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The South Florida Jazz Orchestra

Cheap Thrills: The Music Of Rick Margitza

By The South Florida Jazz Orchestra

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Cheap Thrills; The Place To Be; Widow's Walk; Brace Yourself; 45 Pound Hound; Premonition; Walls; Sometimes I Have Rhythm; Embraceable You

South Florida Jazz Orchestra: Cheap Thrills: The Music Of Rick Margitza

by Jack Bowers
October 10, 2020

In 2019, the acclaimed Michigan-bred, Paris-based tenor saxophonist Rick Margitza thought he was being asked to contribute a couple of charts to the University of South Florida Jazz Orchestra's fifth recording in its fifteen-year history as a working ensemble. But when SFJO founder and leader Chuck Bergeron looked at the charts he had an even better ...

The South Florida Jazz Orchestra: The Music of Gary Lindsay / Are We Still Dreaming

by Jack Bowers
September 20, 2018

When a big band devotes an entire album to the compositions and arrangements of one musician, the obvious opening question is: why? In other words, who is Gary Lindsay and why is the South Florida Jazz Orchestra performing his music? In brief, the answer is that Lindsay, an alto saxophonist and well-respected educator, has written and ...

Trumpet Summit

By The South Florida Jazz Orchestra

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Daahoud; Read My Lips; Everything I've Got Belongs To You; Blues for the Terrible Two's; Peer Pressure; Sophisticated Lady; One For Mogie; All The Things You Are; Good Addiction.

The South Florida Jazz Orchestra: Trumpet Summit

by Edward Blanco
August 18, 2012

Following its self-titled South Florida Jazz Orchestra (MAMA Records, 2008) debut, this Miami-based big band now presents a power-infused second effort. The highly anticipated Trumpet Summit showcases several wonderful jazz trumpeters. Renowned bassist, and founder and director of the band, Chuck Bergeron was inspired to feature sounds of the trumpet after remembering all of the great ...