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Article: Big Band Caravan

Phil Woods / Stan Kenton / The Les Hooper Band

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Phil Woods / DePaul University Jazz Ensemble Solitude Jazzed Media 2010 Not to underplay the title, but Solitude, from alto saxophone master Phil Woods and the splendid DePaul University Jazz Ensemble, embodies far more than the sort of serenity it implies. In fact, Woods is as animated and ...

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Live at the Jazz Showcase

Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2009
Track listing: Ravenswood; Mad Dan's; Cathy's Song; All Blues; Its You or No One; Everytime We Say Goodbye; What Is This Thing Called Love.

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Mark Colby: Reflections

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Reflections, the eighth CD as leader or co-leader by one of the Chicago area's most undervalued treasures, tenor saxophonist Mark Colby, is a tribute, he writes, to “the things that shaped and moved me when I was just a kid," as well as to friends, family and artists who nourished his growth and served as a ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Jason Hainsworth Big Band / DePaul University Jazz Ensemble / Big Band Ritmo Sinfonica Citta di Verona / Howard University Jazz Ensemble

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Jason Hainsworth Jazz Orchestra Kaleidoscope DW Jazz 2009 On his first turn at bat, composer / arranger / tenor saxophonist Jason Hainsworth has not only slammed one out of the park with Kaleidoscope but has produced a viable entrant in the big-band Record of the Year sweepstakes. The ...

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The Bob Lark / Phil Woods Quintet: Live at the Jazz Showcase

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The order of names on this superb in-concert CD could have gone either way. On the one hand, four-fifths of the quintet is actually the Phil Woods Quartet; on the other, trumpeter Bob Lark, who shares the front line for a second time with alto saxophonist Woods (their 2006 collaboration for Jazzed Media was In Her ...

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Phil Woods: Ballads & Blues, Live at the Jazz Showcase, The Children's Suite

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Phil Woods Quintet Ballads & Blues Venus Records 2009 The Bob Lark/Phil Woods Quintet Live at the Jazz Showcase Jazzed Media 2009 Phil Woods The Children's Suite Jazzed ...

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The Bob Lark/Phil Woods Quintet: Live at the Jazz Showcase

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Trumpeter and educator Dr. Bob Lark, who directs the DePaul University Jazz ensemble, has had a long musical association with the great alto saxophone master Phil Woods. This resulted in several performances and recordings with both the University Ensemble and their own working quintet. In May of 2006, Woods came to Chicago to celebrate the release ...

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Suggestions

Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2007
Track listing: Suggestions; You and the Night and the Music; Lover Man; Old School; Joy Spring; If You Only Knew; Gracie

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Bob Lark and Friends: Suggestions

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If you've not heard of trumpeter Bob Lark, that's probably because he spends much of his time supervising the admirable Jazz Studies program at Chicago's DePaul University. In his spare time, Lark often sits in with some of the Windy City's leading ensembles and has recorded three albums under his own name, including this consistently impressive ...

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Until You

Label: Hallway Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Until You; A Narrow Path; Walkin' About; The Things We Did Last Sommer; Rhythm-A-Ning; Bye Bye Blackbird; 'Round Midnight.


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