The Jim Knapp Orchestra

The Jim Knapp Orchestra: Things for Now

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 2000

On Things for Now, Jim Knapp has managed without using smoke or mirrors to raise my emotional response from lukewarm (to his earlier release, On Going Home ) to near–molten. He has done so simply by presenting a series of colorful charts that gladden one’s ear and swing under any and all conditions. While the band is essentially the same as on the previous album, the soloists seem sharper and more focused than before, especially trumpeter Jay Thomas (a personal ...