Reviews of Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra

Frost Concert Jazz Band featuring Adam Rogers Justin Morell Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra: JazzTimes by Bill Meredith “The Los Angeles-raised composer is assisted by recent multi-Grammy winner John Daversa, chair of studio music and jazz at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, conducting one of the country’s top large collegiate jazz ensembles; he raises the bar even higher by featuring guitarist Adam Rogers.” https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/frost-concert-jazz-band-daversa-concerto-for-guitar-and-jazz-orchestra-artistshare/ Downbeat by Bobby Reed (Downbeat editor) “Splendid Read more…

“Terraforming” from Concerto for Guitar, winner of SCI Jazz competition

The third movement of my new work, Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra, was just chosen as the winner of the first Society of Composers (SCI) jazz composition competition: From committee chair and jazz composer/pianist Dan Cavanagh: “It is my pleasure to announce the winner of the first SCI Jazz Contest. The adjudicators chose Dr. Justin Morell’s piece, Terraforming, as the winning composition this year, through a blind adjudication process. We also awarded an honorable Read more…