Album Review: On the Sunny Side from the Interplay Jazz Orchestra
Album: On the Sunny Side Artist: Interplay Jazz Orchestra Label: Self-Released Website: www.interplayjazzorchestra.com Big Band jazz is alive and percolating amply on Interplay Jazz Orchestra's latest release On the Sunny Side . Co-directed by trumpet player Gary Henderson and trombonist Joey Devassy, the Long Island, New York-based Interplay Jazz Orchestra perform original compositions with arrangements written by several members of the band, in addition to performing a handful of jazz standards. Recorded at the Bunker Studios in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the assortment roars with rambling horns that swing fervidly while also being able to caress the listener's ears with majestic serenades on Jay Orig's piano keys and sentimental soliloquies played by the trombones and saxophones. There is something for every side of the spectrum that engages the human spirit. Ballroom swing in the style of bandleaders like Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller can b...