Home » Jazz Musicians » DePaul University
DePaul University
The DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: American Express
by Jack Bowers
DePaul University’s Jazz Studies program, always a good one, has really hit its stride in the past couple of years with a number of superlative albums by the Jazz Ensemble under director Bob Lark, the most recent of which is this invigorating concert with the renowned composer / valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer taped in May ‘01 at Joe Segal’s venerable Jazz Showcase in Chicago. Four of the seven compositions are Brookmeyer’s, three of them written for and previously recorded by ...
read moreSolitude: Phil Woods with the Depaul University Jazz Ensemble / May 11 Release
Source:
Michael Bloom Media Relations
Jazzed Media announces the May 11, 2010 release of SOLITUDE, featuring Phil Woods with the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble. SOLITUDE features 10 original compositions by Phil Woods in fresh, big band arrangements crafted by Woods, Jim McNeely, Thomas Matta, Kirk Garrison, and the DownBeat magazine award-winning DePaul University Jazz Ensemble. Phil is featured as soloist on each of the selections, with his long-time colleagues - pianist Jim McNeely, bassist Steve Gilmore and drummer Bill Goodwin - joining the DePaul band ...
read more
Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson