Big Bands Are Back
February, 2003
What's happening, where it's happening and who's making it happenJazz—yes, jazz—is in amazing shape creatively. On band-stands from Manhattan to San Francisco, big bands are aggressive, intense and (best of all) intelligent. Here are a few CDs worth disturbing the neighbors for: With its meticulous charts, the Dave Holland Big Band's What Goes Around (ECM) will win big at this year's Grammys. Roscoe Mitchell's Song for My Sister (Pi) combines Ellingtonian elegance with free-jazz energy. On A Bea...
