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Album Review

New Jazz Composers Octet: Walkin' The Line

Read "Walkin' The Line" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


From the sound of it, the future of the large group ensemble is clearly in good hands with the New Jazz Composers Octet, a combination of old school horns and creative young jazz musicians. The NJCO is carving out a name for itself by paying respect to names such as Lee Morgan, Freddy Hubbard, and Joe Henderson through interesting compositional and arranging skills.

The New York based octet has composed and performed together for over five years, with a common ...

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New Jazz Composers Octet: Walkin' the Line

Read "Walkin' the Line" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland


Eight guys are a lot to fit on the little stage at Joe’s Pub. But trumpeter David Weiss and his crew squeezed in cozily last month for their CD release party. The New Jazz Composers Octet’s second disc, Walkin’ The Line, venerates a bygone era of big bands, a time when torrents of jazz streaming like freight trains out of horns was the order of the day. But while those Swing-era bands played with an unending, lindy- hopping jubilance, this ...

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Recording

New Jazz Composers Octet, "The Turning Gate," Available in October on Motema Music

New Jazz Composers Octet, "The Turning Gate," Available in October on Motema Music

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

CD Release Celebration - October 23 at The Iridium, NYC Hailed by critic Jim Macnie as a “think tank" of today's leading jazz talent, the New Jazz Composers Octet (NJCO) is proud to release The Turning Gate, its first recording for the Motema label and third album overall. Featuring ambitious new pieces by founder- trumpeter David Weiss, pianist Xavier Davis, saxophonist Myron Walden and bassist Dwayne Burno, the album once again “stretches hard bop's kind-of-unstretchable formula" (Macnie) and points the ...

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Performance / Tour

Freddie Hubbard and the New Jazz Composers Octet (Thu-Sun) at the Iridium Jazz Club

Freddie Hubbard and the New Jazz Composers Octet (Thu-Sun) at the Iridium Jazz Club

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:30 & 10:30PM Thurs. thg Sun., Dec. 13-16 $35.00 + $10 Minimum FREDDIE HUBBARD AND THE NEW JAZZ COMPOSERS OCTET Freddie Hubbard - Trumpet David Weiss - Trumpet Myron Walden - Alto Sax Jimmy Greene - Tenor Sax Steve Davis - Trombone ...

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Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Legacy (Tues) Ed Palermo Big Band (Wed) Freddie Hubbard and the New Jazz Composers Octet (Thu-Sun) at the Iridium Jazz Club

Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Legacy (Tues) Ed Palermo Big Band (Wed) Freddie Hubbard and the New Jazz Composers Octet (Thu-Sun) at the Iridium Jazz Club

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:30 & 10:30PM Les Paul Sets Remain at 8:00 & 10:00PM Effective immediately, minimums are $10/person/set for all shows except Les Paul - $15 mins.

EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS TRIO JOHN COLIANNI - PIANO - LOU PALLO - GUITAR, NICKI PARROTT - BASS

EVERY TUESDAY MINGUS ...

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Freddie Hubbard & The New Jazz Composers Octet (Fri )Tom Harrell (Sat & Sun) Charles Tolliver & Billy Harper at Iridium

Freddie Hubbard & The New Jazz Composers Octet (Fri )Tom Harrell (Sat & Sun) Charles Tolliver & Billy Harper at Iridium

Source: All About Jazz

September 30, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM This Weekend at The Iridium Sept. 30-Oct. 1 FREDDIE HUBBARD & THE NEW JAZZ COMPOSERS OCTET Friday: Tom Harrell Saturday and Sunday: Charles Tolliver and Billy Harper The New Jazz Composers Octet David Weiss- Trumpet Myron Walden- Alto Sax Craig Handy- Tenor Sax Issac Smith- Trombone ...

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Freddie Hubbard and The New Jazz Composers Octet at the Iridium Jazz Club Thurs. thg Sun. Sept. 29-Oct. 2

Freddie Hubbard and The New Jazz Composers Octet  at the Iridium Jazz Club Thurs. thg  Sun. Sept. 29-Oct. 2

Source: All About Jazz

September 26, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com SHOW TIMES NIGHTLY AT 8:00, 10: 00 Sept. 28-Oct. 1 FREDDIE HUBBARD & THE NEW JAZZ COMPOSERS OCTET Freddie Hubbard- Trumpet David Weiss- Trumpet Myron Walden- Alto Sax Craig Handy- Tenor Sax Steve Davis- Trombone Norbert Stachel- Baritone Sax Anthony Wonsey- Piano Dwayne Burno- Bass Gene Jackson- Drums Sunday, October 2 ...

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This Week at Iridium Wed. Apr. 27 David Weiss, Thurs. thg Sun. Apr. 28-May 1 Freddie Hubbard and The New Jazz Composers Octet

This Week at Iridium Wed. Apr. 27 David Weiss, Thurs. thg Sun. Apr. 28-May 1 Freddie Hubbard and The New Jazz Composers Octet

Source: All About Jazz

April 25, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS QUARTET EVERY TUESDAY THE MINGUS BIG BAND EVERY WEDNESDAY Scott Barbarino & The Cosmopolitans Variety Hour@7PM Every Sunday Starting at 11:00AM Gospel Jazz Brunch in NYC featuring BISHOP NATHANIEL TOWNSLEY, JR. AND THE GOSPEL JUBILEE This Week at Iridium... One ...

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Freddie Hubbard and the New Jazz Composers Octet at Iridium April 13-15

Freddie Hubbard and the New Jazz Composers Octet at Iridium April 13-15

Source: All About Jazz

Iridium Presents Freddie Hubbard and The New Jazz Composers Octet

Freddie Hubbard- Trumpet David Weiss- Trumpet Myron Walden- Alto Saxophone Jimmy Greene- Tenor Saxophone Steve Davis- Trombone Norbert Stachel- Baritone Sax Xavier Davis- Piano Dwayne Burno- Bass E.J. Strickland- Drums

Tuesday- Thursday April 13-15 Sets at 8 and 10 pm

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The Cookers

Eddie Henderson- Trumpet David Weiss- ...

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New Jazz Composers Octet @ Joe's Pub, NYC, 1/21

New Jazz Composers Octet @ Joe's Pub, NYC, 1/21

Source: All About Jazz


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