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Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Sacred Music of Duke Ellington
by Jack Bowers
The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra pours its heart and soul into these recent concert performances of Duke Ellington's sacred music, premiered by the Ellington orchestra in 1965, '68 and '73. It's a natural fit, as the SRJO was “born in 1989 with a presentation of Ellington's sacred music as an ecumenical winter solstice event. Some members ...
Lars Gullin: Danny's Dream: Volume 8, 1953-55
by Jack Bowers
Dragon Records continues its quasi-chronological survey of music by the great Swedish baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin with Volume 8, scanning the years 1953-55. (Volume 2, Modern Sounds, is devoted entirely to recordings made in 1953, while Volumes 7 and 3 review the years 1951-53 and 1954-55, respectively.) Unlike previous volumes, which have included guest appearances by ...
Hideaki "Heday" Tokunaga Quintet: Live at Plaza de la Raza
by Jack Bowers
A little more than a decade ago, when guitarist Hideaki Tokunaga was a student at Cal Arts in Valencia, California, he was named Down Beat magazine's Outstanding Jazz Soloist among collegiate musicians. Based on evidence submitted in this likable session, recorded live in June '02 at the Plaza de la Raza in Los Angeles, that was ...
Russ Reinberg: Blue Scarlett
by Jack Bowers
In the liner notes to this delightful album, Ken Borgers writes that Blue Scarlett marks clarinetist Russ Reinberg's “first performance of any kind in nearly fifteen years. I find that hard to believe. Either Reinberg kept his chops sharp by woodshedding diligently during his lengthy “retirement, or playing clarinet is much like riding a bicycle--once one ...
Bjorn Samuelsson: Jazz Formation: A Letter to Ake Persson
by Jack Bowers
Åke Persson (1932-75), widely known as “the Comet, is arguably the greatest jazz trombonist ever to come out of Sweden (certainly the best-known), a truly remarkable innovator who performed with a galaxy of American stars and was a mainstay in the legendary Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, as well as Germany's RIAS Big Band. Björn Samuelsson ...
Kristian Harborg Quartet: Harbostatic
by Jack Bowers
It's hard to get a firm grip on this album. On the one hand, Swedish tenor saxophonist Kristian Harborg is a highly competent player from the Michael Brecker/Josh Redman/Chris Potter school of contemporary thought (with a hint of Sonny Rollins adding spice). On the other, Harbostatic, recorded live at the Glenn Miller Café, presumably in Stockholm, ...
Magnus Lindgren / Malm: Music for the Neighbours
by Jack Bowers
The last time I heard tenor saxophonist Magnus Lindgren on record, he was scampering through a straight-ahead gig with the Swedish Radio Jazz Group at Jazzclub Fasching in Stockholm (Paradise Open Caprice, 2001). But to Lindgren, jazz transcends stereotyping, and it should be as much at home in an amphitheatre or opera house as it is ...
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra: Take One
by Jack Bowers
The debut recording by the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra marks the pinnacle of a dream come true for cofounders Jim Mair and Gene Hall--a repertory orchestra comprised of top-notch musicians from the Kansas City area, patterned after others around the country with local sponsors, a board of directors and national grants to lend financial support. After ...
UMO Jazz Orchestra: Sauna Palaa!
by Jack Bowers
In Finland, world-class big band jazz is spelled UMO. The country's premier large ensemble, now ably conducted by Kirmo Lintinen, has been defining big band jazz with a Scandinavian accent for more than three decades. The group's latest album, Sauna Palaa!, encompasses seven original compositions by as many Finnish composers (including one by Lintinen) inspired by ...
US Navy Commodores Jazz Ensemble: Three Shades of Blue
by Jack Bowers
While the Army and Air Force have a number of world-class jazz ensembles garrisoned here in the States and abroad, the Navy has essentially one, the Commodores, so it had better be good. It is. In fact, the Commodores are better than good, boasting enough seagoing firepower to stare down such well-equipped armadas as the Airmen ...
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