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Springfield Symphony Jazz Orchestra: Royalty: The Music of Duke Ellington & Count Basie
by Jack Bowers
According to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, there are at least 33 cities, towns and other populated areas in the U.S. that answer to the name “Springfield." Only five boast populations of more than 20,000, and one (Illinois) is a state capital. Springfields can be found in Massachusetts, Oregon, Vermont, Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky, among other places. And also in Ohio, which is presumably the only Springfield that is home to its very own Symphony Jazz Orchestra. ...
Continue Reading...Tony Monaco: Four Brothers
by C. Andrew Hovan
The current state of recorded music is in flux in ways like it has never been before. Young audiences have fickle tastes and like to pick and choose tracks on streaming platforms. So the idea of an album being a complete and unique entity is a totally foreign idea to many listeners under 30. Nonetheless, the album concept has been integral to jazz listeners from the debut of the long playing record. Imagine the jazz lexicon without Miles Davis' Kind ...
Continue Reading...James Gaiters' Soul Revival: Understanding Reimagined
by Richard J Salvucci
Anyone struck with a sense of deja vu by this recording, is not alone. Even without reference to John Patton's 1968 album Understanding , the feel of the late '60s and early '70s is overwhelming. Whether it is called Soul Jazz or funk, it has strong echoes of an era when the Hammond B-3 was king. Whoever it was—Charles Earland or maybe Richard Holmes—the music swept listeners along with whatever mix of voices comprised the band. To many, they were, ...
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