My earlier review of the Summit Jazz Orchestra's debut CD, "Moods of a Cat," suggested that much more was still to be heard from them. Well, they're back with more to hear …
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There's a connection between jazz and Bach. As a virtuoso organist during the Baroque period, Bach was expected to develop bass lines and improvise, using the written music…
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Gil Evans. Carla Bley. Toshiko Akiyoshi. Maria Schneider. Composers and arrangers all, each with an orchestra to compose for. Ellington, the nonpareil, who held his orchest…
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31 Jan
A Portrait of Duke by Frank Roberscheuten and Dan Barrett
Wednesday, 31 January 2001
Published in Straight-Ahead / Classic - CD Reviews
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Duke was international. It's only fitting that one of the better small group recordings of his music would be made by players with roots in the Netherlands, Australia, Germ…
Pianist/composer John Harrison's career took a detour from jazz following his 1973 Berklee graduation. He toured the world with Herb Reed and the Platters and with Tavares …