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)”

’ a brand new album

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

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