The Liberace Jazztet

The Liberace Jazztet: On the Verge

by Jack Bowers
April 13, 2006

The Liberace Jazztet, based at Northern Illinois University, is so named because it was formed in 2001 as a result of a grant from the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts. The Jazztet is comprised of junior, senior and graduate students at the NIU School of Music who are designated “Liberace Scholars. When this album was recorded in December '02, the members of the group were trumpeter Danny Campbell, tenor saxophonist Doug Stone, guitarist Josh Suhrheinrich, bassist Alex ...