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Directed by Steve Zeegree
Gold Company is widely recognized as one of the leading collegiate and vocal jazz ensembles in the world, and 'Thirty' celebrates thirty years under the direction of Dr. Stephen Zegree, the Bobby McFerrin Distinguished Professor of Jazz in the School of Music at Western Michigan University. The 15 to 16-member Gold Company performs 13 sublime jazz covers and a pair of originals, here with the very hot Gold Company Band. The originals are (founding member and arranger for The New York Voices) Darmon Meader's 'And So Am I' and 'Snow Samba,' the Meader-arranged composition by Paquito D'Rivera and Claudio Rotiti. Other favorites are two different takes on Lennon and McCartney's 'Got to Get You Into My Life,' the Gene Puerling-arranged 'Sweet Lorraine,' Stevie Wonder's 'Overjoyed,' 'The Jungle Book's' 'The Monkey Song,' the moody 'Autumn in New York,' Duke Ellington's 'Love You Madly,' Cole Porter's 'So In Love' from 'Kiss Me Kate' and Tamra Gray's lovely 'Raindrops Will Fall.' We repeat the caveat that this is an all-accompanied recording. That said, this is wonderful jazz, far beyond what one might expect from collegiate musicians! Listen to In My Life in RealAudio. |
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