Eternal Interlude

John Hollenbeck, John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 18, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sunny Side Records
• ASIN: B002F3BPC2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,574 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best of 2009, February 20, 2010

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David Zehring "doctor zee" (La Veta, CO United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Eternal Interlude (Audio CD)

I'm old enough to have been a big fan of Count Basie and Woody Herman while they were still touring and recording, and I later embraced the Gerry Mulligan Concert Band and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Band as well. The Gil Evans recordings with and without Miles Davis introduced me to another kind of "big band", more orchestral and less hard-charging, but no less satisfying. More recently I've admired the Maria Schneider recordings, but I wasn't familiar with The John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble. I am now, and I'm delighted.

This recording is uniformly outstanding. The orchestrations are complex, rich and original, and the lead players are just as good. Nineteen instrumentalists and a voice combine to make some of the most interesting jazz music I've heard, either live or on CD, in several years. Magnificent. Don't miss this.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Year, January 11, 2011

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J. Davison (NY, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eternal Interlude (Audio CD)

This is the best album I have heard in a year. There are no dull moments, Hollenbeck always has you roped in. The soloists are phenomenal, and the long form of the composition makes for dramatic climaxes. A heavenly album.

3 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sporadic significance, June 16, 2010

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IRate - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eternal Interlude (Audio CD)

3 1/2

Insightfully orchestrated experimental wide-screen jazz contains several bona-fide stunning seconds, an overall enchantment, but too many windy roads that go counterproductive places to be uniform.