Mike Vax & MVJO CD "Alternate Route"Jazz lmprov Magazine | Vol. 2, Number 4, 2000
Simply put, this is one mind-blowing big band, crafted in the image of Basie, Herman and Kenton and employing clean and muscular unison passages as runways from which to launch a squadron of high-flying improvisers.
Besides Vax, Campos and Escovedo, NOJO's slate of limber soloists includes guitarist Randy Vincent, pianist Si Perkoff, alto Rory Snyder, tenors Alex Murzyn and Larry De La Cruz, trombonist Dean Hubbard, trumpeter Roff Johnson and drummer Dave Rokeach...
NOJO has clearly chosen an admirable path, both musically and in terms of community service. Two explicit reasons to bestow one's approval and support.
— Jack Bowers
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