Evanston Township High School Jazz Ensemble

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Evanston Township High School Jazz Ensemble and Combo: ...All Save the Blues!

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 1998

The Evanston Township (IL) Jazz Ensemble (six tracks) and six-piece Combo (four) play respectably well in this program of Jazz standards and a couple of original charts recorded in May '97. While it's obvious that these are high-school musicians (the solos are always a dead giveaway), director Dave Fodor had his young charges well prepared for their visit to the studio, and the lapses in technique that are inescapable among players at this level aren't unreasonably intrusive. Nor are they ...