Janet is a fine player and it shows in this release. The recording explores many musical styles and is very tastefully done. Created by The Music Resource Group, the 2000 edition of The Musician's Atlas is bigger and more comprehensive than ever. This 352-page directory provides more than 15,000 music business contacts in over 22 categories. Formerly a member of the Harry Connick Big Band and currently the featured alto saxophone soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra, Brad has had the opportunity to perform with many of the greats on the jazz scene.
All recordings are declarations of one sort or another.
A set of principles is laid down, a vision of the past and the present. That vision is displayed with absolute clarity in the way the instruments are played and what they are playing. If the musicians are good enough, the whole idea of the past and the present disappears in the interest of quality, because true quality is invincible. While Duke Ellington, to whom this recording is dedicated, once said of music that if it sounds good, it is good, he might also have added that if it was ever truly good, then it is always good. This newest recording by Andy Farber and his Swing Mavens is a testiment to the quality of performance they bring to the bandstand with each gig.