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In the Pocket
By Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts
Label: BTW
Released: 2003
The Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts Jazz Ensemble 1: In the Pocket
by Jack Bowers
Those who argue that young people are learning jazz “by the numbers” and can’t possibly grasp its subtler nuances should listen to this mind-blowing album by Dallas,Texas' Booker T. Washington HSPVA Jazz Combo 1, showcasing incarnations of the sextet from 2001 and ’02. Granted, this isn’t your average garden-variety Jazz Studies program (simply listing its awards ...
20th Anniversary
By Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts
Label:
Released: 1998
Track listing: Disc 1: Bess, You Is My Woman; Breakin' Up Is Hard to Do; Angel Eyes; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; They Can't Take That Away from Me; Mack the Knife; Speak No Evil; Impressions; Stella by Starlight; Mann Oh Mann; Milestones; Ballad for Mom; Everything Must Change (72:00). Disc 2: Land of Make Believe; Matthew, Gift from the Lord; Birdland; Blue Trane; O.T.H.; Tune Up; Spain; A Night in Tunisia; Jeannine; Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars; Fly Me to the Moon; Lotus Blossom; Dindi (70:42). Disc 3: St. Louis Blues; Afro Blue; Golden Rule; Mood Swing; Too Darn Hot; Recorda Me; Sassy Samba; Route 66; Cotton Tail; Paper Towels; Starting Over; That Jazz; Walkin'/Respect; Movin' Up; Watch What Happens; BeBop (71:33).
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts: 20th Anniversary
by Jack Bowers
Three brief observations: first, Houston's Booker T. Washington High School has one of the more impressive Jazz ensembles we've heard at that level; second, far too much of its three-disc 20th anniversary chronicle is given over to vocal groups and various smaller combos or else devoted to funky arrangements that haven't weathered the passage of time; ...