The Omaha Big Band

The Omaha Big Band: Swing This!

by Jack Bowers
October 1, 2001

July and August aren’t the only things that are hot in Nebraska. The Omaha Big Band produces some sparks of its own on Swing This!, a scorching debut album that finds the 17–member ensemble swinging lustily through a tasteful program of Jazz standards and contemporary charts. The band is obviously well–rehearsed and ready, and there’s little to find fault with aside from the recording’s “concert hall” ambiance, which lessens its over–all clarity, the too–sluggish tempo on Tom Kubis’ marvelous arrangement ...