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University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble 1: A Timeless Vision
by Jack Bowers
There is much to admire on this sixth recording from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, whose staff may be small but whose aspirations and accomplishments are large (Jazz Ensemble 1 has twice in the last three years earned Down Beat magazine’s award as Best College Band). To confirm that appraisal, one need advance no further than ...
Western Michigan University Jazz Orchestra: Blue Miles
by Jack Bowers
The award–winning and Grammy–nominated WMU Jazz Orchestra returns for a third date on Sea Breeze, for which the ensemble earns another impressive report card. Nothing seems beyond their purview, from straight–ahead cookers by Matt Catingub (“Indian Riffs”), Robert Lewis (“Poste Haste”) or Matt Harris (“Rompe Cabezas”) to more demanding works by Thelonious Monk (“Misterioso”), Chick Corea ...
University of Kentucky Jazz Ensemble: Dialogues
by Jim Santella
Directed by saxophonist Miles Osland, the University of Kentucky’s Jazz Ensemble performs a varied program of big band arrangements. The leader performs Gary Foster’s Latin ballad “Tesoro" on alto sax with subtle accompaniment from his charges. They work together well as a team and Osland demonstrates that he is a superb artist. He performs “Take Me ...
The Osland Saxophone Quartet: Kentucky Roastup
by Jim Santella
Without a rhythm section, the Osland Saxophone Quartet has to rely on its baritone saxophonist for a pulse, as the others contribute to the harmony and melody. Executed properly, the soprano saxophone can sound delicate like a flute, articulate and firm like a clarinet, or swinging in the jazz idiom. Miles Osland does all three as ...
The Phil Norman Tentet: Yesterday's Gardenias
by Jack Bowers
The Phil Norman Tentet’s debut, On the Town,, recorded in 1996 and released last year, was such an unqualified success that living up to it posed an immense challenge. If the ensemble’s second endeavor, Yesterday’s Gardenia’s, doesn’t quite scale the Olympian heights reached by On the Town, it climbs so near that one has to applaud ...
