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Ginger & Scott: Dreamsville
by Jack Bowers
The first song I heard Ginger Berglund and Scott Whitfield sing together was Tommy Wolfe/Fran Landesman's clever ode to mutual admiration, “You Inspire Me. I loved it then, thought they made a great team, and am happy to have more permanent evidence of their charming compatibility and remarkable talent. “You Inspire Me is one of several ...
Bengt Hallberg: All-Star Sessions 1953 / 54
by Jack Bowers
By 1953-54, when these sessions were recorded in Stockholm, pianist Bengt Hallberg had been a resplendent star on the Swedish jazz scene for more than half a dozen years. Unremarkable, one might surmise, until he learns that Hallberg turned twenty-two on September 13, 1954, by which time he had already won a nationwide competition for young ...
Rob Parton's JazzTech Big Band: Just One of Those Things
by Jack Bowers
There aren't many big bands that are as consistently impressive in a studio as they are in person. Here's one that is--trumpeter Rob Parton's strapping, Chicago-based JazzTech Big Band. Parton's secret? It's not hard to comprehend. Enlist the best players one can find, give them bright and elaborate charts to sink their chops into, then stand ...
Alexandra Caselli: Rough Edges
by Jack Bowers
This is the second CD I've reviewed by pianist Alexandra Caselli, and if there are any Rough Edges I've yet to hear them. As on that earlier album--Out the Aquarium (Moonjumpers 2, 2004)--Caselli plays with impeccable style and unerring tastefulness, affirming this writer's previous comparison to another remarkable pianist, the celebrated and seemingly ageless Marian McPartland. ...
Bruce Eskovitz, Don Scaletta, Nova Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Bruce Eskovitz Jazz Orchestra Invitation Pacific Coast Jazz 2007 The Bruce Eskovitz Jazz Orchestra is actually a tentet that sounds appreciably larger, thanks to resourceful charts by the leader and inspired blowing by all hands. The group's second recording, Invitation, more than stands its ground against the first ...
The "Stage Door" Really Swings!
by Jack Bowers
The “stage door" will be swinging off its hinges next May 22-25 when Ken Poston and the Los Angeles Jazz Institute present another of their semi-annual extravaganzas at the LAX Four Points Sheraton Hotel. “The Stage Door Swings" marks somewhat of a departure for Poston / LAJI, as the spotlight won't be focused, as it usually ...
Bob DeVos: Playing for Keeps
by Jack Bowers
There are few lovelier sounds in music than a guitar that is played correctly, and by that I mean with warmth and sensitivity, even though I couldn't single out one guitarist from another even under threat of waterboarding. All that's really necessary, though, is to know who can play, and Bob DeVos raises no doubt about ...
The Ian McDougall Big Band: No Passport Required
by Jack Bowers
Ian McDougall's name may be unfamiliar to you, but the accomplished composer/arranger/trombonist certainly needs no introduction to jazz fans in Canada, where his long and impressive résumé includes half a dozen albums under his own name, more than double that number as lead trombonist/soloist with Rob McConnell's peerless Boss Brass, and another three as leader of ...
Gerald Wilson Orchestra: Monterey Moods
by Jack Bowers
A decade ago, when he was commissioned to write music to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Monterey Jazz Festival, Gerald Wilson produced the memorable, double Grammy Award-nominated Theme for Monterey (MAMA Records,1998). Now the 89-year-old dean of American Jazz composers has scored another triumph, saluting the festival's golden anniversary with a picturesque seven-part suite, Monterey ...
NYJO, Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, University of Northern Iowa
by Jack Bowers
National Youth Jazz Orchestra Out of Hamelin Stanza Music 2007 Having lavished praise on the CD version of composer Paul Hart's stellar four-movement suite, Out of Hamelin, I am now ready to do the same for the DVD. The suite, based on Robert Browning's poem, “The Pied Piper ...
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