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Mike Holober

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Described by Downbeat Magazine as “one of the finest modern composer/arrangers of our time” Mike Holober was awarded the 2022 American Academy of Arts and Letters Andrew Imbrie Award in Music.  His recent big band recording, "Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra:  Hiding Out" (ZOHO Music, 2019) was nominated for a 2020 GRAMMY® Award (Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album), and features two of his extended works for jazz orchestra.

Trained as a classical pianist and conductor, Mike began his apprenticeship as a jazz pianist and composer after moving to New York City in 1986. He has released six recordings as a leader, and can be heard on over 70 recordings as a sideman.  His projects include The Mike Holober QuintetBalancing Act (a jazz octet with voice), The Gotham Jazz Orchestra, and most recently The Marvin Stamm/Mike Holober Quartet.  

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Mixed Bag

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: From This Moment On; Rebecca; The Dark Hours; Lilac Blues; Down the Rabbit Hole; Body and Soul; So in Love; Django; ‘Round Midnight; The Sly Fox (in Memory of Bill Holman); Where Do You Start?

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Article: Album Review

Pete McGuinness: Mixed Bag

Read "Mixed Bag" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


With Mixed Bag, Pete McGuinness once again affirms his place among the elite of modern big band composers and arrangers, presenting a luminous tapestry of jazz idioms that ranges from the exuberantly traditional to the adventurously modern. As the title suggests, the album is a delightful potpourri. However, rather than feeling scattered or unfocused, McGuinness weaves ...

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Article: Album Review

The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra: Mixed Bag

Read "Mixed Bag" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Award-winning arranger Pete McGuinness has chosen to name the fourth recording by his stellar New York-based Jazz Orchestra Mixed Bag, a term whose meaning may be construed as positive or less so, depending on the context. As he explains in the album's liner notes, McGuinness accentuates the positive, writing that to him, “Variety has always been ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kazemde George, Charles Mingus, and Caroline Davis

Read "Kazemde George, Charles Mingus, and Caroline Davis" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show features music from a variety of players, such as Kazemde George, Cassandra Wilson, Caroline Davis, and Steve Kuhn, as well as newly collected live performances by Charles Mingus. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) ...

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Article: Jazz & Juice

Tracks and Tipples to End the Winter

Read "Tracks and Tipples to End the Winter" reviewed by Kristen Lee Sergeant


Dear All About Jazzers, Kristen here, your singer/songwriter/sommelier. I'm thrilled to be sharing my wine and song pairing, Jazz & Juice, with you once more. What started during the pandemic as a deep-dive series has now become a bi-weekly, two minute meditation on the pleasures of both music and wine, meant to be enjoyed ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra: This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters

Read "This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This Rock We're On, acclaimed composer and pianist Mike Holober's 2024 recording as leader of the Gotham Jazz Orchestra, is challenging to summarize in mere words, as it consists of a multi-part suite (on two CDs) which blends jazz, classical and art songs in a thematic environment that uses a series of “imaginary letters" from a ...

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Article: Album Review

Ben Kono Group: Voyages

Read "Voyages" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This album is saxophonist Ben Kono's tribute to his family's history, dating back to his grandfather's migration from Japan to the United States in 1911, performed by a combination of small jazz group and string quartet, The first half of the work concerns with his family's transition into life in the United States, and the second ...

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Article: Year in Review

Popular Jazz Songs: 2024

Read "Popular Jazz Songs: 2024" reviewed by Michael Ricci


All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2024. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! Click the album cover to listen to the song. Dive Into The Deep Blue From: ...

Album

Voyages

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Yobiyose (The Calling); Bata-Kusai!!; Belong; Across the Pond; Issei; Nisei; Sansei; Yonsei.


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