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1938-1941: Artie Shaw - Swing With Artie Shaw (4 LP Set) |
Music » Jazz » Swing |
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 Artist: Artie Shaw Album: Swing With Artie Shaw Label:Reader's Digest(4LP Set) Years: 1938-1941; release:1969 Format, bitrate:MP3 256 (LP-rip) Time: LP 1-37:10; LP 2-36.35; LP 3-39.14; LP 4-40:30 Size: LP 1-70.4 MB; LP 2-69.3 MB; LP 3-75.0 MB; LP 4 plus scans- 82.1 MB AMG Rating Artie Shaw's first big band was quite unusual, originally comprised of four horns, a string quartet and a four-piece rhythm section. This unimaginatively titled LP-set (whose chatty liner notes unfortunately do not include personnel and date information) has the first 49 recordings by this fine orchestra, featuring vocals by the forgettable Wesley Vaughn, Peg LaCentra and the young Tony Pastor but more importantly, successfully matching together the horns with the strings on such enjoyable numbers as "Japanese Sandman," "Sugar Foot Stomp" and "The Skeleton in the Closet." Pity that this potentially great orchestra did not catch on. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1965: Louis Armstrong - In Prague Lucerna Hall (Live Recording) |
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 Artist: Louis Armstrong Album: In Prague Label: Panton Records Year: 1965; Release: 1980 Format, bitrate: Flac Time: 0:46:44 Size: 544MB (with scans) Satchmo's position as one of the great ambassadors of jazz certainly led him to even more exotic points that Prague, at the time of this recording the capital of the since-divided country of Czechoslovakia. In fact, there are many places the bubbling New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist went that probably lacked sufficient equipment to record one of his shows live, let alone release the results on a national recording label. The Czechs waited more than a dozen years to put out this concert from Lucerna Hall, where Satchmo appeared with his group of the time, known as the All-Stars despite the fact that a few of them were maybe a bit more like also-rans. Satch could have carried the whole show if he wanted to, and a good portion of this album is made up of hammy material that everyone would expect him to do. This is also material that listeners may not feel they need more recordings of in their collection such as "Hello Dolly" and "When It's Sleepy Time Down South," and if titles such as these make one cringe, then steer wide of this album, since the audience was so wild about this material that the bandleader even reprises it at the end in an encore medley. There is some spritely playing from Satchmo, trombonist Tyree Glenn, and clarinetist Eddie Shu once the band settles into the jazzier numbers, such as "Indiana." ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide |
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1950/1957: Sy Oliver & His Orchestra (1950 & 1957 Decca) / Billy May & his Orchestra (1957 Capitol) - Jimmie Lunceford in HI-FI 2LP/1CD |
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 Artists - Sy Oliver & His Orchestra, Billy May & his Orchestra Album - Jimmie Lunceford in HI-FI Label - Lone Hill Jazz Years - 1950 & 1957, release - 2008 Quality - MP3@320 kbps Size - 169 mb Total time - 77:49 REPOST by request Ýòèì çàìå÷àòåëüíûì àëüáîìîì íàäåþñü ïîðàäîâàòü ëþáèòåëåé SWINGa! "Among Sy Oliver's many recordings for Decca in 1950 were quite a few tunes which he originally arranged for Jimmie Lunceford's band. Eight of them were gathered for a 10" Decca LP, "For Dancers Only" (DL 5296); in 1957, five additional songs were recorded to expand the disc to 12" (DL 8616) and give it a new title, "The Original Arrangements of Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi."
Interestingly, with this latter album Decca aimed to give direct competition to Capitol Records, where producer David Cavanaugh suggested that Billy May, a fan of the old Lunceford two-beat, record a tribute, "Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi," to mark 10 years since Lunceford's death. The Capitol dates were held on June 15 (which happened to be a Saturday), 16 (a Sunday), and 18, 1957; Decca got Oliver in the studio on August 16, 1957.
Not only did Capitol boast that their project was done with the approval of the Lunceford estate, but - apart from a "full-dimensional" stereo which, to my ears, was not yet fully perfected - May's boasted the participation of Lunceford alumni Trummy Young, Willie Smith, Joe Thomas, and Dan Grissom.
However, there was nothing at all wrong with the Sy Oliver performances - his band was great, too, including (with variation between the 1950 and '57 personnel) former Lunceford men Paul Webster, Eddie Wilcox, and Jimmy Crawford, not to mention his own catchy and inimitable vocalizing. Decca's engineers captured a good sound, still evident on this Lone Hill Jazz reissue. I could listen to those records over and over!
