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Andreas Pettersson: Getting Close to You
by Jack Bowers
Here’s another album to file under “p” for “pleasant surprises” — even though one shouldn’t really be surprised by the quality of any group whose rhythm section includes bassist Mads Vinding and drummer Ed Thigpen. More eye–opening are the singular talents of guitarist / leader Andreas Pettersson and his good friend, pianist Daniel Karlsson, who add ...
Ulf Ad: Reflections
by Jack Bowers
Sparkling, straight–ahead contemporary Jazz by a quartet of swinging Swedes who could easily hold their own with most such groups on this side of the pond. Trumpeter Ulf Adåker, now in his late 50s, is best–known (in Sweden) as leader or co–leader of the fusion group EGBA, for whom he also served as composer / arranger, ...
The TCU Jazz Ensemble: "Road Toads"
by Jack Bowers
The Texas Christian University Jazz Ensemble is “on the road” for only three of the sixteen selections on its latest CD with five others recorded in concert at TCU’s Ed Landreth Hall. Strayhorn’s “Take the ‘A’ Train” and the standard “Just Friends” were taped in mid–July 2000 at the Montreux (Switzerland) Jazz Festival, Louis Prima’s “Jump, ...
The Vienna Art Orchestra: A Centenary Journey
by Jack Bowers
One has to hand it to the Vienna Art Orchestra; this is one adventurous band of Austrians. On Centenary Journey, recorded live in March ’01 at the Sofiensäle, Vienna, the VAO makes an heroic (and broadly successful) effort to compress a century of ever–shifting Jazz styles into one expansive snapshot. Unlike Ken Burns’ recent (and controversial) ...
The Royal Air Force Squadronaires: Flying Home . . .
by Jack Bowers
Having heard most of the outstanding service bands in this country, I expected far more from Great Britain’s leading ensemble, the RAF Squadronaires, than it delivers on Flying Home . . . To give the airmen their due, they are never less than well–rehearsed and professional; perhaps too much so. Performing for the most part songs ...
Sammy Nestico: This Is the Moment
by Jack Bowers
Those who’ve been wondering, if indeed there are any, will be pleased to learn that Sammy Nestico hasn’t lost his touch. Now in his seventy–eighth year, Count Basie’s former Grammy–winning chief arranger can still write persuasive charts that swing at the drop of a high–hat, which he does more often than not on This Is the ...
The Jazz Police: Daniel Barry -- Phantom Suite / The Music of Daniel Barry
by Jack Bowers
Not much information is given about composer / arranger / trumpeter Daniel Barry on either of these splendid albums by Seattle’s Jazz Police but that’s not really important, as his engaging music speaks eloquently enough for itself. We’ve now heard three contemporary big bands from the Seattle area and each of them has been well above ...
The Midiri Brothers Septet: Live! At Bridgewater
by Jack Bowers
The Midiri brothers, Joe and Paul, make no effort to hide their admiration for clarinetist Benny Goodman and his celebrated small groups of the ’30s, ’40s and onward, so when they were invited (for the second year in a row) to take part in promoter Bruce Gast’s annual salute to BG they wasted no time accepting ...
The Nottingham Jazz Orchestra: Sixteen Men Swinging!
by Jack Bowers
A pleasant, unassuming album of (mostly) familiar songs by a generally admirable rehearsal band from Nottingham, England, which is best known as the neighborhood in which Robin Hood made his name. The NJO, formed in 1969, recorded one previous album, in 1971, before disbanding for some twenty years. It was re–formed in 1995 with pianist Tommy ...
The Jonny Cooper Orchestra: Legends of Swing
by Jack Bowers
The Jonny Cooper Orchestra is an American–style dance band from South Africa, of all places, and a fairly decent one at that. On Legends of Swing, which we presume is the orchestra’s recorded debut, trumpeter Cooper and his comrades pay tribute to bandleaders Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and Harry James, ...
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