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The San Diego Concert Jazz Band: At Dizzy's
by Jack Bowers
Our second encounter with the San Diego Concert Jazz Band and this one’s a step upward. Still sounds as though it were taped during a rehearsal, and again there are no liner notes, but unlike the earlier album, What a Gas!, the personnel are listed — and the soloists too! Their names (and the name of each selection) are usually announced (either before or after) by co–leader and baritone saxophonist Barry Farrar who introduces all of the band members to ...
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by Jack Bowers
This is the first time I’ve had the pleasure of hearing the San Diego Concert Jazz Band, and it’s a quite respectable community–based group, even though What a Gas! sounds as though it could have been recorded during a rehearsal. Although there is an audience (whose applause is often excised), everything seems rather ad hoc, down to the CD itself which includes a list of songs and soloists but no liner notes or catalog of other personnel. Most “off–the–cuff” is ...
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