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Andreas Pettersson: Gullin on Guitar
by Jack Bowers
I'm always surprised--although I suppose I shouldn't be--by the number of jazz fans I encounter, musicians among them, who've never heard of Lars Gullin, one of the greatest (my opinion) baritone saxophonists who ever lived. The reason, I presume, is that Gullin (1928-1976) was Swedish, and although he performed with such outstanding American players as Zoot ...
The Barone Brothers: Blues & Other Happy Moments
by Jack Bowers
You may be surprised, as I was, to see Shelly Manne listed as drummer on the new CD release, Blues and Other Happy Moments, by brothers Mike and Gary Barone. The reason is simple: the album was recorded in 1979 and released as an LP on Palo Alto Jazz in 1981. Now, a quarter-century and one ...
Stockholm Jazz Orchestra: Sailing
by Jack Bowers
This is the second volume by the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra of compositions and arrangements by its talented pianist, Göran Strandberg, following 2000's Lakes (Dragon). As on that earlier album, much of the music is Strandberg's, with half a dozen of his original works complementing inventive arrangements of Harold Arlen's “Come Rain or Come Shine, Jerome Kern's ...
Dallas Christian Jazz Band: He's Everything to Me & Christmas with the DCJB
by Jack Bowers
The Dallas Christian Jazz Band, formed in 1994 to “praise God through instrumental music, produced its first CD, He's Everything to Me, four years later, one year before releasing Christmas with the DCJB. A third album, Sermonette, was recorded in 2001-03 and reviewed here last month. As these are earlier recordings, the difference in the level ...
Europlane Orchestra: Plays Kurt Weill
by Jack Bowers
Working from the premise that music is a universal language with the power to bring people together, pianist Roberto Magris formed the Europlane Orchestra (actually a septet), three of whose members are from Italy, the others from Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and the Czech Republic. And to broaden the concept even further, Europlane performs the music of ...
Mike Wofford Trio: Live at Athenaeum Jazz
by Jack Bowers
Mike Wofford is one of those unsung yet enormously talented pianists (there are a lot of them) whose names rarely surface in the so-called “best of popularity contests (excuse me, polls) conducted by various jazz periodicals. One of the reasons, of course, is that Wofford makes his home in San Diego; another, closely related to the ...
Jonas Kullhammar Quartet/Norrbotten Big Band: Snake City North
by Jack Bowers
It's been a while since we've heard from Sweden's intrepid Norrbotten Big Band from up near the Arctic Circle. On that last occasion (Future North, Double-Time, 1998), the NBB was led by American trumpeter Tim Hagans; this time, it is in the company of Swedish tenor saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar's impressive quartet. The quartet-within-a-band format is a ...
U.S. Air Force Band of the West: Jazz Heritage II: The Music of Gordon Goodwin
by Jack Bowers
I don't ordinarily review albums by Armed Services bands, as they aren't for sale or widely available, but I will say a word or two about Jazz Heritage II by the Air Force Band of the West, as music director Steve Watkins said he'd welcome my comments, and the first word that comes to mind is ...
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra: Live at MCG
by Jack Bowers
For me, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra has been an acquired taste. I was less enamored than others with its first two releases, Groove Shop and Heart and Soul, but since then the orchestra has produced a series of winners (Absolutely!, Explosive!, Shout Me Out) and marks its twentieth anniversary with what is arguably its most impressive ...
The Steffen Kuehn Nonet: Now or Later
by Jack Bowers
As I was listening to trumpeter Steffen Kuehn's new album, Now or Later, two thoughts occurred: (1) these guys can really play, and (2) why am I not enjoying it more? I think the answer to that second thought rests not so much on how Kuehn and his colleagues play as it does ...
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