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Westchester Jazz Orchestra: All In
by AAJ Italy Staff
Fondata e diretta da Mike Holober, la Westchester Jazz Orchestra è un ensemble di all-stars del miglior jazz newyorkese di oggi. Diciassette sono i suoi elementi, che pur mirando ad un compatto suono di gruppo, mettono anche qui in mostra diverse individualità. Dai trombettisti (Jim Rotondi, Marvin Stamm), al pianista (Ted Rosenthal), sono tutti eccellenti musicisti, ...
Westchester Jazz Orchestra: All In
by Edward Blanco
The Westchester Jazz Orchestra (WJO) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 to promote jazz within Westchester County, New York through jazz education outreach programs and the performance of classic standards and commissioned pieces in a series of concerts. All In is the group's debut album containing a repertoire of several jazz standards and one pop ...
Artistry in Rhythm: The Music of Stan Kenton
Label: WJO
Released: 2007
Track listing: Eager Beaver; Fearless Finlay; Lover Man; On the Street Where You Live; Malaguena; Opus in Pastels; 22 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West; Theme and Variations; Portrait of a Count; Walkin
Westchester Jazz Orchestra: All In
by Michael P. Gladstone
This is the first release from an organization that is now in its fifth year. The Westchester Jazz Orchestra (WJO) is a collective ensemble that consists of well-known jazzmen that live, work or play in this northern suburb of New York City. Many of these members have a significant number of their own albums, and represent ...
Westchester Jazz Orchestra: All In
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
All In is a crackling-good big band CD. It's the recording debut of the seventeen-piece Westchester Jazz Orchestra (WJO), which was founded in 2003, and it's a corker. [Note for non-locals: an easy commute to the clubs, stages and studios of New York City, Westchester (County) is home to a growing number of eminent jazz folk, ...
Walsall Jazz Orchestra: Little Steps
by Jack Bowers
Little Steps marks another sizable step forward for Great Britain's impressive Walsall Jazz Orchestra, now entering its teen years after spinning off from the Walsall Youth Jazz Orchestra in 1994. The WJO's third album focuses for the most part on music composed and arranged by its talented young pianist Tim Amann, who wrote four of the ...
Würzburg Jazz Orchestra: Artistry in Rhythm: The Music of Stan Kenton
by Jack Bowers
The Würzburg Jazz Orchestra, formed only two years ago by trombonist Markus Geiselhart, hit the ground running with a tribute to the late trumpeter Don Ellis and within a year had recorded its first album, Artistry in Rhythm, dedicated to the music of the Stan Kenton Orchestra. It's an ambitious start, and by most standards a ...
