Jazz Articles about The New Vintage Big Band

The New Vintage Big Band: Always and Forever

by Jack Bowers
December 1, 2000

The first thought that springs to mind when listening to the derriere-kicking New Vintage Big Band is, “Where have these guys been hiding?" The answer is the greater Kansas City area, where the ensemble has been honing its ample skills since Jack Taylor pieced it together more than nine years ago “to provide an outlet for the performance of modern big-band Jazz." There may be other big bands as good as this one, but the opinion here is ...