Fullerton College

The Fullerton College Jazz Ensembles: Piranha

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 2000

Saying a piranha is combative is somewhat like observing that the late Vince Lombardi was rather fond of winning. The newest release by Fullerton College’s Jazz Ensemble 1 and Alternative Jazz Lab Ensemble is exceedingly well–named, as both groups are ready to rumble from the outset and breathe fire throughout a galvanizing session comprised entirely of original compositions. The frame of reference is mainly funk / Latin and emphatically upbeat, and within those parameters the scrappy Fullerton ensembles are solidly ...