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New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble

Musical Group

New York-based ensemble blending ska and jazz, noted for jazz-standard arrangements and live recordings; reviewer identifies Freddie Reiter as leader and saxophonist.

Freddie Reiter is referenced in reviews as the leader, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. Reviews note the group's emphasis on improvisation, swing-influenced arrangements, and performances of jazz standards in a ska/jazz context.

The provided review praises the New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble for blending ska rhythms with jazz swing and improvisation. The reviewer highlights strong arrangements, instrumental skill, and successful live renditions of jazz standards. The live album Live In Europe (2000) is recommended. Freddie Reiter is identified as the group's leader and saxophonist.

For:Listeners of ska, jazz, and hybrid instrumental big-band music; fans of live recordings and jazz standards.

 The New York Ska Jazz Ensemble truly refreshed me, and even though the haze of sleep made everything more polished and blurred, I perfectly remember the impact those solos, those themes, that clear dynamism of swing applied to the most immediate facets of the "Jamaican style", made on me.

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