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Rathbun's lines dance and glide, reflecting both childlike wonder and well-honed artistry.
JazzTimes

The Jazz faculty that Western Michigan University quietly assembled over the years is an impressive collection of internationally significant artists with an astounding list of combined recording and touring credits as leaders and sidemen. Having gathered in Kalamazoo from their bases in New York, Los Angeles and Boston, the teaching colleagues became bandmates with the formation of the Western Jazz Collective, and their debut album, Dark Journey reveals the magic when time, place and happenstance collide. The collective includes Greg Jasperse (vocals), Scott Cowan (trumpet), Andrew Rathbun (saxophones), Matthew Fries (piano), Keith Hall (drums), Matt Landon (guitar) and John Hébert (bass). It is an exciting time for the group as they usher in a new era of Jazz in Michigan.

RECORDINGS FEATURING Western Jazz Collective

Western Jazz Collective

Dark Journey: The Music of Andrew Rathbun

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