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Vaughn Wiester / Doncaster Jazz Orchestra / Kluvers Big Band / Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Vaughn Wiester's Famous Jazz Orchestra Dreams Come True COJazz 2009 If you're going to dream, you may as well dream big, in glorious Technicolor with stereophonic sound. As Vaughn Wiester knows, there are times when Dreams Come True. Wiester's vision of leading his own big band is a ...
Interview: Helen Merrill (Part 1)
Jazz greats are more sensitive than the rest of us. They have to be to produce honest art. While their angst and emotional unease may not always be evident, a deep sorrow and regret often rests just beneath the surface, coloring their creative mood and expression. Jazz artists who reach for their scars when they record ...
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra / Bob Brookmeyer
THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA In collaboration with PLANET ARTS, SIXTEEN AS ONE MUSIC INC., and THE VILLAGE VANGUARD, PRESENT The Monday Night Legacy: Past Present Future Monday, February 2 through Monday February 9 2009 From February 2 though 9, 2009, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (VJO) will present a special week-long retrospective at the Village Vanguard in ...
One More: The Summary - Music of Thad Jones, Vol. 2
By Thad Jones
Label: IPO Recordings
Released: 2006
Track listing: Litte Pixie; Let's, Don't Ever Leave Me; Groove Merchant; Birdsong; The Great One; Central
Park North; Rejoice; Three and One; The Summary.
Various Artists: One More: The Summary - Music of Thad Jones, Vol. 2
by Samuel Chell
This tribute to Thad Jones' music is not only equal to Volume One (One More) but eclipses it, proving a worthy candidate for jazz album of the year 2007. One of the differences is Eddie Daniels, whose inviting solo on “Little Pixie" introduces a session that's as free-spirited as it is respectful of its inspirational source. ...
Deborah Brown: International Incident
by C. Michael Bailey
Kansas City-reared jazz singer Deborah Brown employs an international, multicultural little big band to make progressive American vocal jazz, managing the logistics brilliantly to produce one of the best vocal recitals of the year. This fearless repertoire maven is not afraid of even the stickiest subjects.On International Incident,, Brown takes on two Johnny Griffin ...
Consummation
By The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Dedication; It Only Happens Every Time; Tiptoe; A Child Is Born; Us; Ahunk Ahunk; Fingers; Consummation (46:32).
Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra: Consummation
by C. Andrew Hovan
When it came to progressive big bands during the '60s, few ensembles could boast the kind of staying power and muscle of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. With some of the biggest names in the business as part of the ensemble's regular roster and the uniformly exceptional output of writer Thad Jones, this band was ...
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