Lone Hill Jazz has also done an attractive job replicating the actual cover and including the original liner notes. Were the May Capitol sides not already on CD, this might have been a musically-valid pairing. Due to space limitations, three of the fifteen songs from May's record were left off. But since all fifteen were easily available [ see the June 2007 "Big Band News" ], Lone Hill Jazz should have chosen another path. I suppose they could have collected the original Lunceford recordings and put them together with Oliver's, sort of a "then and now" approach." ~ Christopher Popa - Big Band Library |
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1954-1955: Woody Herman – Road Band! |
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 Artist: Woody Herman Album: Road Band! Label: Capitol Years: 1954-1955 Quality: MP3@320 kbps (LP-rip) Size: 77,9 mb Total time: 36:41 REPOST by request This out-of-print LP finds Herman's Third Herd in its prime. Rather than just revisiting his celebrated past, he and his orchestra primarily perform then-recent material, much of it arranged by Ralph Burns. Highlights include a big-band version of Horace Silver's "Opus De Funk," Burns's "Cool Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "I Remember Duke" and Bill Holman's reworking of "Where or When." With tenors Richie Kamuca and Dick Hafer, trumpeter Dick Collins and bass trumpeter Cy Touff as the main soloists, The Third Herd had developed into a particularly strong unit by the mid-'50s. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1958-1959: Count Basie: A Jazz Hour With Count Basie - Basie Boogie |
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 Artist: Count Basie Album: A Jazz Hour With Count Basie - Basie Boogie Label: Jazz Hour Year: 1958-1959, release: 1995 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Size: 141 mb Total time: 63:23 AMG Rating One of three compilations issued by different labels in 1995 bearing the title Basie Boogie, this 1995 Jazz Hour release combines recordings made during Count Basie's brief European tour during early 1959. On the third of February, the Basie band performed at the Theatre Beaulieu in Lausanne, France; three days later they wowed the crowd at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland. The atmosphere at both of these concerts was joyous and celebratory. Everything on this album, especially "In a Mellow Tone," "Little Pony," and "The Kid from Red Bank," showcases Basie's late-'50s band at its very best. For those who never caught the Count in person, this little Jazz Hour will convey some of the positive vibrations that invariably occurred in his presence. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide |
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1956,1958:Red Callender - Speak Low |
Music, Jazz, Swing, Hard-bop |
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 Artist: Red Callender Album: Speak Low Label: Fresh Sound Records Year: 1956, 1958 Format, bitrate: mp3 256kbps Time: 44:05 Size: 83MB AMG rating: The tuba in jazz is a rare avis with few practitioners. Ray Draper, Bernard McKinney, Howard Johnson, Joe Daley, Bob Stewart, and Marcus Rojas are among the most prominent, but bassist Red Callender was prominently using it in modern mainstream jazz before them all. This precious reissue from Fresh Sound brings back in print his Crown label LP from 1956 Speak Low, and The Lowest, originally on the Metrojazz label from 1958. To have them both on one CD is wondrous, though the total time of 44 minutes is a bit skimpy for full price. These are sextet and septet recordings with tuba, French horn, guitar, flute, clarinet, and rhythm section featuring the peerless bassist Red Mitchell, a great choice. They comprise a witty, ear turning, neat instrumentation and a true sonic treat. How the high woodwinds and low-end brass complement each other is nothing less than remarkable. The best evidence of this unseemly union is heard on "A Foggy Day," with bowed overcast bass, a bell chime like Callender, and beautiful counterpoint between the mysterious instruments perfectly evoking a steamy lighthouse scene on Hermosa Beach. Very much like Yusef Lateef of this time period, the exotic tone of "Speak Low" meshes Buddy Collette's flute with the tuba and understated percussion. Both are definitive pieces of conceptual jazz brilliance, and highlight the 1956 sessions. There's also the exquisitely melancholic "In a Sentimental Mood," and Callender's original "Cris," epitomizing California cool. The four tracks from 1958 sport the septet, featuring muted trumpeter Gerald Wilson and pianist Gerald Wiggins, also with Collette and Mitchell. They do a pensive, long distance, West Coast viewpoint on "Autumn in New York," a fun "Dedicated to the Blues" fronted by flute and tuba with trumpet chiming in after the fact of the melody, and an irresistible bopper "The Lowest," exhibiting the most energy of the disc. There are those who don't much care for the tuba in any context, and others who've had difficulty swinging with it. Callender had few problems, either wielding it or making it sound assured and cohesive on this recommended recording.
