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The Jay D'Amico Trio: Tuscan Prelude: Jazz Under Glass
by Jack Bowers
Some years ago I reviewed Ponte Novello (CAP, 2001) by pianist Jay D'Amico's trio (augmented on four tracks by a string section), and was impressed by the way in which he transposed operatic arias by Puccini, Bellini and Verdi, among others, to the jazz idiom, leaving their inherent beauty intact while proving that those masters have ...
Jazz Students Lend Helping Hands in New Orleans
by Jack Bowers
We begin with a heartwarming story courtesy of the July 27-August 2, 2008 issue of American Profile magazine headlined “Hometown Heroes: Jazzing Up the Big Easy." It's a moving account of how students at New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL, led by music director Jim Warrick, spent their spring break not on the beaches in ...
Yet Another "Dream Band"
by Jack Bowers
As there's not much happening jazz-wise this month, I thought it would be fun (not to mention controversial) to put together a “dream band" comprised of many of my all-time favorite players. Not based on big band tenure per se, even though all of these gentlemen (alas, there are no ladies) enriched many a large ensemble ...
Eric Miyashiro / CNY Jazz Orchestra / No Name Horses / Stockholm Jazz Orchestra / Howard University Jazz Ensemble
by Jack Bowers
> Eric Miyashiro Pleiades Village Music 2008 The rationale for Pleiades was simple: trumpet master Eric Miyashiro wanted to say a proper goodbye to his “all-time hero," the late Maynard Ferguson, and do it the way he does best--aiming his horn toward the stratosphere and shaking down some stars, ...
Jack Nimitz and Friends . . .: Yesterday and Today
by Jack Bowers
Yesterday and Today comprises two sessions recorded half a century apart, each of which offers a rare chance to sing the praises of baritone saxophonist Jack Nimitz, a longtime standout on the West Coast scene. Somehow he has managed to produce only three albums with his name above the marquee, the first of which--Confirmation--was released in ...
Tardo Hammer: Look Stop & Listen: The Music of Tadd Dameron
by Jack Bowers
Nearly a decade ago I had the pleasure of reviewing Hammer Time, the impressive debut album by (as I wrote then) an “enormously talented" young pianist, Tardo Hammer. While we've both grown older since then, I am happy to report that at least one of us (guess who) has continued on an upward path. Hammer's latest ...
Peter Asplund Quartet: As Knights Concur
by Jack Bowers
As I listened to Swedish trumpeter Peter Asplund's quartet on As Knights Concur, I was reminded of another trumpeter somewhat closer to home. Whether consciously or not, Asplund channels Miles Davis in his “transitional" phase shortly before Davis passed through the esoteric “door of fusion" into the sleep-inducing twilight zone that marked his later years as ...
Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra / 9th+Lincoln / Georg Riedel / VCU Jazz / Bobby Vince Paunetto / Klas Lindquist
by Jack Bowers
Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra Harriet Tubman Noir Records 2008 Marcus Shelby, a bandleader who's not known for thinking small, has recorded his most ambitious work to date: a colorful and wide-ranging oratorio for jazz orchestra and vocal ensemble centered around the remarkable life of Harriet Tubman who rose ...
Mary Lou Williams: A Grand Night for Swinging
by Jack Bowers
It's always a pleasure to welcome a “new" album by pianist Mary Lou Williams, even one recorded more than three decades ago under less than favorable circumstances. Williams' trio (Ronnie Boykins, bass; Roy Haynes, drums) was taped in mid-winter 1976 during a long-running gig in snow-covered Buffalo, New York. As is true of many live recordings, ...
Bob Florence: The Man Behind the Music / The Stage Door (Often) Swings
by Jack Bowers
The news arrived like an errant and unwelcome thunderbolt. Bob Florence had died on May 15, only five days before his seventy-sixth birthday. After the initial shock had worn off the question became, how does one process and evaluate such a distressing occurrence? How can one summarize in mere words so extraordinary a life? The answer ...
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