This Is How I Feel About Jazz Breeders Shemekia Copeland

Shemekia Copeland

to the poetic introspection of “They Don’t Mean To (But They Do)”

beguiling and dense with yearning

leaving Mike with the challenge of writing music that could live up to that moniker

’ a brand new album

This Is How I Feel About Jazz Breeders Shemekia CopelandThis Is How I Feel About Jazz was Jones first full length album as a bandleader after a recording debut with the 1955 split album Jazz Abroad. Jones arranged and conducted three recording sessions during September 1956, each with a different line up, from a nonet to a fifteen piece big band. Musicians on the album include Charles Mingus, Art Farmer, Jimmy Cleveland, Phil Woods, Lucky Thompson, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers, Milt Jackson (referred to as