The University of Texas Jazz Orchestra

The University of Texas Jazz Orchestra: Sixth Floor Jazz

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 2000

This is the second recording I’ve heard by the UT Jazz Orchestra. The first, Loose Ends, encompassed a five–year period during which UT’s Jazz Studies program housed a number of remarkable players including saxophonists Jeff Benedict and Charlie Richard, trumpeters Steve Hawk and Tom Tallman, trombonist Gary Smith, guitarist Dave Burdick and drummer Roger Schupp. Sixth Floor Jazz redeems the promise shown in that earlier scrapbook. For that, the recording engineer should be applauded almost as earnestly as the ensemble ...