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The Texas Christian University Jazz Ensemble: Classic Mix
by Jack Bowers
Another first–class college–level Jazz Studies program (what else is new?), this one deep in the heart of Texas and making wonderful music on the third album we’ve heard under the baton of long–time director Curt Wilson. The TCU Jazz Ensemble is bolstered on “Everybody Loves My Baby” by the presence of pianist Shelly Berg and trombonist Bill Watrous, and on “Lover Man” and Monk’s “Rhythmin’” [“Rhythm–a–ning”] by the late great trumpeter Conte Candoli, to whom the album is dedicated. While ...
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by Jack Bowers
This is the second recording I've heard by TCU's Jazz Ensemble. The first, while generally impressive, had one prominent and, in the end, unbearable flaw: the engineer, who must have been in a hurry to go home, insisted on clipping the final note of every number before the last overtones had faded, which is exceedingly frustrating to one who would like to hear and appreciate ALL the music. Happily, the engineer on this more recent disc doesn't throw the switch ...
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