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The DiMartino / Osland Jazz Orchestra
The DiMartino/Osland Jazz Orchestra: Off The Charts
by Jim Santella
The contrast between the voices of Miles Osland and Vince DiMartino makes this edition of big band arrangements more adventuresome than most. Recorded at the University of Kentucky's Singletary Center a year ago, this is one brings out the best yet from Lexington's Arts capital. Osland sings" through his horn with a blues-tinged expression that recalls Cannonball Adderley, while DiMartino sparkles with a sweet tone and well-placed articulation. The trumpeter doesn't just allow those notes to appear anywhere; he places ...
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by Jack Bowers
Some things simply don’t compute. For example, big bands from Kentucky, of all places, aren’t supposed to sound nearly as sharp and sophisticated as this — but there’s no denying what one hears, and the aural evidence proves conclusively that the DiMartino / Osland Jazz Orchestra is one hip, pressure–cookin’ Jazz ensemble. This may have something to do with the co–leaders’ impressive resumés as educators; trumpeter Vince DiMartino is a former instructor in the University of Kentucky’s Jazz Studies program, ...
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by Dave Nathan
Vince DiMartino is a graduate of the University of Kentucky's very fine jazz studies program headed by Miles Osland. He shares billing with Osland on this CD which has more than 75 minutes of outstanding, disciplined and exciting big band music. Although DiMartino's name is on the album with Osland's , the latter's influence is prevalent throughout. The sound is strikingly similar to those albums Osland made for Sea Breeze and other labels with various Kentucky jazz ensembles, small groups ...
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