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Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra: Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington

Read "Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington" reviewed by Francis Lo Kee


This is a sonically gorgeous recording. James Jabbo Ware beautifully orchestrates, exploiting the colors of the various instruments to their fullest, and he frames the great soloists in different ways from solo spot to solo spot. Much of the music here has a narrative element. “Strange Land starts with a mallets on tom-toms groove but soon breaks down into string tremolos that might suggest visual images of the strange land. Then a totally different groove begins after ...

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New CD From James Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra

New CD From James Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra

Source: All About Jazz

Media Contact: Scott Menhinick, Improvised Communications (617) 489-6561 [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 31, 2005

JAMES JABBO WARE AND THE ME WE & THEM ORCHESTRA TO RELEASE NEW CD NEW YORK -- Y'All of New York, Inc. is proud to announce the October 4th release of Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington (Y'All 005), the latest release from James Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra. Recorded in July 2001, ...

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