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Article: Big Band Caravan

Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchesta / Vaughn Wiester / Chie Imaizumi

by Jack Bowers
October 7, 2010

Buselli--Wallarab Jazz OrchestraMezzanineOwl Studios2010 After veering slightly off-course recently with several albums devoted in part to backing singers, the outstanding Indianapolis-based Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra is back in a more pleasing instrumental groove on Mezzanine, profiling the compositions and arrangements of co-leader / trombonist Brent Wallarab. The first ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Phil Kelly and the NW Prevailing Winds; Eric Essix and the Night Flight Big Band; University of North Texas Two O'Clock Lab Band

by Jack Bowers
February 2, 2010

Phil Kelly & the Northwest Prevailing Winds Ballet of the Bouncing Beagles Origin Records 2009 The Ballet of the Bouncing Beagles, Marius Nordal writes in the liner notes to composer / arranger Phil Kelly's latest recording, “was inspired by an actual photograph of Phil's two beagles jumping up in the ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Strike Up the (Unsung) Bands

by Jack Bowers
December 5, 2009

The big band era is known for producing a number of enormously successful ensembles whose leaders were household names: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, then on through Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, the brothers Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and, ...

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News: Interview

Trumpeter Chad McCullough Interviewed at AAJ

June 23, 2009

Seattle trumpeter Chad McCullough has been working hard to garner a reputation in his hometown and beyond as a versatile, creative musician. McCullough has performed with a wide range of artists, including Jay Thomas, Claudio Roditi, Marc Seales, Thomas Marriott, Ingrid Jensen and Bob Florence. He's toured extensively with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the jazz ...

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Article: Interview

Chad McCullough: Playing to the Gig

by John Barron
June 23, 2009

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Accidentally Yours

By Jay Thomas

Label: McVouty Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: For A Change; A Whole New You; Tony's Town; No Fun Intended; Time Out Of Time; Accidentally Yours; Kinnickinick; Free Verse; Malibu Party; Crossroads; Joy; Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone.

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Article: Album Review

Jay Thomas and Wataru Hamasaki: Accidentally Yours

Read "Accidentally Yours" reviewed by Jason West

by Jason West
October 16, 2005

Jay Thomas, Wataru Hamasaki, and Geoffrey Keezer divide the lion's share of jazz improvisation on this May, 2004 session taped at Ironwood Studios in Seattle, and while Thomas (a veteran Northwest trumpeter gaining international attention) and Keezer (whose resume includes stints with Art Farmer and Ray Brown) are well-established players, Hamasaki is a virtual unknown. Now ...

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Blues for JW

By Jay Thomas

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2003
Track listing: Blues for JW, Sometime Ago, Low Key Lightly, Why Don't You, On the Brink, You Know I Care, I'm Afraid, Alone Together, A Lady's Vanity

Article: Album Review

Jay Thomas: Blues for JW

Read "Blues for JW" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
December 8, 2003

With a multi-horn specialist like Jay Thomas, you get a lot more bang for your buck, since his main axe is the trumpet/flugelhorn (a la Ira Sullivan, Australia's James Morrison and Benny Carter). Thomas is a Seattle-based musician who has appeared on sixty recorded sessions. This, his eighth album as a leader, was recorded at Tula's ...

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12th and Jackson Blues: Live at the Cotton Club

By Jay Thomas

Label: McVouty Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: 12th and Jackson Blues; Jitterbug Waltz; Ladybird; who do You Love, I Hope; Midnight Stomp; Is It True what They Say About Dixie?; Monk