Jazz Articles about The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra

The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra: Volume VII, Live!

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 2001

The rapidly maturing Nebraska Jazz Orchestra continues on its upward path with Volume VII, a series of high–powered in–concert recordings made during its 2000–2001 season and featuring guest artists Kirk Garrison (trumpet) and Bobby Watson (alto sax). The NJO, formed in 1975, hit its stride with Volume V (1992–96) and followed that one in ’98 with another outstanding session, Christmas Jazz (Volume VI), which included seven memorable charts by guitarist Peter Bouffard who had made his arranging debut on Volume ...