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University of Nevada-Las Vegas Jazz Ensemble: Coloring Outside the Lines

Read "Coloring Outside the Lines" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The third recording by the uncommonly proficient UNLV Jazz Ensemble, and first under its new director, Rocky Winslow, gives an indication of the direction in which the program is moving. All but one of the eight selections were either written or arranged by students; the exception is Kenny Wheeler’s breezy toe–tapper, “Miold Man,” scored by pianist Stefan Karlsson who teaches arranging to the others and provides a splendid example here of how to lock a big band in an admirably ...

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