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New Emily Jazz Orchestra: New Ever. Tribute to Romolo Grande

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La New Emily Jazz Orchestra è una delle band più antiche della nostra penisola, essendo stata fondata da Romolo Grande nel 1953, ed anche delle più “stabili”, avendo mantenuto per i trent’anni centrali della sua esistenza la stessa formazione, tre membri della quale costituiscono ancora la ritmica del gruppo attuale. Il lavoro in esame, che include brani registrati dal vivo e in studio in più occasioni tra il 2000 e il 2004, vuol essere una celebrazione del cinquantennale della formazione ...

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New Emily Jazz Orchestra: New Ever Tribute to Romolo Grande

Read "New Ever Tribute to Romolo Grande" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Fifty years ago, Italian jazz enthusiast Romolo Grande founded the New Emily Jazz Orchestra. It started out as a collection of rough-and-ready traditionalists, and as they developed, they matured, until they became the capable, slightly off-the-wall post bop crew featured on this recording. New Emily is grounded in hard bop, but these players have a wide reach that overlaps into classical repertoire, Ellington, and Jelly Roll Morton. They approach everything with enthusiasm and expertise, as well as, I suspect, some ...


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