Read James Hall's review of the Grammy-nominated John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble's Eternal Interlude, which recently made my list of favorite jazz albums of 2009:
"Though a place at the table should always be reserved for the preservation of big band music from the swing age, it remains an unexpected treat to find music that launches out of tradition as confidently and skillfully as Hollenbeck's does. Like his melodies, which so often sail freely and patiently over a busy backdrop of pointillistic dexterity, Hollenbeck has proven an imperviously unique force in jazz, adapting stylistic and thematic material that would otherwise be considered completely foreign to the idiom..."read more
- Album Review: John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble's Eternal Interlude
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