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The University of North Florida Jazz Ensemble 1: Through His Eyes: For Bunky Green
by Jack Bowers
It’s not often that a musical tribute is bestowed on one who is alive and able to hear it, even less common when the honoree is able to play an active role in the proceedings. Bunky Green, director of the Jazz Studies program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, is very much alive, we are happy to report, and the members of the school’s Jazz Ensemble 1 thought it would be a good idea to honor his life ...
read moreThe University of North Florida Jazz Ensemble: Things to Come
by Jack Bowers
Things to Come, the first album by the University of North Florida's superlative Jazz Ensemble I under its new director, Keith Javors, easily affirms that UNF's long-standing tradition of excellence, established under the late Rich Matteson, is unequivocally alive and well. No shaky links in this chain; the ensemble is impressive on every number while the soloists extemporize with maturity and awareness beyond their years. As the saying goes, many bands can play fast enough to camouflage any slight missteps, ...
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