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John Hollenbeck: Rainbow Jimmies
by Troy Collins
Percussionist and composer John Hollenbeck has led a diverse and multifaceted career since his early studies with legendary trombonist/composer Bob Brookmeyer. As a sideman, Hollenbeck has served alongside Brookmeyer, Satoko Fujii, Fred Hersch, Jim McNeely, Patrick Zimmerli, and others in addition to leading his own group, the unclassifiable Claudia Quintet. On a larger scale, he has ...
Mike Barone / National Youth Jazz Orchestra / Vaughn Wiester / Dutch Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Mike Barone Big Band Class of '68 Rhubarb Recordings 2009 While some may deem composer / arranger / trombonist Mike Barone's latest album gratuitous, those who were introduced to Barone's music via the band's superb recording Live at Donte's, 1968 should take enormous pleasure in hearing further inspired ...
Vaughn Wiester / Doncaster Jazz Orchestra / Kluvers Big Band / Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Vaughn Wiester's Famous Jazz Orchestra Dreams Come True COJazz 2009 If you're going to dream, you may as well dream big, in glorious Technicolor with stereophonic sound. As Vaughn Wiester knows, there are times when Dreams Come True. Wiester's vision of leading his own big band is a ...
Got Big Ears? John Hollenbeck's Large Ensemble at Painted Bride on February 28 and March 6
With a huge sound and mesmerizing subtlety, John Hollenbeck's Large Ensemble combines the sonic range of a big band and the intimacy of a small group of closely-knit musicians. Hollenbeck is striking for his compositional process, one that is deeply immersed in personal experience and that uses the accumulation of simple elements to create a complex, ...
Grammy Winner 2009: Jazz
= winner Category 45 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Randy In Brasil Randy Brecker [MAMA Records] Floating Point John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix] Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball ...
It's the Economy, Man!
by Jack Bowers
Even though the present (and future) state of the economy here in the States is no laughing matter, there has been at least one tongue-in-cheek article about jazz musicians seeking bailout money from Congress and the Bush administration (still in power when it was written last December). It's presented as a straight “news" story, but musicians' ...
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra / Bob Brookmeyer
THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA In collaboration with PLANET ARTS, SIXTEEN AS ONE MUSIC INC., and THE VILLAGE VANGUARD, PRESENT The Monday Night Legacy: Past Present Future Monday, February 2 through Monday February 9 2009 From February 2 though 9, 2009, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (VJO) will present a special week-long retrospective at the Village Vanguard in ...
Stan Getz: At The Shrine
By Stan Getz
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2008
Track listing: Chocolate Sundae; When Your Lover Has Gone; Candy; Ballade (Lush Life, Lullaby of the Leaves, Makin'Whoopee, It
Never Entered My Mind); Woodyn' You.
Stan Getz: Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Albums
by Chris May
Bossa nova was jazz's final moment in the hit parade sunshine before The Beatles swept across the world in the mid-1960s and changed everything. A blend of chilled- out Brazilian samba and cool jazz created by an emergent generation of Brazilian songwriters led by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, bossa nova (meaning “new flair" or ...
Spirit Music
Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Door; New Love; Dance for Life; Happy Song; Alone; Silver Lining; The End (61:38).
