CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Unsigned Treasures: Taketwo and Friends - Rochester Express (2010)

By Nick DeRiso A group of cross-country friends with day jobs got together to produce Rochester Express, this chummy, Woody Herman-style amalgam of galloping jazz joys. By day, the members of Rochester, Minnesota-based TakeTwo work as a cardiovascular surgeon, a respiratory therapist, and an IBM engineer. In this two day recording session, however, they emerged from their shiny office edifices to form a bold and swinging octet. Together, they take on enough familiar themes from the canon (incl...

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