Jack Bowers
August 26, 2006

NSU is Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. On Hour of the Pearl, the NSU Jazz Ensemble is reinforced on seven of nine selections by the splendid New York-based trumpeter Scott Wendholt, who lends appreciable charm to an otherwise unremarkable studio session.

That's not entirely the fault of director Walter White or his eager young students, who blow well enough much of the time but aren't well-served by a mediocre recording that emphasizes austerity and dryness at the expense of ...