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University of Northern Iowa Jazz Band One 2014-15: Local Color
by Jack Bowers
In Local Color, the latest in a long series of splendid albums by the University of Northern Iowa's Jazz Band One, color is one of the primary ingredients; every number, in fact, is awash in radiant colors, from the prismatic opener, UNI alum Michael Conrad's “Gerry's Timepiece," to the chimerical closer, Curtis Fuller's dark-hued “The Egyptian." ...
Michael Waldrop Big Band: Time Within Itself
by Jack Bowers
Drummer Michael Waldrop has named his inaugural album as leader of a big band Time Within Itself. An even more appropriate name might have been It's About Time. Waldrop, who has taught for the past decade or so at Eastern Washington University, boasts a resume as long as one's arm. It includes a master's degree from ...
Top 12 "Most Recommended" Album Reviews: 2014
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is recommended, and the reviews listed below represent our top twelve published in 2014. Mists--Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra Jack Cooper by C. Michael Bailey Published: September 21, 2014 Shrimp Tale Alan Chan ...
Mists - Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra
By Jack Cooper
Label: Planet Arts Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Mists; The Last Reader; The Children’s Hour; Tom Sails Away; The
Camp-Meeting; Watchman!; At the River; The Cage.
Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra
By Jack Cooper
Label: Planet Arts Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Mists; The Last Reader; The Children’s Hour; Tom Sails Away; The Camp-Meeting; Watchman!; At the River; The Cage.
C. Michael Bailey's Best Recordings of 2014
by C. Michael Bailey
This year turned out to be a watershed of jazz and beyond vocals, instrumental jazz and important reissues. It was a year of music that further opened my eyes and ears to music I had not previously valued or considered. How short-sighted of me. Beat Kaestli Collage (B&B Productions)
Take Five With Dr. Jack Cooper
by Dr. Jack Cooper
Meet Dr. Jack Cooper: Jack Cooper, has a wide range of experience as a performer, composer, and educator. His most recent CD recording of his compositions/arrangements, Mists: The Music of Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra (Planet Arts Records, 2014) was released in August to critical acclaim in the Chicago Tribune and All About Jazz.
Watchman!
Album: Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra
By Jack Cooper
Label: Planet Arts Records
Released: 2014
Duration: 4:57
Jack Cooper: Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954), one of the first American composers of classical music to earn an international reputation, derived his inspiration from themes he had heard while growing up in Connecticut: hymns, traditional folk songs, marching bands (his father led one), patriotic songs, parlor ballads, Saturday night dances, and especially the melodies of the great Stephen ...
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