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The University of North Florida Jazz Ensemble 1: Through His Eyes: For Bunky Green

Read "Through His Eyes: For Bunky Green" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 18, 2004

It’s not often that a musical tribute is bestowed on one who is alive and able to hear it, even less common when the honoree is able to play an active role in the proceedings. Bunky Green, director of the Jazz Studies program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, is very much alive, we are happy to report, and the members of the school’s Jazz Ensemble 1 thought it would be a good idea to honor his life ...

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The University of North Florida Jazz Ensemble: Things to Come

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 2002

Things to Come, the first album by the University of North Florida's superlative Jazz Ensemble I under its new director, Keith Javors, easily affirms that UNF's long-standing tradition of excellence, established under the late Rich Matteson, is unequivocally alive and well. No shaky links in this chain; the ensemble is impressive on every number while the soloists extemporize with maturity and awareness beyond their years. As the saying goes, many bands can play fast enough to camouflage any slight missteps, ...