Professor’s Jazz Album Named to Best of 2017 List

An album by the Unhinged Sextet, which includes saxophone professor Will Campbell, director of the UNC Charlotte jazz studies program, has been named a Best Release of 2017 by jazz critic Mark Sullivan in All About Jazz. The album, Don’t Blink, is the second CD by the Unhinged Sextet. It features two original compositions by Dr. Campbell: “The Swinger and the Saint” and “Autumn Fall.”

“Good as they sounded out of the gate, the sextet is even stronger and more self-assured here,” Sullivan wrote in his review of Don’t Blink. “The experience of playing together seems to have inspired everyone to richer composing and arranging. They swing hard when they want to, but they explore other areas as well. Here’s hoping for a third installment.”

The album is available through Amazon.