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Bill Potts: 555 Feet High
by Jack Bowers
The Graceland mansion in Memphis, TN, where Elvis Presley used to live and where his body now lies, has been turned into a shrine to the King, drawing thousands upon thousands of reverential visitors each year. I have no problem with that; if people choose to worship at the altar of Elvis, that's their business, none ...
Craig Raymond and the Next Generation Big Band: Let's Dance Band Stand
by Jack Bowers
When big bands were king, the impetus behind their success was as much about dancing as it was listening. People thronged to see and hear bands led by Miller, Goodman, the Dorsey brothers, Harry James, Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw, Chick Webb, Andy Kirk and their peers but listened for the most part while dancing cheek-to-cheek with ...
University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band: Lab 2004
by Jack Bowers
Hard as it may be to believe, this is the twenty-third annual “Lab" album produced by UNT's preeminent One O'Clock Lab Band during Neil Slater's tenure as director, one for each year he has been at the helm. Even harder to accept is that the albums keep getting better with each passing year; Lab 2004 is ...
Octobop: After Dark
by Jack Bowers
In spite of all that has been written and said about it, West Coast jazz in the '50s and '60s wasn't really “cool"--no more so than what was being played on the East Coast or in the heartland--but it did have a certain indefinable quality that set it apart. I'd say it was more “hip" than ...
The Rodger Fox Big Band: A Rare Connection
by Jack Bowers
Last year was the thirtieth for trombonist Rodger Fox's world-class big band from faraway New Zealand, and the celebration was marked by the release of yet another mouth-watering banquet of swinging, straight-ahead jazz from Down Under. This is either the band's sixteenth or seventeenth album, depending on whether one includes Devil May Care, a session from ...
The Dave Holland Big Band: Overtime
by Jack Bowers
What does one do when his initial album as a big-band leader sweeps up almost every award in sight and rockets straight to the top of the best-seller list? If he's bassist Dave Holland, he goes back to the drawing board and works Overtime to make sure his second one is not only as good as ...
Baileo Big Band: Jumbo Swing Night
by Jack Bowers
Baileo Big Band and Guests Jumbo Swing Night Jumbo 2003 I recently asked a pen-pal in the Netherlands, trombonist Rene Laanen, about the big-band scene there. “We have a pretty good new band,"? he said. “It's called the Baileo Big Band."? Was he ever right! I've now had the pleasure ...
Cal State Los Angeles Jazz Orchesta and Afro-Latin Ensemble: The Unlikely Event
by Jack Bowers
This is the second album I've reviewed in less than a month with the title The Unlikely Event. What's more, both were recorded by college ensembles (the other was the University of Northern Iowa), and on both, the “Event" is the album's second track. How unlikely is that? I'll leave it in your hands. The Cal ...
Stan Levey: The Original Original
by Jack Bowers
Stan Levey The Original Original StanArt Productions 2004 One of the real pleasures for me during the 32nd annual conference of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) last January in Long Beach, CA, was shaking hands with one of the great drummers of the bop era and beyond, Stan ...
Ralph Pyl's Sydney All-Star Big Band: Pyldriver
by Jack Bowers
"It's hard to write liner notes for an album like this," Australian superstar James Morrison says about Pyldriver, the second recording by trumpeter Ralph Pyl's superlative Sydney All-Star Big Band. It's hard to review it too. Where does one begin--with the picturesque and persuasive charts, the precise and powerful ensemble work, the sharp and sinewy rhythm ...
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