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Anat Cohen & The Anzic Orchestra: Noir
by Jack Bowers
Frankly, I had no idea what to expect from Anat Cohen's first big band album. But if I'd had any expectations, they'd have easily been surpassed by the time the opening track reached its midway point. Cohen plays clarinet on that selection, and it's easy to understand why music critics have named her one of Down ...
Altamonte Jazz Ensemble: Fascinating Rhythm II, A Tribute To Ray Charles & A Family Affair
by Jack Bowers
The Florida-based Altamonte Jazz Ensemble, established more than twenty-five years ago by saxophonist Mike Arena, an emigré from New York who remains its music director, keeps rolling along with more than half a dozen concerts each year, a trio of which are embodied on CDs that Arena was kind enough to send for commentary. Altamonte Jazz ...
Mace Francis Orchestra: Chinese Whispers
by Jack Bowers
In August 2005, barely a year after it was formed, the Mace Francis Orchestra appeared as part of the Jazz Windows Concert Series at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. Chinese Whispers, the orchestra's first album, was recorded (in part) during that performance. The orchestra was created, Francis writes, ...
Mace Francis Orchestra: Introducing the Mace Francis Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Composer/arranger Mace Francis formed his orchestra three years ago as an outlet for creative music in Western Australia, and this album, in which the twelve-piece ensemble is “introduced, is actually its second. The first, Chinese Whispers, was recorded four months earlier (in August, 2005) as a part of the Jazz Concert Window Series at the West ...
Würzburg Jazz Orchestra: Artistry in Rhythm: The Music of Stan Kenton
by Jack Bowers
The Würzburg Jazz Orchestra, formed only two years ago by trombonist Markus Geiselhart, hit the ground running with a tribute to the late trumpeter Don Ellis and within a year had recorded its first album, Artistry in Rhythm, dedicated to the music of the Stan Kenton Orchestra. It's an ambitious start, and by most standards a ...
Fedchock Brightens Albuquerque Jazz Festival
by Jack Bowers
Albuquerque held its annual Jazz Festival in February. The format was the same as it has been for the past several years: performances by high school and middle school bands on Thursday and Friday, with a concert Saturday evening (February 17) at the downtown KiMo Theatre featuring the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra and this year's guest artist, ...
Joe Sullivan Big Band: Stop and Listen
by Jack Bowers
The first time I reviewed an album by the Joe Sullivan Big Band was in a blindfold test. I had no idea whose band it was or where it was based. After lavishing praise on the ensemble as a whole and its various soloists, I summarized the analysis by writing, “This is a world-class big band ...
Igor Butman Big Band: The Eternal Triangle
by Jack Bowers
As an admirer of big bands all over the world, I've waited years to hear a well-endowed, swinging ensemble from Russia, and here at last it is, charging boldly into the labyrinthine Eternal Triangle behind its charismatic leader, tenor saxophonist Igor Butman. Butman is a jazz superstar in his native country, and his band is so ...
Lars Gullin: Summertime: Vol. 9, 1954-56
by Jack Bowers
Anyone who has been paying attention should be well aware of my stance toward the late Swedish saxophonist Lars Gullin. In reviewing Volume 8 of Dragon's loosely chronological multi-disc survey of Gullin's music, I wrote that he was “a giant among baritone saxophonists, a “truly original voice and “one of the greatest jazz musicians who ever ...
Sounds Of Swing: Live! In Concert & Swingin' In Tall Cotton
by Jack Bowers
Sounds Of Swing Live! In Concert Self published2000/01 (probable date) Thanks to Wayne Dyess at Lamar University for letting us know about the Sounds Of Swing, a group of enthusiastic part-timers of various ages and backgrounds who are helping keep the flame of the swing era burning in ...
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