University of Kentucky Jazz Ensemble

University of Kentucky Jazz Ensemble: Dialogues

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 1998

The third recording on disc by the University of Kentucky Jazz Ensemble mirrors the forward–leaning temperament of its leader, Miles Osland, with venturesome charts by Bob Mintzer, Gordon Goodwin, Don Menza, Bill Holman and Bryan Murray sharing the bill of fare with more accessible works by Juan Tizol, Gary Foster, Bob Florence, Albert Alva, Ernie Watts and Neal Finn (on whose arrangement of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” Osland plays baritone, tenor, alto and soprano saxophones). Not everything ...