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Perspectives

Label: Sea Breeze Jazz
Released: 2000
Track listing: I'm Old Fashioned; Stormy Weather; Something The Cat Dragged In; Wish Upon A Star; Chucho; Legacy; Sky Dive; Blues On Ice; You Must Believe In Spring; Somebody Loves Me; Beauty And The Beast; Oncoming Traffic; Vegas d'Oro; I'm Old Fashioned.

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The Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra: Perspectives

Read "Perspectives" reviewed by Dave Nathan


A native of Toledo, OH, now residing in LA, with a day job as an attorney, Gary Urwin has fulfilled a dream of taking a big band into a recording studio. And big it is, with 24 pieces in tow. With increasing interest in big bands these days, it behooves a newcomer to offer something different ...

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The Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra: Perspectives

Read "Perspectives" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Once the staple of American music, big band jazz orchestras gave way to increasingly smaller ensembles throughout much of the fifties. Increasingly big bands found themselves in subordinate roles backing jazz singers, or relegated to playing orchestrated versions of pop songs. Ultimately, the logistics of maintaining such a large musical entity on a sustained basis proved ...


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