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George Kahn: Secrets from the Jazz Ghetto
by Edward Blanco
West Coast jazz pianist George Kahn revisits past successes on Secrets From The Jazz Ghetto selecting some of his best compositions from five of his previous six albums for this compilation recording. This seventh outing contains 26 pieces covering a range of styles from contemporary to bebop, and from Bossa Nova to Latin and Cool jazz. ...
Frank Macchia: Folk Songs for Jazzers
by Edward Blanco
Never the conventionalist when it comes to music, Grammy-nominated composer/arranger and saxophonist Frank Macchia develops another theme album, this time reinterpreting time-honored traditional American folk songs in another innovative frame of jazz on Folk Songs for Jazzers. With a history of releasing concept albums like the saxophone-heavy Saxolollapalooza (Cacophony, 2008), the Third Stream-tinged classical jazz Landscapes(Cacophony, ...
Nova Jazz Orchestra / UNT One O'Clock Lab Band / Frank Macchia / Omar Sosa & NDR Big Band
by Jack Bowers
Nova Jazz Orchestra A Time of Reckoning NJO 2010 If the premise that experience is the best teacher is indeed accurate, one need look no further than the Minnesota-based Nova Jazz Orchestra for proof. Nova, sponsored by the non-profit Nova Jazz Corporation, has been together for more than 15 years, ...
Strike Up the (Unsung) Bands
by Jack Bowers
The big band era is known for producing a number of enormously successful ensembles whose leaders were household names: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, then on through Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, the brothers Jimmy Dorsey and Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie and, ...
Deck the Halls with Big Band Carols
by Jack Bowers
With the holiday season on track and hastening toward us like a runaway locomotive, it's time once again to hunker down and prepare for the annual onslaught of “Rudolph," “Frosty the Snowman," “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," “Sleigh Ride," “Silver Bells," chestnuts roasting on an open fire and everyone's perennial favorite, “White Christmas." Not to ...
"A Swingin' Affair" Outshines Its Name
by Jack Bowers
With an appreciative bow and genial tip of the hat to the late Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute named its semi-annual big-band soiree May 21-24 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel “A Swingin' Affair." Was the event able to live up to its name? In the immortal words of ...
Dave Siebels: Dave Siebels with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
by Edward Blanco
A thrilling collaboration between one of the finest jazz ensembles in the business and a keyboardist whose résumé extends beyond jazz, the self-titled Dave Siebels with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band is, quite frankly, one riveting session of big band music fronted by Siebels' commanding performance on the Hammond B3 organ. Not surprising, when the artistic ...
John Blount Featuring Dave Tucker and the New Big Band: Better Days Ahead
by Nicholas F. Mondello
The cover art on trumpeter John Blount's Better Days Ahead depicts glorious sunshine. Visually beautiful, it is most appropriate for this CD--which will probably help propel Blount, Dave Tucker and the New Big Band to great things and better days ahead. Blount spent decades as lead trumpeter and featured soloist with the U.S. ...
New Holiday Album from Wayne Bergeron with the After Hours Brass
Celebrate this holiday season with Wayne Bergeron's new CD, Music & Mistletoe. This “Pint-Sized Big Band" redefines classics such as “Jingle Bells", “We Three Kings" and “Santa Baby". And introducing a brand new classic, “Christmas Is The Warmest Day Of The Year" featuring jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton. Music & Mistletoe is now available at WayneBergeron.com and ...
Wayne Bergeron
by AAJ Italy Staff
Teatro Golden - Palermo - 03.04.2008 Ex prima tromba della Maynard Ferguson Big Band, Bergeron ne ha riproposto a Palermo i tratti orchestrali più salienti. A suo favore note velocissime e scoppiettanti sovracuti, alla maniera del suo mentore. Un magma di swing e tecnica strumentale davvero notevoli. Tutte qualità non sostenute da un creativo rapporto con ...
