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Frank Macchia: Saxolollapalooza
by Jack Bowers
As John Cleese used to say on the Monty Python television series, “And now for something completely different." Of course, one can usually expect something completely different from free-thinking Frank Macchia, and this CD is no exception to the rule. Once upon a time, Macchia writes, he bought a bass saxophone and came up with the ...
Mike LeDonne: FiveLive
by Jack Bowers
How suitable that FiveLive should have been recorded at the New York City nightspot Smoke, as pianist Mike LeDonne's fiery quintet smokes from fore and aft and port to starboard throughout this pleasurable concert date. Of course, it's hard not to burn with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander manning the front line while ...
Jerry Bergonzi: Tenor Talk
by Jack Bowers
Jerry Bergonzi, a Bostonian who has been plying his trade for more than four decades, often slips through the cracks when the names of accomplished post-bop tenor saxophonists are bandied about. Rather strange, as Bergonzi has had a notable career as a player/educator that has included quality time with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, among others, and ...
DIVA / University of Toronto Jazz Ensembles / Stan Kenton Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Sherrie Maricle & the DIVA Jazz Orchestra Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola DIVA Jazz 2009 First, a confession: I've had a mad crush on DIVA, the country's leading all-woman big band, since I first saw and heard drummer Sherrie Maricle's impressive group ...
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' ...
Vezinho - Ward Big Band / Phil Norman Tentet / Kluvers Big Band / Doug Hamilton Jazz Band
by Jack Bowers
Ed Vezinho - Jim Ward Big Band With Friends Like These... Dream Box Media 2008 It's hard to believe that almost nine years have passed since I was blown away by the Ed Vezinho-Jim Ward Big Band's debut album, Smile. After hearing the first five numbers on that ...
Some Words of Explanation . . .
by Jack Bowers
As this is the first Big Band Report filed since October 2008, a brief accounting of the reasons seems in order. The fact is that I've not been well since midsummer. The good news is that I seem to have turned a corner and hope to be my old self again in short order. The spring ...
Gordon Goodwin / DePaul University / Wayne Bergeron / South Florida Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat BandAct Your AgeImmergent Records2008 There are two things one can always count on when auditioning a new album by Gordon Goodwin's high-powered, proficient and fun-loving Big Phat Band: a number of well-known artists will be making guest appearances, and ...
Bud Shank: Still Going Strong at Eighty-Two
by Jack Bowers
At a time when most of his contemporaries are content to relax on a couch or easy chair and watch their favorite TV programs and sporting events, alto sax superstar Bud Shank is on a roll. Hard on the heels of Graham Carter's splendid documentary of Shank's career, Against the Tide: Portrait of a ...
Checking the Calendar
by Jack Bowers
There are a number of exciting jazz events on the near horizon, which means there's lots of ground to cover. So let's get right to it. On October 9-12, Ken Poston and the Los Angeles Jazz Institute present “Big Band Fiesta," from Cuban Fire to Sketches of Spain, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Newport Beach, ...
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