{"id":20519,"date":"2021-02-20T05:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T10:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=20519"},"modified":"2021-02-20T10:06:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T15:06:26","slug":"album-review-the-david-angel-jazz-ensemble-out-on-the-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/20\/album-review-the-david-angel-jazz-ensemble-out-on-the-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The David Angel Jazz Ensemble \u2013 Out on the Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20520\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/david_angel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/david_angel.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/david_angel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/david_angel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Unless one was an aficionado of the style during its heyday in the 1940s, there was little reason to predict that the form would endure far into the future. It\u2019s doubtful that even hardcore big band fans would have expected it to last into the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century. But here we are. Yes, it occupies a minuscule slice of the music landscape, a subset of jazz, arguably the least popular \u201cpopular music\u201d form. But despite the odds being against it \u2013 cost being a major factor \u2013 big band jazz is alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>And some of its most notable practitioners move beyond the tried-and-true method of playing old arrangements of classics (not that there\u2019s anything wrong with that). Some also steer clear of avant garde inclinations and let\u2019s-be-clever approach \u2013 both valid pursuits, mind you \u2013 and craft new music and arrangements true to the spirit of classic big band music.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the approach of West Coast big band composer, arranger and leader David Angel. His Jazz Ensemble has been around in one form or another since 1969. The current group numbers 13 musicians, and <i>Out on the Coast<\/i> showcases the band\u2019s skills and accessible nature. More than 15 tracks on the three-disc set are Angel originals; the remainder are standards.<\/p>\n<p>And <i>showcase<\/i> truly is the operative word here. This sprawling set doesn\u2019t focus on one particular style; it\u2019s delightfully all over the place, from swing to Latin tom more ambitious cool jazz. It\u2019s a timeless set, an ideal selection for jazz and big band listeners who want something new-but-not-<i>too<\/i>-new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless one was an aficionado of the style during its heyday in the 1940s, there was little reason to predict that the form would endure far into the future. It\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,42,49,65],"tags":[4459],"class_list":["post-20519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instrumental","category-jazz","category-new-release","category-review","tag-david-angel","cat-40-id","cat-42-id","cat-49-id","cat-65-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20521,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20519\/revisions\/20521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}