Rob Harrover

University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Let The Good Times Roll

by Jack Bowers
April 3, 2025

If energy and enthusiasm were enough to earn a prize, the University of Nevada Las Vegas Jazz Ensemble 1 would surely have one in hand to salute its newest album, Let the Good Times Roll, a textbook lesson in buoyant and heavy-duty big-band jazz. While co-directors Dave Loeb and Nathan Tanouye enlist no fewer than seven talented guest artists to lend a hand, several of the album's highlights take place when none of its guests is in the lineup. To ...