Bob Mintzer: March Majestic

Track

March Majestic

Group

Bob Mintzer Big Band

CD

Old School, New Lessons (MCG Jazz 1020)

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Musicians:

Big band featuring soloists Bob Malach (tenor sax), Larry Farrell (trombone)

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Recorded: Pittsburgh, October 2004 and April 2005

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Rating: 87/100 (learn more)

Bob Mintzer is one of the contemporary breed of jazz composer-arrangers who are comfortable integrating elements from other genres into their work. Indeed, some of Mintzer’s big band charts on Old School, New Lessons reflect the influence of the contemporary jazz group Yellowjackets, of which he is a member and who also appear on the recording. This big band arrangement of “March Majestic,” which the Yellowjackets recorded earlier, projects a strutting New Orleans flavor due mostly to its infectious march-shuffle beat. The track also features outstanding solos by tenorist Bob Malach and trombonist Larry Farrell.

Reviewer: David Franklin

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