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The Global Jazz Orchestra: Global Warming / Globarhythm

Read "Global Warming / Globarhythm" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 29, 2015

One day, about a dozen or so years ago, a slender, unassuming Japanese man stood at a booth at the far end of an exhibit hall at an annual conference of the (now-defunct) International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE). Answering a question posed by a writer looking for big-band CDs to review, he said, in halting English, “Yes, I am Akira Nonomura, leader of Global Jazz Orchestra, and we do have CD." With that, he handed the writer a copy ...

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The Global Jazz Orchestra: Global Standard

by Jack Bowers
March 2, 2003

Good things sometimes happen to those who open their mouths and say hello to a stranger. Browsing the booths at the recent IAJE conference in Toronto, I noticed one tucked in a corner beneath a sign that read “Koyo Conservatory-Kobe, Japan.” Approaching its lone occupant, a small and very courteous man, I engaged him in conversation and managed, in spite of the language barrier, to make known my interest in big bands. Smiling, he reached beneath the counter, picked up ...