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Kluvers Big Band: Count on It / Live in Tivoli / Go Global
by Jack Bowers
Three more albums, these on the Inter Music label, by Denmark’s well–endowed Klüvers Big Band, on two of which ( Count on It, Live in Tivoli ) the ensemble chooses to hide its light under a bushel and play back–up to bluesy vocalists Carmen Bradford and Deborah Brown, respectively. On the third, Go Global, recorded (apparently ...
Johan Leijonhufvud: Eurolines
by Jack Bowers
So I can’t pronounce the cat’s name. It matters not. That’s what makes Jazz — almost any music, for that matter — so singularly inspiring. It transcends such narrow boundaries as name, rank, serial number, age, ethnicity or other specious considerations. The only question that must be answered is, “Can he (or she) play?” Guitarist Johan ...
Kluvers Big Band: Good Times
by Jack Bowers
As one who loves big bands but is seldom excited by vocalists (Sinatra and Garland are two notable exceptions), I cringe whenever a superlative ensemble like Denmark’s Klüvers Big Band chooses to play back–up to a singer, as it does for Jesper Bjarnesen on Good Times, recorded in October ’99. Not that Bjarnesen sings poorly; he’s ...
Bob Brookmeyer with the Ed Partyka Jazz Orchestra: Madly Loving You
by Jack Bowers
Kansas City–bred valve trombone master Bob Brookmeyer is top–billed on this handsomely conceived and superbly performed album because it was a gift from Ed Partyka’s Jazz Orchestra and a number of prominent composer / arrangers to Brookmeyer on his seventieth birthday in December 1999. Partyka, a Chicagoan who has lived since 1990 in Cologne, Germany, had ...
Karl-Martin Almqvist: Mourning Dove
by Jack Bowers
Having written reviews for a number of years now, I am no longer surprised by the proficiency of musicians from overseas, many of whose names I’d never heard before our introduction via an album. A case in point is Sweden’s Karl–Martin Almqvist, as capable a post–bop tenor saxophonist as you’re likely to hear on either side ...
The Sharp Nine Class of 2001: On the Loose
by Jack Bowers
A note to this year’s poll–winning Jazz instrumentalists: don’t look over your shoulder; there’s a group of talented young players running behind you who are rapidly gaining ground with every ambitious stride they take. And if you wish to maintain your composure, do whatever you must to avoid listening to On the Loose by the Sharp ...
The Charlie May All-Star Big Band: Opus 2000: The Arrangements of Gaylord Jones
by Jack Bowers
Seattle–based Pony Boy Records has carved a niche for itself within the neo–swing movement, and saxophonist Charlie May’s big band fits snugly in that groove on this live recording that showcases the talents of veteran arranger Gaylord Jones. May, who has been leading his “Opus One” band for a dozen years, assembled this one — at ...
Steve Rochinski: Otherwise
by Jack Bowers
This is guitarist Steve Rochinski’s second album for Jardis Records, and the choice of music isn’t as engaging as on the first one; Otherwise, it’s an effective straight–ahead studio session that benefits greatly from the presence on the five quartet numbers of the brilliant young pianist Chip Stephens. On the one hand, Rochinski earns high marks ...
Uffe Steen: Play
by Jack Bowers
Guitarist Uffe Steen is one unmelancholy Dane. If that sounds like a left--handed compliment, well, he does play left--handed. And does he ever Play! Bluesy cascades of sound, single--note or chordal, fly off his fretboard like squadrons of worker bees beaming in on one's verdant flower garden. This concert performance in Aarhus catches Steen's trio (bassist ...
The Jonas Kullhammar Quartet: Salut
by Jack Bowers
Let’s begin on a positive note by stating the rather obvious — tenor saxophonist Jonas Kullhammar and his associates are topnotch musicians who let it all hang out on this live date at the Glenn Miller Café (somewhere in Sweden, I’d guess, perhaps Stockholm). They also have a sense of humor, as the tray card informs ...
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