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Alan Greenspan, 1926–2026: The Reedman Who Conducted the Economy

by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
June 26, 2026

He kept the clarinet. Sixty years after he last played for money, the central banker still had the instrument from his dance-band days; when a television crew trooped in, he turned it over in his hands but would not play it, remembering too well how it was supposed to sound. Alan Greenspan, who died ...

Dancing in Frames

By New York University

Label: Independent Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Saturn; Clarity; Guru; Bethune Street; Dancing in Frames; Your Silence Will Not Protect You; Way Up West; El Greco; Protocalary (57:31).

The New York University Jazz Ensembles: Dancing in Frames

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2003

This is an interesting overview of the more than twenty smaller Jazz ensembles that are a part of the Jazz/Contemporary Studies program at New York University. The group sizes range from quartet (So-Hum) to octet (Tony Moreno Ensemble) with two sextets (Ralph Lalama, Bob Albanese ensembles) and a septet (the NYU Composers Ensemble). The school also ...

Works for Jazz Orchestra

By New York University

Label: NYU
Released: 2001
Track listing: A Fresh Taste of the Blues; Ode to Joe Newman; The Hampton Strut; Love Handles; I Just Can

The New York University Concert Jazz Ensemble: Works for Jazz Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 2001

Four of these seven works for Jazz orchestra were penned by the renowned tenor saxophonist and NYU artist in residence Frank Foster who played in and later led the Count Basie Orchestra and writes with the Count always in mind. Basie would have been quite comfortable playing any of Foster’s charts, as is the well–disciplined NYU ...