Jazz Society of Oregon Review

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Here’s a New York-based big band led by Toronto-born Jamieson. Most of the album consists of his original writing for this ensemble, and it is varied in tempo, mood and style. I liked the linear feeling of “Song for Anna” and the “rush” of “Sudden Appearance.” The originals are surrounded by the opener, a very dissonant “Alone Together,” and the closer, a richly harmonic version of “Smile.”