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The Dani Felber Big Band: Music Was My First Love
by Jack Bowers
As Dani Felber was kind enough to send me a copy of his debut album, Music Was My First Love, all the way from Switzerland, I should repay his kindness by dwelling first on the more positive aspects. The good news is that Felber plays a fine flugel, and the band is clearly sharp and well-rehearsed. ...
Fay Claassen and the Millennium Jazz Orchestra: Specially Arranged for Fay
by Jack Bowers
Not only was Frank Sinatra an incomparable singer, he was a smart one too, employing only the finest arrangers (Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Gordon Jenkins, Axel Stordahl) and musicians to bring out the best in every note he sang. On her third album for Jazz Impuls, Fay Claassen takes a cue from Ol’ Blue Eyes, using ...
The McGill Jazz Orchestra: Conundrum
by Jack Bowers
A conundrum, according to Webster, is “a riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun,” or “a paradoxical, insoluble or difficult problem; a dilemma.” The only conundrum surrounding the seventh album by Montreal’s McGill University Jazz Orchestra is whether it may be the best recording by a college-level ensemble that one encounters this ...
The IAJE Crosses the Border
by Jack Bowers
Memories of Toronto . . . After checking in at the Sheraton Hotel on Wednesday afternoon, January 8, several hours before the evening performances that were to open the 30th annual conference of the International Association for Jazz Education (the first ever held outside the continental U.S.), I decided to scope out the area by walking ...
On the Brighter Side . . .
by Jack Bowers
Having surveyed last month the generally deplorable state of Jazz, especially big-band Jazz, here in the Lower Forty-Eight, it's good to be able to usher in the New Year with better news in the form of a response to that column from Randy James who writes in part: “I live in Fort Worth [Texas], which is ...
The Dayton Jazz Orchestra: Just Playin' Around
by Jack Bowers
Although not usually singled out as a hotbed of big-band jazz, Ohio boasts a number of impressive regional ensembles -- the Cleveland and Columbus Jazz Orchestras, Cincinnati’s legendary Blue Wisp Big Band, and last but not least, the well-equipped Dayton Jazz Orchestra. The DJO kicks off its tenth year with a colorful new album on which, ...
The Rob McConnell Tentet: Thank You, Ted
by Jack Bowers
One can rest assured that whenever Rob McConnell enters a recording studio he’ll be accompanied by a group of the finest jazz musicians Canada has to offer -- and that the charts he brings with him will flash and gleam like the Aurora Borealis. No exception here, as Rob and his Tentet pay their warm respects ...
John Fedchock's New York Big Band: No Nonsense
by Jack Bowers
By the time this review has been written and (I hope!) read, trombonist John Fedchock will be on the final leg of a seven-month-long world tour that has included stops in Sweden, Norway, South Africa and a number of cities here in the US. Before leaving, Fedchock and his star-laden New York Big Band ...
The United Women's Orchestra: Virgo Supercluster
by Jack Bowers
This is the third album by the cutting-edge United Women’s Orchestra of Cologne, Germany, and as before, one of the most daunting tasks facing a reviewer is describing the music therein. If distilled into a single word, that word would perhaps be “adventurous,” although “expansive” would certainly apply, as would “captivating” or “passionate.” Maria Schneider, a ...
Jazz at USM: Home Cookin'
by Jack Bowers
The Jazz Studies program at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg has been around for more than thirty years, and it’s good to have recorded evidence of its progress under director Larry Panella’s guidance. The program is currently home to two big bands, six to eight combos in various shapes and sizes, and a salsa ...
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