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The University of North Florida Jazz Ensemble 1: Through His Eyes: For Bunky Green
by Jack Bowers
It’s not often that a musical tribute is bestowed on one who is alive and able to hear it, even less common when the honoree is able to play an active role in the proceedings. Bunky Green, director of the Jazz Studies program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, is very much alive, we ...
Russell Malone: Playground
by Jack Bowers
MaxJazz, which has showcased jazz musicians in series devoted to various instruments (piano, horns, vocals), tapped guitarist Russell Malone to launch its String Series—an inspired choice, as Malone is one of the fastest rising stars on the contemporary jazz horizon, a superb technician who plays with exceptional warmth and congeniality. Playground is basically a quartet date ...
Michael Davis: Trumpets Eleven
by Jack Bowers
While one never knows what trombonist/entrepreneur Michael Davis may be up to next, it’s a safe bet that whatever it is will be musically and aesthetically rewarding. It wasn’t too long ago that Davis persuaded more than fifty of the country’s foremost trumpeters, trombonists, tuba and French horn players to come together (sometimes in separate studios) ...
Ted Rosenthal / Bob Brookmeyer: One Night in Vermont
by Jack Bowers
Yes, beautiful music is still being played, and played beautifully as well. Doubters need only check out this bright and refreshing hour-long recital by pianist Ted Rosenthal and valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, recorded in August '01 at the Memorial Hall Center for the Arts in Wilmington, VT. Much like the chicken and the ...
Summertime Is Jazz Time
by Jack Bowers
There’s actually more to living here in Albuquerque than blue, sunny skies, lovely views in every direction and a drought that won’t go away. Each summer the New Mexico Jazz Workshop presents (as it has for the past twenty-eight years) “Jazz Under the Stars” and “Salsa Under the Stars” through June and July in the Sculpture ...
Mark Morganelli: My Romance
by Jack Bowers
If you like your jazz straight-up and swinging, chances are you’ll get a kick out of My Romance, recorded by trumpeter Mark Morganelli and the Jazz Forum All-Stars at a series of concerts in New York state in July ‘02. There’s nothing terribly innovative here, but Morganelli and his mates, including tenor saxophonist Houston Person, are ...
California State University Long Beach: Studio 1
by Jack Bowers
Another university-level jazz ensemble that can flat-out play, thanks to the sturdy foundation set in place by the late John Prince and the continuing efforts of his successor and current director, Neal Finn. It’s not often that one can number student compositions among the highlights of a recording such as Studio 1, but the two by ...
Various Artists: Brand New! Swedish Jazz, Vol. 9: 1960-1964
by Jack Bowers
Volume 9 in Caprice Records’ chronological survey of Swedish jazz offers a fascinating look backward at the eventful years 1960-64 and, as always, the four-disc set is not only brimming with wonderful music but is as generously timed as one could possibly want with none of the discs playing for less than 77 minutes. Sound quality ...
Phil Woods and Carl Saunders: Play Henry Mancini
by Jack Bowers
Yes, it's “The Pink Panther," “Mr. Lucky" and “Two for the Road," but if anyone can take the late film/television composer Henry Mancini's quasi-jazz and make it swing like a willow in a windstorm, it's two old (well, oldish ) masters like alto saxophonist Phil Woods and trumpeter Carl Saunders. And swing they do, as does ...
Jimmy Cobb's Mob: Cobb's Groove
by Jack Bowers
Some decisions are good, others bad, and a few are quite simply inspired, such as producer Todd Barkan's decision to invite tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander to join drummer Jimmy Cobb's Mob on its latest album, Cobb's Groove. I can picture the session as being a pretty good one without Alexander sitting in; with him, it rises ...
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