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Budman-Levy Orchestra / Jens Wendelboe Big Band / DiMartino-Osland Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Budman / Levy OrchestraFrom There to HereOA2 Records2012 If this splendid album, recorded two years ago (2010), is in any way emblematic of what lies ahead, the long-range outlook for big band jazz is indeed bright and auspicious. Saxophonist Alex Budman and trombonist Jeremy Levy have assembled ...
Budman/Levy Orchestra: From There To Here
by Edward Blanco
An appropriately-titled debut from the Budman/Levy Orchestra, From There To Here features 24 of the finest players in the Los Angeles area, plus a four-piece string section, superbly interpreting twelve compositions from composer/arranger/trombonist/co-leader Jeremy Levy co-leader of the group. San Franciscan saxophonist Alex Budman is the other leader of an ensemble formed in 2007 and, like ...
Skelton Skinner All Stars / Clare Fischer Big Band / Ron Carter's Great Big Band
by Jack Bowers
Skelton Skinner Allstars Big BandCookin' with the Lid OnDiving Duck Records2012 Back in the late 1950s, vibraphonist Terry Gibbs (with some help from his friends) put together an ensemble that became known as the Terry Gibbs Dream Band, took up residence in Hollywood and began blowing audiences ...
Gold Medalists Abound at Big Band Olympics
by Jack Bowers
As this is being written, Betty and I are just back from a ten-day visit to California, the first six days of which would be of absolutely no interest to readers of this column. The last four, however, were spent at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel attending the L.A. Jazz Institute's “Big Band Olympics," which ...
Jazz, Baby!
By Doug Beavers
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Sta; The Hokey Poke; Itsy Bitsy Spider; Shortnin' Bread; Conga Intro; Comin' Round the Mountain; Hush Little Baby; Workin' On the Railroad; he Ants Go Marching; You Are My Sunshine; Brahms Lullaby.
You Are My Sunshine
Album: Jazz, Baby!
By Doug Beavers
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2007
Duration: 4:15
Instruments of Mass Pleasure
By Alex Budman
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: In Case of Emergency; Little Prayer; Samba in 7; Girolata; Mood for a Time; Sidewave; When
We Walked in the Sun; The Croxmont Jive; Ballad for Benny. (62:53)
Alex Budman and the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra: Instruments of Mass Pleasure
by Jack Bowers
Mass Pleasure is the fourth album by the San Francisco-based Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, which is contemporary in the best sense of the word; that is, belonging to this age and time. While the nine charts are as modern as one could envision, they are firmly grounded in time-honored jazz and musical tradition, never forswearing rhythmic or ...
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