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The Len Pierro Jazz Orchestra: As I Was Saying

by Jack Bowers
February 17, 2025

Remember the good old days before high-tech hardware and software seized control and the country's leading big bands were recorded in a studio or in concert employing a wide dynamic range with no overdubs or splices to enhance the performance? Composer and arranger Len Pierro does, which is why he planned As I Was Saying, the ...

The Way It Was

February 17, 2025

Album: As I Was Saying
By Len Pierro
Label: WalkingPath Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 5:16

As I Was Saying

By Len Pierro

Label: WalkingPath Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: As I Was Saying; The Way It Was; Marionette; One Thing More; No Chance for Goodbye; Everglades; Duetology; Newport Breeze; You and the Night and the Music; What He Said.

"Unlimited" Co-op Bop

By Alan Gaumer

Label: Minsi Ridge Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Horn Dog, Step Into A Dream, Mideastern Night, Just For A Moment, Dark Side, Four By Eight, A Thought For Marcus, Cucumbersville

Jazz Bridge Third Thursday Concert Series In Willingboro, NJ Presents Pianist Eric Mintel And His Quartet

November 12, 2014

Jazz Bridge Third Thursday Concert Series in Willingboro, NJ presents pianist Eric Mintel and his Quartet at the Willingboro Library—220 Willingboro Way in Willingboro Township—on Thursday, January 15. Tickets are $10, $5 for students and show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Pianist/composer/bandleader/recording artist Eric Mintel—one of the foremost exponents of the music of Dave Brubeck—was ...

Phil Woods & the Festival Orchestra: New Celebration

by Jack Bowers
November 21, 2013

Any album with the renowned Phil Woods leading a big band (or jazz orchestra) is cause for celebration, especially so when he has written all but one of the charts and takes the bulk of the alto solos. More than fifteen years have passed since Woods last recorded with the COTA Festival Orchestra from his home ...

Stars on the Horizon

by Jack Bowers
October 8, 2012

Even before Groovin' Hard, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute's latest foray into the world of contemporary jazz, kicked off its four-day run (October 11-14) at the Marriott LAX Hotel, a letter arrived from LAJI director Ken Poston announcing details of next May's extravaganza, also at the Marriott. The theme is Big Band Spectacular, and the bands ...