Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Miles Ahead
Monday, September 3rd, 2007The first SNJO release. A promise of what is to come?
In the last 5 minutes I’ve just been told “An orchestra of Scotsmen with jazz… tehehehehe” when mentioning this CD. Well, if you are going to judge by any other than means than listening to it, you are missing out. This is a phenomenal performance by the SNJO and Ingrid Jensen. From hard, fast, heavy movements to the subtle delicacies of slower pieces, the album just flows from start to finish. I tend to prefer live Jazz to studio albums and this one just reinforces my feelings. The sound quality is excellent with little being lost in depth or quality, so congratulations to the sound engineers. (more…)