Likewise, this whole hour makes it easy to simply enjoy the results and forget the "odds."Ĭhuck Owen and his Jazz Surge ensemble were too thrilled about their silver anniversary to let any practical issues get in the way of celebrating, especially since the occasion came at a point when it was becoming safer to (carefully) come together after a long time in isolation. If "Chasing Rainbows" feels out of place because it really belongs in an animated Disney film instead, it's still rendered with the wide-eyed sincerity it deserves.
The collective breezes through brisk-paced Latin dance, cheerful march and urban funk jam with equal aplomb. Wendelboe's compositions show as much soul as you'd expect from someone whose R&B pedigree includes Donna Summer and Earth, Wind & Fire. Logistics aside, the finished product bounces as brightly as it was always meant to in person. The horn players were then able to do their thing in groups of four staggered weeks apart, with various others recording more bits and pieces at home. The rhythm section set down the basic tracks just before 2020's first shutdown, and so there was an organic foundation to follow.
While a casual listener could easily believe Jens Wendelboe had simply booked a studio for nineteen players and a vocalist, this is a collage that took months to come together. You'll be disappointed if you're hoping for a brisk swinging Phil Collins cover or two, but the hearty party of Against All Odds still offers plenty to like. Here we have scores of them willing to keep the tradition alive, whatever the difficulties. Nonetheless it's a milieu that still enjoys plenty of devotion, and musicians (especially jazz players) are no strangers to realizing ideas that seem practically impossible.
It's faintly amazing to be able to talk at all about big-band recordingspluralemerging during an ongoing pandemic with no end in sight.
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