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The City Rhythm Orchestra: Vibrant Tones
by Jack Bowers
With this new CD and companion DVD, you can not only hear Philadelphia's exciting City Rhythm Orchestra with guest artist and homeboy Joey DeFrancesco burning at the Hammond B-3, you can also see them ramp up the voltage in a crowd-pleasing dockside concert from July '03 at Wiggins Park in Camden, NJ. Musically, the CD and ...
Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble: Live at JazzFest Berlin & Korall
by Jack Bowers
Norwegian composer/bandleader Geir Lysne's surname must be pronounced “listen, hence the name Listening Ensemble. The play on words is quite appropriate, as Lysne's music can't be appraised or appreciated unless one listens closely and carefully, perhaps several times. The first of these two albums, taped at JazzFest Berlin in November 2001, consists of a brief introduction ...
Joe Bourne with the Gary Moran Trio: Remembering Mr. Cole
by Jack Bowers
You may have noticed that there aren't a whole lot of male jazz singers on the scene today. I ran across one of that vanishing breed last January at the IAJE Conference in Long Beach, California, and he handed me a copy of his most recent CD, Remembering Mr. Cole. The singer in question is Massachusetts-bred ...
The Mancini Institute: A Beacon of Light
by Jack Bowers
Amid the gloom and darkness that enshroud the future of fine arts and good music in this country, there is an occasional beacon of hope and light. One that has shone brightly in Southern California for the past eight years is the Henry Mancini Institute, founded in 1997 by composer / conductor Jack Elliott to honor ...
Maynard Ferguson: Live -- At the Top
by Jack Bowers
Maynard Ferguson Live -- At the Top Brentwood Home Video 1975/2005 I loved trumpeter Maynard Ferguson's bands of the early to mid-'60s -- great charts, great players, and they swung their butts off. By 1974, when Live -- At the Top was filmed at the Plaza Hotel in Rochester, NY, ...
Phil Woods: A Life in E-Flat
by Jack Bowers
Phil Woods A Life in E-Flat Jazzed Media 2005 Most Jazz musicians, and especially those who've been around for a number of years, have interesting stories to tell, about themselves and some of the characters they've known and worked with. Of course, some tell them better than others, which often ...
George W. Bush & Friends Swing Broadway and Hollywood: Alone Together
by Jack Bowers
In an unprecedented effort to carry his message to the American people, President George W. Bush today released an impressive four-disc album of memorable songs from stage and screen featuring himself, key members of his administration and invited guests backed by a Jazz trio. The top secret enterprise, kept under wraps for months, was recorded, said ...
The Hank Levy Alumni Band: An 'Odd-Time' Was Had by All
by Jack Bowers
As a rule, a big-band album's song titles are followed by the name(s) of composer and arranger, playing time, and perhaps the names of the various soloists, if there are any. It's rare that one sees time signatures as well, but the late Hank Levy wasn't your garden variety, four-beats-to-the-measure writer. To Levy, who wrote for ...
Bob Silberstein: Do You Remember When
by Jack Bowers
After years of playing saxophone, clarinet and flute on many stages, Bob Silberstein was inspired to write a song, “I'll Miss You, for a friend who was moving to another city, and found it so invigorating he decided to keep writing. “I'll Miss You is one of fifteen songs on Do You Remember When, all of ...
University of North Texas: (Counter-Part) Chamber Jazz, Vol. 1
by Jack Bowers
When one thinks of Jazz at the University of North Texas, it's usually in connection with one or more of UNT's exemplary big bands, which have been winning awards and earning applause for nearly half a century. But there's much more to the school's Jazz Studies program than synchronous reeds and shouting brass, as this largely ...
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