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The NSU Jazz Ensemble is the flagship ensemble of the NSU Jazz Studies Program at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. The band has recently performed with Geoffrey Keezer, John Riley, Kevin Mahogany, Conrad Herwig, Kenny Werner, Terell Stafford, John Fedchock, and Chris Potter, among many others. Northeastern State University is the only higher education institution in Oklahoma to offer a Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Studies. The NSU Jazz Lab, a unique state-of-the-art performance and recording facility, is the home for the NSU Jazz Studies Program. NSU hosts the Green Country Jazz Festival, which, in its 46th year, is the longest-running jazz festival in the state. NSU Jazz has previously released five critically acclaimed CD's; On Cue is the band's sixth CD.

NSU Jazz Ensemble: Hour of the Pearl

Read "Hour of the Pearl" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 26, 2006

NSU is Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. On Hour of the Pearl, the NSU Jazz Ensemble is reinforced on seven of nine selections by the splendid New York-based trumpeter Scott Wendholt, who lends appreciable charm to an otherwise unremarkable studio session.

That's not entirely the fault of director Walter White or his eager young students, who blow well enough much of the time but aren't well-served by a mediocre recording that emphasizes austerity and dryness at the expense of ...