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Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra: Bernstein Reimagined

Read "Bernstein Reimagined" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This impressive anthology by the superb Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra is not so much Bernstein Reimagined as Bernstein Unleashed. The jazz component in Leonard Bernstein's memorable compositions for symphony orchestra, Broadway shows, films and even liturgical works always lay simmering just below the surface. As Bernstein is said to have confided to Duke Ellington: “Maybe that's really the difference between us. You write symphonic jazz, and I write jazz symphonies." However credible the remark, there is no doubt that the ...

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James King's "Allen's Odyssey"

James King's "Allen's Odyssey"

Source: Michael Ricci

Allen's Odyssey by James King Comments by Ron Kearns Allen's Odyssey, the new album by bassist/composer/band leader James King defies the normal assumptions made about music of this type being released. Sometimes recordings by bass players and drummers are (incorrectly) thought not to be as good as recordings by horn players, guitarists or pianists. It's as if being part of the “back line" means taking a back seat. Ignore the fact that bassists are the only members of ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Stronger Than Ever

Self Produced
2018

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Dream With Me

From: Bernstein Reimagined
By James King

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