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If I Could Make A Wish

By New York United

Label: NYU
Released: 2005

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Article: Album Review

New York United: If I Could Make A Wish

by Elliott Simon
May 5, 2005

For some time now, Brooklyn's jazz scene has been attractive to both musicians and patrons for its freedom, openness, intimacy, and honesty. Clubs like the Up Over Jazz Café, Sista's Place, and BAMCafé have fostered an atmosphere where the music comes first. The quartet behind If I Could Make a Wish celebrates this environment as it ...

Album

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

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Article: Album Review

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 ...