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Drake University

Latenight at the Mainstay: Return to Nowhere

By Drake University

Label: Mainstay Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: That Old Black Magic; Come Rain or Come Shine; Return to Nowhere; Airegin; Night Watchman; Moanin

Drake University Jazz Ensemble 1: Latenight at the Mainstay: Return to Nowhere

by Jack Bowers
May 7, 2005

While this isn't the first album by the Drake University Jazz Ensemble (there have been at least two others), it is the first to be recorded at “home in the university's jazz-linked Mainstay building, hence the album's title. The album was actually taped during a few late-night sessions in May '04 at the Mainstay, which is ...

Rush Hour

By Drake University

Label:
Released: 2001
Track listing: I

The Drake University Jazz Ensemble One: Rush Hour

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 2001

If there were any lingering doubts after Waxwing, its impressive debut album, that the Drake University Jazz Ensemble is ready for prime time, those misgivings are quickly laid to rest on Rush Hour, which underlines the Des Moines, Iowa–based band’s status as one of the country’s up–and–coming college–level Jazz ensembles. Director Andrew Classen has clearly worked ...