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The New York University Jazz Ensembles: Dancing in Frames
by Jack Bowers
This is an interesting overview of the more than twenty smaller Jazz ensembles that are a part of the Jazz/Contemporary Studies program at New York University. The group sizes range from quartet (So-Hum) to octet (Tony Moreno Ensemble) with two sextets (Ralph Lalama, Bob Albanese ensembles) and a septet (the NYU Composers Ensemble). The school also has an excellent large Jazz ensemble (not represented here) whose most recent recording featured the compositions and arrangements of former Basie star Frank Foster ...
read moreThe New York University Concert Jazz Ensemble: Works for Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Four of these seven works for Jazz orchestra were penned by the renowned tenor saxophonist and NYU artist in residence Frank Foster who played in and later led the Count Basie Orchestra and writes with the Count always in mind. Basie would have been quite comfortable playing any of Foster’s charts, as is the well–disciplined NYU Concert Jazz Ensemble. If the other three compositions are more troublesome it’s in no way apparent; these students have clearly mastered their homework and ...
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