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The Cal State-Hayward Jazz Ensemble: Excursions
by Jack Bowers
If you’re partial to colorful and challenging big band music, you’ll surely appreciate this enterprising two-disc set by the Cal State-Hayward Jazz Ensemble, ably coached and directed by Dave Eshelman. Seven of the eleven selections were written by members of the ensemble, and one is by Eshelman. They complement Duke Pearson’s “You Know I Care,” Jim McNeely’s “Dreamers and Doers” and the inspiring anthem “America” by Kathy Lee Bates. The student compositions range from straight-ahead and swinging (trombonist Mark Lemstrom’s ...
read moreThe Cal State Hayward Jazz Ensemble '98-'99: Metro
by Jack Bowers
The Cal State Hayward Jazz Ensemble has earned many laurels in recent years, but director Dave Eshelman won’t let his bright–eyed students rest long on any of them. Metro, the CSUH ensemble’s most recent album, is a typically challenging amalgam of original compositions by Eshelman and others (including three by the ensemble’s gifted pianist, Ayn Inserto) that brings to mind thoughts of traversing a high wire without a net. Lead trombonist Doug Beavers arranged two numbers (Conrad Herwig’s “Tilt,” J.J. ...
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