|
|
|
(roll over all images on left & click to links)
Jack Bowers, All About Jazz, reviews the CD,
Visiting Old Friends-The Jazz Sounds
of Tom Dossett |
|
Mainstage Theatre in the
James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts
|
|
The Beat Goes On, by Tom Dossett surveys the development of the modern drum set by both narrative and musical means, featuring The United States Air Force Band and the amazing talents of Steve Gadd. Tom Dossett has expertly woven diverse musical styles into a work featuring small combos, big-band, and unified full concert band. The piece is divided into five sections, each covering a general stylistic period in drum set evolution: pre-1900, military influences/Ragtime and early Jazz, Swing/Be-Bop/Latin influences, pregressive and modern Jazz, and Rock and Fusion (featuring Gadd's personal influences). - Robert Breithaupt
|
| |
|
|
Tom Dossett of Fredericksburg, Virginia, arranged and orchestrated some of Henry Mancini's legendary scores, including The Great Race March and The Swing March for a February 1992 concert at Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. Dossett called the experience of working with Mancini, one of his musical heroes, "A tremendous highlight of my career." Dossett also has written for country music artist Lee Greenwood, arranging six of Greenwood's greatest all-time hits to be used for tours of major cities.
‹‹ (fantastic website)
|
|
With authenticity the goal, our show will be as it was performed in the 1940's with Air Force musicians performing original Glenn Miller music in period "pinks and greens" uniforms...this historic production will be taken directly to communities thoughout the country in a special nationwide community relations tour. It will then be presented in New York City's famed Carnegie Hall...(and) in Boston as part of the city's Independence Day Celebration...
Click on image (« left) to hear Tom's orchestral transcriptions from the original Miller arrangements by Norman Leyden and Jerry Gray on tracks:
04- With My Head In The Clouds (original arr. by Jerry Gray)
06- Long Ago And Far Away (original arr. by Norman Leyden)
12- Holiday For Strings
(original arr. by Jerry Gray)
|
|
That brings us to the music, which can best be described as breathtaking, from Gordon Goodwin's lively "Count Bubba" to...Tom Dossett's groovy "Never-Ending Ending Blues. Discover the Spirit is a remarkably vivacious and thoroughly pleasurable album from end to end, and not to be missed. - Jack Bowers
|
|
(Past Educational Review)
Founder and Writer: Roger Fletcher
Writers: Nick Lane & Tom Dossett
I looked over the Jazz from the Summit teaching aids and they look great. The improv ideas are sound, and I think everyone publishing educational jazz should include the written scales for soloing as you do - Jamey Aebersold
...The charts themselves are refreshing...In summary, instructional jazz band charts at this level of instruction, like this series, are invaluable to the future of jazz education in the public schools - Dr. John Kuzmich
|
|
|
