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The National Jazz Ensemble
The National Jazz Ensemble: 1975-1976
by Jack Bowers
I don’t know what brought the National Jazz Ensemble together or what ever happened to it, but I’m thankful that Hank O’Neal, the head man at Chiaroscuro Records, had the foresight to usher the ensemble into a studio to record three albums before it went the way of so many other promising ideas and vanished into the mists of time. Those weighty sessions from more than a quarter-century ago, all conducted by bassist / leader Chuck Israels, have been condensed ...
read moreDot Time Records' Legends' Series Release: The National Jazz Ensemble Featuring Gerry Mulligan
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Dot Time Records is pleased to announce the second release in its “Legends" series entitled National Jazz Ensemble featuring Gerry Mulligan. The album is scheduled for worldwide release on February 20th, 2016. This release is the first of a series of recordings by Chuck Israels and the National Jazz Ensemble (NJE) in the “Legends" Series. This album documents the NJE's performance of the February 2nd, 1977 concert at the New School in NYC. In its third year of existence at ...
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