Jazz Articles about New Jazz Composers Octet

New Jazz Composers Octet: Walkin' The Line

by Mark F. Turner
March 1, 2003

From the sound of it, the future of the large group ensemble is clearly in good hands with the New Jazz Composers Octet, a combination of old school horns and creative young jazz musicians. The NJCO is carving out a name for itself by paying respect to names such as Lee Morgan, Freddy Hubbard, and Joe Henderson through interesting compositional and arranging skills.

The New York based octet has composed and performed together for over five years, with a common ...

New Jazz Composers Octet: Walkin' the Line

by Celeste Sunderland
February 4, 2003

Eight guys are a lot to fit on the little stage at Joe’s Pub. But trumpeter David Weiss and his crew squeezed in cozily last month for their CD release party. The New Jazz Composers Octet’s second disc, Walkin’ The Line, venerates a bygone era of big bands, a time when torrents of jazz streaming like freight trains out of horns was the order of the day. But while those Swing-era bands played with an unending, lindy- hopping jubilance, this ...