Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band

Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band: Milagro's Journey

by Jack Bowers
April 1, 2001

There should be a special place on the Jazz spectrum for bands like Dave Eshelman’s — somewhere between the irrepressible swing of Basie or Herman and the more cerebral notions of, say, Gil Evans or his heir–apparent, Maria Schneider. One could say that Eshelman’s band, whose most prominent role model would seem to be Bill Holman’s orchestra, encompasses the best of both worlds. On the one hand, it does swing; on the other, there’s enough meat on its bones — ...