Ray Anderson & Bimwo Bimwo Swing

In January 1997 the Brande International Music Workshop Orchestra (BIMWO) recorded an album of neatly arranged progressive modern European jazz at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse. Conducted by Chicago-born trombonist Ray Anderson, the octet performed six of his original compositions; "Bimwo Swing," the title track of the CD released the following year, makes an unmistakable reference to Thelonious Monk's "Bemsha Swing." An earlier example of Anderson's neo-Monk titling occurred in 1989 as "Raven-A-Ning" on the album What Because. "Tapajack" first appeared on Right Down Your Alley in 1984; "Datune" on Blues Bred in the Bone in 1988; "Snoo Tune" on Every One of Us in 1992, and "Leo's Place" on the Big Band Record with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band in 1994…