submitted on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 06:05 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo 
CNY is not an acronym for Crosby, Nash and Young; it is the musical abbreviation for the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, formed in the mid-1990s and led by musical director Bret Zvacek. The band performs for schools as well as the public in upstate New York. The album consists of a CD and a short DVD which documents the orchestra's performance at the historic Hotel Syracuse in November 2007. The cover art of this package shows a blazing sunrise featuring four stages of man's evolution ranging from ape to a sort of homo erectus saxophonus colossus. In the five performance selections (approximately 25 minutes) on the DVD, the music is given a visual personalization that adds to the enjoyment of the album...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: Michael P. Gladstone
