Jazz Articles about Peter Furlan

Peter Furlan: Spy Glass Hill

by Javier AQ Ortiz
April 10, 2003

Quick and to the Point: Tight and steady debut with fat band tracks and smaller ensemble playing.

Featuring Eddie Palmieri’s jazz octet trumpeter Brian Lynch as well as Andrew Beals on alto sax, Peter Furlan’s New York love affair with the Caribbean is evident in the ambitious mambo big band arrangement for the 14-member brass and reed section of “Sleep Talking.” The performance effectively renders the arrangements’ suggestive jazz and Hispanic mores with groove, swing and plenty of ...