one upright bass, tuba, two trumpets, french horn, two saxophones, percussion… seventeen in total.” These are all the ...

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As he writes his handsome and colorful big-band charts ... of Maria Schneider's Orchestra and performing with the likes of Slide Hampton, Joe Lovano and ... "wonderful balance of listenability and ...