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The Composers' Orchestra Berlin: Holding Pattern
by Jack Bowers
Holding Pattern is the fourth album by The Composers' Orchestra Berlin, which, as the name denotes, is an ensemble wherein the members of the orchestra are not only improvising instrumentalists but are also the composers." Every one of its ten selections was written and arranged by members of the ensemble. According to the jacket notes, there is no fixed line-up; the composers can select instruments from the pool [of twenty-three musicians] to develop a brand-new...orchestral repertoire with stylistic influences ranging ...
read moreHazel Leach / Composers' Orchestra Berlin: Postcard Collection
by Jack Bowers
These picturesque postcards" from composer / arranger Hazel Leach's well-appointed Composers' Orchestra Berlin are addressed to various locales in Europe and South America, presumably designed to echo musically the special nature of each site. Oddly enough, as there are only eight cards to be delivered, the album opens with Postcards 10 and 11, aimed at Caracas, Venezuela, and Tucuman, Argentina, respectively. There's a Postcard 9 as well, directed to Kalavrita, Greece, and one unnumbered memo, Postcard aus Schlabendorf am See," ...
read moreFree Range Music
by Jack Bowers
Hazel Leach has had quite a musical career. After college, where she studied classical flute as well as jazz / pop saxophone, the Englishwoman spent a number of years as a freelance musician / arranger before moving to Holland in 1979. Six years later she was named lecturer in music at the Arnheim Conservatoire, and in 1992 she co-founded the United Women's Orchestra with friend and colleague Christina Fuchs. The UWO lasted until 2009, after which Leach (who meanwhile had ...
read moreSWOJO Plays the Music of Hazel Leach, August 25, The Triple Door Mainstage
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All About Jazz
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2005 SEATTLE WOMEN’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SWOJO) Plays the Music of Hazel Leach Thursday, August 25 at 7:30pm The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) will perform an all-ages concert at the Triple Door Mainstage on Thursday, August 25, featuring music composed, arranged and conducted by Hazel Leach. Hazel Leach was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Having completed her studies ...
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