Jazz at USM

Jazz at USM: Home Cookin'

by Jack Bowers
January 2, 2003

The Jazz Studies program at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg has been around for more than thirty years, and it’s good to have recorded evidence of its progress under director Larry Panella’s guidance. The program is currently home to two big bands, six to eight combos in various shapes and sizes, and a salsa band. Home Cookin’ provides a useful overview, with five selections by the school’s Jazz Lab Band 1, three by the Jazz Sextet and two ...