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The IAJE's Collapse: What Happened?
by Jack Bowers
The truth is, we don't really know. What we do know is that in April, the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will be turned over to a trustee, its assets parceled out to creditors. This deals a body blow not only to Jazz educators in this country but around ...
Alan Baylock / Brussels Jazz Orchestra / Rick Wald / Nathan Tanouye
by Jack Bowers
Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra Eastern Standard Time H&N 2008 At first glance it may seem that, for a seasoned pro, arranging time-tested standards for a jazz orchestra would be something akin to taking a leisurely stroll in the park. But consider this: countless other arrangers have seen things ...
J.B. Scott's Swingin' All Stars: Just Swingin'!
by Jack Bowers
If a group is to name itself the Swingin' All Stars and record an album titled Just Swingin,' it should darn well be able to . . . how shall I put this? . . . swing. Luckily, trumpeter J.B. Scott and his All Stars have the swingin' part down pat. Plus, they seem to be ...
Larry Gelb: I'll Remember Love / Song for Pickles
by Jack Bowers
Larry Gelb says he can't remember a time when he wasn't writing songs. That may not be overstating the case, as Gelb, now fifty-six, recorded his first album at the ripe old age of thirteen and has written more than eight hundred songs, thirty-six of which enliven these two delightful albums ("The Honeymooners Now" and “I'm ...
Bud Shank: Against the Tide - Portrait of a Jazz Legend
by Jack Bowers
Bud Shank Against the Tide: Portrait of a Jazz Legend Jazzed Media 2008 Not long ago, several record labels began issuing DVDs to complement their new CD releases, a move that was welcomed by listeners and reviewers alike, as it enabled them not only to hear a particular ...
A Two-Trumpet Thunderstorm
by Jack Bowers
Betty and I returned home from a family visit to Illinois on St. Patrick's Day, just in time to see and hear one of the more electrifying jazz concerts presented in Albuquerque in quite some time. A fund-raiser for the Manzano High School jazz program, the concert featured our own Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra and not one ...
Jazz Critics Gone Wild, Volume 1
by Jack Bowers
Using words such as “unprecedented," “mind-boggling," “preposterous" and “what the s--t is going on here," the editors of BummedOut magazine, the country's leading Jazz periodical since the Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded “Livery Stable Blues," expressed their utter shock and disbelief this week when ballots submitted in the magazine's umpteenth Annual Critics' Poll listed not a ...
Ken Edwards: Lost in This Place
by Jack Bowers
Ken Edwards is the latest in an apparently endless line of well-schooled trumpeters who have emerged from the storied University of North Texas (UNT) Jazz Studies program and set their sights on making a splash in the larger jazz community. With that in mind, Edwards has released his first CD, Lost in This Place, a (mostly) ...
That's Ten Down, And...
by Jack Bowers
This month marks a milestone of sorts for yours truly, as it was ten years ago that I started reviewing (and writing this column) for All About Jazz. In that time I've submitted a few more than 1,500 reviews, which translates to around 150 per year. During those ten years I was also reviewing CDs (until ...
Don Stille: Keys to My Heart
by Jack Bowers
Although pianist Don Stille doesn't have the sort of style that could readily be uncovered in a blindfold test, he does play with style, not to mention warmth, intelligence and perception. The Chicago-based Stille also plays accordion, an instrument not often in the jazz forefront these days, on five of his second album's eleven tracks. The ...
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