Jazz Composers Alliance
JCA Recordings, 2020, CD
Instrument: Instrumental
Issue: 26.4
Jazz Ruler Type: BigBand
Performance: 3
Sound: 4
Score: 68
O’s Notes: This large ensemble has been supporting and promoting jazz composition since 1985 under the direction of Darrell Katz. Their latest release was recorded Live At The BPC, (Berklee Performance Center in Boston) October 4, 2018. This iteration of the band includes Melanie Howell-Brooks (b-sax, b-cl), Phil Scarff (t-sax, s-sax, cl), Rebecca Shrimpton (voice) and Tony “Thunder” Smith (d) and they are as vibrant as ever. We truly enjoyed “The Latest” followed by “A Wallflower in the Amazon”.
Publicist: Braithwaite & Katz