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The Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra: In Progress
by Jack Bowers
It's not true that I never met a big band I didn't like. I just haven't met any lately--especially not from the Seattle area, which gradually and without fanfare has become a breeding ground for invigorating contemporary big band jazz. Case in point: the Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra, whose debut CD, In Progress, is a corker ...
Phil Kelly and the SW Santa Ana Winds: My Museum
by Jack Bowers
Phil Kelly and the SW Santa Ana Winds My Museum Origin Records 2006 To paraphrase the peerless Bard of Avon, a wind from any other clime would blow as hot--or as cool. Last year, composer/arranger Phil Kelly happily introduced big band enthusiasts to the turbulent NW Prevailing Winds (Seattle) on ...
Richie Cole and the Alto Madness Orchestra: Rise's Rose Garden
by Jack Bowers
There's often more in a package of music than meets the eye--or ear. I don't know how difficult it must have been for saxophonist Richie Cole to produce this album, but I can imagine. The Risë in the title is Cole's wife, who passed away last April, only a few weeks before the album was recorded. ...
Tracy Wells and His Big Swing Band: Swing Is Here!
by Jack Bowers
The Swing Era, which began in the early 1930s and lasted for almost two decades, produced some of the most celebrated bands, renowned musicians and memorable songs in the history of American music. Even so, it has become a vague and distant image, barely remembered or acknowledged by the present generation of rappers, rockers, hip-hoppers and ...
Frantisek Uhlir Trio: Jazz at Prague Castle 2006
by Jack Bowers
With the possible exception of guest trumpeter Dusko Goykovich, chances are you've not heard (or even heard of) these gentlemen before--and if that is indeed true, as I suspect it is, perhaps it's time you were introduced. Frantisek Uhlir, who leads this excellent trio, is a truly phenomenal bassist, and his colleagues--guitarist Darko Jurkovic and drummer ...
The Colin Byrne Jazz Orchestra: Leaving for Home
by Jack Bowers
Even though it veers occasionally into choppy waters, this ambitious album by the Colin Byrne Jazz Orchestra starts on an even keel and charts a generally straight-ahead course before crashing headlong onto the shoals of free jazz. Among comparable ensembles, the one that most immediately came to my mind is the Mingus Big Band, which should ...
Steve Cannon and the Blow Hard Big Band: Full Blown
by Jack Bowers
When I was a youngster, a blowhard was someone who was always making outlandish statements, usually about himself, with absolutely no proof to back them up. On its debut album, Full Blown, trumpeter Steve Cannon's Blow Hard Big Band makes some statements too, but the proof is in the playing--and the inescapable verdict is that Cannon's ...
A Glacial Summer Month
by Jack Bowers
September was an up-and-down month--mostly down--as I traded in the old computer for a newer model and was out of commission for nearly two weeks while I had the data from the old transferred to the new (I'll admit I'm incapable of doing it myself). So there's not much to write about, given that nothing was ...
Mary Foster Conklin: Blues for Breakfast: Remembering Matt Dennis
by Jack Bowers
I don't review many albums by singers these days, but I couldn't pass up a tribute to Matt Dennis, one of the most talented and sadly neglected songwriters of the Twentieth Century. Before scoffing, remember “Angel Eyes," “Will You Still Be Mine," “Everything Happens to Me," “Violets for Your Furs," “Let's Get Away from It All," ...
Scott Whitfield Quintet Featuring Bob Florence: Live at Charlie O's
by Jack Bowers
Besides leading two big bands, one on either coast, trombonist Scott Whitfield has put together a killer quintet that gigs regularly in the Los Angeles area and whose energy and enthusiasm come through loud and clear on this enjoyable concert date taped at Charlie O's nightclub in North Hollywood. Whitfield's special guest on this happy occasion ...
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