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UNI Jazz Band One: This Is the Band

Read "This Is the Band" reviewed by Jack Bowers


UNI is the University of Northern Iowa, which has had a respected Jazz Studies program for more than three decades, first under director Robert Washut and more recently under Chris Merz whose charges have recorded and released their tenth CD since Merz assumed the reins in 2002 (the band recorded eleven albums under Washut's guidance). Six of the nine selections on This Is the Band were written and / or arranged by members of the ensemble; the others were composed ...

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Extended Analysis

UNI Jazz Band: The Hard Way

Read "UNI Jazz Band: The Hard Way" reviewed by Jack Bowers


UNI stands for the University of Northern Iowa whose tradition of producing first-rate big-band recordings spans more than two decades, first under director Bob Washut and more recently under his successor, Chris Merz (The Hard Way is the twentieth album by the university's Jazz Band One in my library). This is a “semi-live" date on which three of the ten numbers were recorded in concert, the others in a studio. In either setting, the band is stout as a rampart, ...

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The University of Northern Iowa Jazz Band One: The Unlikely Event

Read "The Unlikely Event" reviewed by Jack Bowers


In spite of this one's title, a new album by the University of Northern Iowa's Jazz Band One is hardly an unlikely event. This is the eleventh in my collection, and I may have overlooked one or two. Nine were directed by Bob Washut, the two most recent by his successor, Chris Merz, who, like Washut, relishes moving things around, marrying various styles and eras and generally keeping his students on their collective toes.

The multi-faceted concert (everything was recorded ...

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University of Northern Iowa Jazz Band One Releases "Destiation Unknown"

University of Northern Iowa Jazz Band One Releases "Destiation Unknown"

Source: All About Jazz

The University of Northern Iowa Jazz Band One has released their latest CD entitled Destination Unknown. It contains a wide mix of progressive new compositions and more traditional big band music. Some composers and arrangers whose work is featured on the album include Chris Merz, Jim McNeely, Kyle Novak, Jeff Holmes, Kim Richmond and Duke Ellington.

The CD is available at the website below and at cdbaby.

The recipient of numerous awards and honors, UNI Jazz Band One, the School ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

UNI Jazz Band: The...

Self Produced
2013

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This Is the Band

Self Produced
2013

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The Unlikely Event

Sea Breeze Vista
2005

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