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The McGill University Jazz Orchestra: Ostinatocious

Read "Ostinatocious" reviewed by Jack Bowers


While there may be some doubt that Ostinatocious is really a word, there's no doubt that the McGill University Jazz Orchestra from Montreal, Canada, is really a band. This is the MJO's eighth album, and to say it is up to its usual standards is the most earnest compliment one can bestow.

Ostinatocious spans the years 2002-04 with ensembles from each of those years taking part. The first five selections are performed by the 2004 orchestra, with four by the ...

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The McGill Jazz Orchestra: Conundrum

Read "Conundrum" reviewed by Jack Bowers


A conundrum, according to Webster, is “a riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun,” or “a paradoxical, insoluble or difficult problem; a dilemma.”

The only conundrum surrounding the seventh album by Montreal’s McGill University Jazz Orchestra is whether it may be the best recording by a college-level ensemble that one encounters this year or merely one of the best. While that remains to be seen (and heard), the undeniable fact is that Conundrum is on a ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Ostinatocious

FMJ Records
2005

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Conundrum

McGill Records
2003

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