Buddy Charles Concert Jazz Orchestra

Buddy Charles Concert Jazz Orchestra: We're Here

by Jack Bowers
October 3, 2005

In the interest of full disclosure, I must confess at the outset that I wrote the liner notes for We're Here--twice! It's a long story, but in essence, the album was recorded in 1993 (when I was first asked to write the liners) and was not released until this year (when I agreed to rewrite them). Obviously, one who has praised an album in advance won't be likely to disparage it in the present tense, and that is certainly true ...