The New Jazz Composers Octet
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| Gender | Male |
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| Career start | New York, New York, United States |
| Record labels | Motema Music |
| Albums | Walkin' the Line |
| First Steps Into Reality | |
| The Turning Gate | |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Hard Bop | |
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| ID | 4165881 |
The New Jazz Composers Octet Life story
The New Jazz Composers Octet is an all-acoustic jazz ensemble founded by trumpeter/arranger David Weiss in 1996. NPR's Josh Jackson described them as "part New York hustle and part writer's workshop, all of it redolent with the aroma of newness."