Alpern, Wayne

Henri Elkan Music, 2025, CD
Instrument: Instrumental

Issue: 32.2

Jazz Ruler Type: BigBand
O's Jazz Ruler

Performance: 4
Performance Chart

Sound: 3
Sound Chart

Score: 76
Score Chart

O’s Notes: In what seems like more of a Shakespearean musical accompaniment than a jazz concert, composer, arranger Wayne Alpern presents Varieties & Extravaganzas. He partners with the Times Square Brass Quintet featuring Alana Yee (French horn) and Robert Garrison (t). This is one of the better examples marrying Baroque classical music with jazz in a seamless presentation. Our favorites are the sleepy melodies of “I Don’t Want to Set the World On Fire” and “Serenade”.

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Publicist: Kari-On Productions