Results for "The Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble"

The Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble

The Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble: We Came to Swing!

by Jack Bowers
July 25, 2003

This is the third album in a row by the Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble that includes the words “swing” or “swingin’” in its title. I’m beginning to suspect that director Ronald Carter and his apprentices are trying to tell us something. In this case, the announcement is directed toward its audience, as We Came to ...

Swingin' Into the Millennium

By The Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble

Label:
Released: 2001
Track listing: Jack the Bear; Dearly Beloved; It

The Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble: Swingin' Into the Millennium

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 2001

This latest album by the widely honored Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble, encompassing half a dozen concert appearances during 1999–2000, is greatly enhanced by the towering presence of Brazilian trumpet master Claudio Roditi who sketches a charming “Portrait of Art” [Farmer?] and weaves more of his special magic on the easygoing bossa “Arpoador.” When Claudio’s not ...