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Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra: Dreamcatcher
by Jack Bowers
Here's more conclusive evidence, if any were needed, that jazz is no longer solely a man's game. The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra joins the burgeoning ranks of all-female big bands that include DIVA, Maiden Voyage, Germany's United Women's Orchestra, Japan's Blue Aeronauts and ensembles led by Chrissy Lee and Kit McClure with an auspicious debut album ...
Metropole Orkest: Conducted by Rob Pronk
by Jack Bowers
Although mentioning Rob Pronk's name to jazz fans here in the States would presumably elicit no more than blank stares, musicians--especially those in the Netherlands--know him well, as Pronk has been a renowned jazz luminary in that country for many years, earning the prestigious Nordring Radio Prize in 1981 and Blaupunkt Music Award in 1988 for ...
Gap Mangione: Family Holidays
by Jack Bowers
If this album can be used as evidence, family holidays must have been a blast at the Mangione home in Rochester, NY. Clearly, multi-talented Gap Mangione and his paisanos are having a lot of fun on this engaging album while making beautiful music that embraces not only the Christmas holiday season but several others as well, ...
The Lynne Arriale Trio: Come Together
by Jack Bowers
Anyone who can keep a jazz trio intact for ten years, as pianist Lynne Arriale has done, deserves a medal for doing nothing more than that. But Arriale does more. For one thing, she plays flawlessly, as one would expect from someone who has caressed the keyboard as long as she has; for another, she composes ...
Bud Powell: Eternity
by Jack Bowers
Let me begin by saying that I'm no Bud Powell aficionado. I understand there were undoubtedly times when he played far better than this, and times when he may have played even worse. All I can say with assurance is that had I not seen Powell's name and picture on this album, I never would have ...
David Berger and the Sultans of Swing: Marlowe
by Jack Bowers
David Berger, an avowed admirer of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, writes, as Ellington and Strayhorn often did, music with a purpose, evocative themes that paint graphic sound pictures designed to summon a visceral response from his audience. And so it is with Berger's latest album, Marlowe, which consists of two suites--"Windows on the World," solemnizing ...
Thumbnail Sketch: The Los Angeles Jazz Institute
by Jack Bowers
Last month , during my adulatory and long-winded account of the All-Star Alumni Tribute to Maynard Ferguson, I mentioned that the event was sponsored by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute. As some may be wondering exactly what that is, here's a concise description. The Los Angeles Jazz Institute (hereafter LAJI), on the campus of Cal State ...
The Alex Heitlinger Sextet: Green Light
by Jack Bowers
Young trombonist Alex Heitlinger, not far removed from his undergrad days at the University of Colorado, leads a seasoned sextet through its paces on a moderately successful debut album of post bop jazz that transcends some problems to offer a reasonably productive listening experience. The session encompasses ten of Heitlinger's compositions, and therein lies one of ...
The Jazz Jamaica All Stars: Massive
by Jack Bowers
If one were to award points for boldness and thinking outside the box, the Jazz Jamaica All Stars would rank high by any measure. The All Stars, a large ensemble of (mostly) Brits, several with Caribbean or African roots, led by Jamaican bassist Gary Crosby (whose core group, the 10-piece Jazz Jamaica, has released two earlier ...
Ellynne Plotnick: Daydream
by Jack Bowers
I dread having to review albums like this one. Ellynne Plotnick probably has worked hard to get where she is, and it pains me to be the one who must let her know that she's nowhere near where she has to be, assuming she intends to pursue a career in music. No one wants to hear ...
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