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The Rob McConnell Tentet

The Rob McConnell Tentet: Music of the Twenties

by Jack Bowers
February 21, 2004

To anyone who may be wondering why Rob McConnell would devote an entire album to music that is almost eight decades old, all I can say is, “listen.” Not only don’t they write ‘em like that anymore, they almost never play ‘em this way either. Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Victor Herbert, ...

Thank You, Ted

By The Rob McConnell Tentet

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Released: 2003
Track listing: If I Were a Bell; Like Someone in Love; Everything Happens to Me; The Outlaw; I

The Rob McConnell Tentet: Thank You, Ted

by Jack Bowers
January 3, 2003

One can rest assured that whenever Rob McConnell enters a recording studio he’ll be accompanied by a group of the finest jazz musicians Canada has to offer -- and that the charts he brings with him will flash and gleam like the Aurora Borealis. No exception here, as Rob and his Tentet pay their warm respects ...

The Rob McConnell Tentet

By The Rob McConnell Tentet

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Released: 2001
Track listing: Old Devil Moon; Speak Low; Two Bass Hit; Everything I Love; Con Alma; Maybe September; Theme for Jobim; Ian Leaps Out; Manha de Carnaval; Lush Life; These Are the Things I Love (71:56).

The Rob McConnell Tentet: The Rob McConnell Tentet

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 2001

A sure sign that the economic slowdown has crossed our northern border is that Canada’s leading big band, the Boss Brass, has been superseded (after thirty–two years) by the Rob McConnell Tentet. Not to worry; the Tentet is comprised almost entirely of Boss Brass alums (as far as I can tell, tenor Mike Murley and trombonist ...