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Bob Mintzer Big Band / New York Voices: Meeting of Minds

Read "Meeting of Minds" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
June 26, 2018

Here's an appetizing treat for fans of big bands and vocals alike, neatly wrapped in one handsome package by the stalwart Bob Mintzer Big Band and the splendid New York Voices. Together, band and voices take a fresh look at eight memorable standards from the Great American Songbook written by such master craftsmen as Cole Porter, ...

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New Bob Mintzer Big Band – New York Voices Album, "Meeting Of Minds," Out Now From MCG Jazz

June 22, 2018

“Meeting of Minds focuses on the integration of voices with the big band. The combination of the dynamic writing styles of Bob Mintzer and Darmon Meader, from New York Voices, produces a very dense yet very fresh sonic palette. There are subtle harmonic and rhythmic nuances in the arrangements that blend together to deliver an engaging ...

Article: Album Review

Bob Mintzer Big Band/New York Voices: Meeting Of Minds

Read "Meeting Of Minds" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 14, 2018

Meeting Of Minds plays more like a merger than an encounter. And that, after all, is how all successful collaborations should feel. Hearing Bob Mintzer's big band and New York Voices join forces for a trip through newly-arranged takes on '30s and '40s gems from the Great American Songbook is a reminder that some music can ...

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Fathers and Sons

By Don Aliquo

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2017
Track listing: But Not For Me; Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; Because He Lives; The Symbol of Priority; So Danco Samba; The September One; I Should Care; Fathers and Sons; Lush Live; Wendt's Bent.

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Get Up!

By Bob Mintzer

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: Get Up!; Land Of Oak; It's Your Thing; I Thank You; Sing A Simple Song; Truth Spoken Here; Elegant People; Civil War; Yeah Yeah Yeah.

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Perchance To Dream

By Gloria Reuben

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: Change Partners; Poor Girl; Close Enough For Love; Pure Imagination; When I Close My Eyes; How Am I To Know; Save Your Love For Me; You Better Love Me; Sharing The Night With The Blues; Here's To Life.

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Joyful Jazz

By Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: Jingle Bells; Jingles, the Christmas Cat; Carol of the Bells; A Cradle in Bethlehem; Do You Hear What I Hear?; It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year; White Christmas; Merry Christmas, John Coltrane; Snowfall; Sleigh Ride; The Christmas Song; Joy to the World.

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The Hope of Christmas

By Ann Hampton Callaway

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: 1. On Union Street (A Christmas Toast)04:13 2. The Hope of Christmas 04:12 3. One Star 04:35 4. Discovery 05:12 5. I Believe 03:46 6. I Saw a Sparrow 03:19 7. Santa Doesn't Like Me 03:35 8. Christmas Isn't Christmas At All 04:46 9. I Want To Play Santa 04:26 10. What Good Is Being Cranky (When It's Christmas Time) 04:01 11. My Gift of Thanks 04:23 12. Fly With The Angels 05:47

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MCG Jazz does Christmas: New Holiday Releases From Ann Hampton Callaway and the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra

by Dan Bilawsky
December 18, 2015

The inevitability of new Christmas albums often fills jazz journalists with dread. And while some may assume it's because we're a cynical breed with unreasonable standards and upturned noses, that couldn't be further from the truth (in most cases). The reason jazz journalists approach new Christmas albums with caution is simple: the number of slipshod, hastily-produced, ...

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Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra: Joyful Jazz

Read "Joyful Jazz" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 5, 2015

One way in which to launch an appraisal of this outstanding seasonal album, the first ever by the world-class Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, is to check out its candid--and uncommonly accurate--title. Joyful? Most definitely. Jazz? Without a doubt. For five years, the orchestra's annual holiday celebration has been a welcome tradition for families in the greater Pittsburgh ...