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Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band: Everything is Jumpin'

by Jack Bowers
March 26, 2026

An Artie Shaw songbook with “Grabtown Grapple" and “Jumping on the Merry Go Round" but without “Begin the Beguine" or “Stardust?" Well, anything is possible. On Everything Is Jumpin'!, Paul Cosentino's six-member Boilermaker Jazz Band from western Pennsyvania pays tribute to the legendary clarinet maestro with new versions of 18 numbers recorded either by Shaw's Gramercy Five or his jazz orchestras. “Frenesi" is here, along with “They Say" and “Thanks for Everything," which reached the top of the ...