~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide |
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1975: Oscar Peterson - Solo'75 |
Classic Jazz, Stride, Swing |
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 Artist: Oscar Peterson Album: Solo'75 Year: 1975, release: 2004 Format, bitrate: Mp3, 128 kb/s Time: 00:50:11 Size: 46 Mb Oscar Peterson is Qutte simply one of the greatests jazz piano players of all time. This rare and stunning solo concert from 1975 gives a chance to see Peterson up close in an intimate setting and appreciate just how good he really is. The shaw includes swinging performances of Indiana, At Long Last Love, Mirage and A medley led by The Ellington Classics. ~ from liner note |
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1954-1967: Ted Heath - The Golden Age Of Ted Heath Vol.2 |
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 Artist: Ted Heath Label: Horatio Nelson Years: 1954-1967, release: 1993 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Size: 85,8+76,7 mb Total time: 74:29 By request Ted Heath was the most famous and successful big band leader in Great Britain of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, recording more than 100 albums and selling over 20 million records. |
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1954-1963: Ted Heath - The Golden Age Of Ted Heath Vol.1 |
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 Artist: Ted Heath Album: The Golden Age Of Ted Heath Vol.1 Label: Horatio Nelson Years: 1954-1963, release - 1993 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Size: 85,8+81,7 mb Total time: Total time: 75:57 REPOST by request Ïðåäëàãàþ ïîçíàêîìèòüñÿ ñ ëó÷øèì áèã-áåíäîì Âåëèêîáðèòàíèè 50õ ãîäîâ. Ted Heath was the most famous and successful big band leader in Great Britain of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, recording more than 100 albums and selling over 20 million records. |
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1960's-1970': The Golden Age of Ted Heath Vol.3 |
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 Artist: Ted Heath and His Orchestra Album: The Golden Age of Ted Heath Vol.3 Label: Horatio Nelson Records Years: 1960's-1970', release: 1999 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Size: 85,8+75,7 mb Total time: 73:23 Î÷åðåäíàÿ âñòðå÷à ñ ïðåâîñõîäíûì îðêåñòðîì èç Âåëèêîáðèòàíèè, èñïîëíÿþùèì ñàìûå ïîïóëÿðíûå äæàçîâûå ñòàíäàðòû! A splendid collection of Heath recordings, offering new arrangements of well know standards by other bandleaders, some sticking closely to the original arrangements, some being completely different.The Ted Heath Orchestras became a fantastic training ground for such great British jazzmen as Ken Baker, John Dankworth, Stanley Black and Jack Parnell and many others. Their greatest success came in the 1950’s but the band continued into the 60’s and even later using the Heath name even after the great man had been recruited to the great bandstand in the sky! Horatio Nelson Records’s usual high standards of re-mastering are in evidence on this well filled CD covering the essential moments from one of Britain’s great entertainers. ~ Amazon.com |
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2000: Oscar Peterson – Quiet Now (Time And Again) |
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 Artist: Oscar Peterson Album: Quiet Now (Time And Again) [Compilation] Label: Verve Year: 2000 Format: mp3@320kbps Time: 00.56.23 Size: 81,3 Mb Oscar Peterson has never been shy about his abilities to romp across a keyboard in decorous, generously swinging displays of flash. But Time and Again catches the Oscar that lulls you into classic sessions like Exclusively for My Friends and those where he tackles the song books of Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Cole Porter. The 14 tracks that make up this anthology are all delicate, all gorgeous, all touched with a grace that precious few pianists can muster. The album comes with only the most skeletal details--track titles, albums of origin, tune titles. But it's meant to be streamlined, to turn the mind to the music, which, as part of Verve's Quiet Now series, is meant to be midnight-safe and mellow. In the case of Oscar, the collection is an embarrassment of musical riches, a chilled-out heartful that will ease the aches unrelentingly. ~ Andrew Bartlett (amazon.com) |
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1970: Benny Goodman And His Orchestra - Recorded Live In Stockholm - 1970 |
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 Artist: Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Album: Recorded Live In Stockholm - 1970 2CD Label: Dutton Vocalion (ex London) Year: 1970, release: 2004 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Size: 88,9+105 mb Total time: 41:02; 48:40 È ñíîâà â Êëóáå çâó÷èò çàæèãàòåëüíàÿ ìóçûêà â èñïîëíåíèè ëåãåíäàðíîãî Êîðîëÿ Ñâèíãà! More recent Goodman material, recorded in 1970 with a specially assembled big band on one of his periodic State Department tours. There's nothing particularly great here, but it's a pleasant reminder of both the swing era and Goodman's greatness on clarinet. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide |
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2002: Django Reinhardt - Jazz In Paris: Django's Blues |
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 Artist: Django Reinhardt Album: Jazz In Paris: Django's Blues Label: Emarcy Year: Jul 18, 1947-Oct 4, 1947 Release: Jul 16, 2002 Format, bitrate: mp3, 320kb/s Size: 90MB Late recordings by the legendary Hot Club Of Paris – a selection of 15 titles that were all originally recorded as 78rpm singles, all remastered and wonderfully packaged in keeping with the Jazz In Paris standards! The recordings boast some especially great clarinet work by Hubert Rostaing – a player whose sound is as sublime as that of Django on the guitar! Many of the tunes are relatively spare, and feature clarinet and guitar interplay that hangs nicely in space – almost prefacing later 50s experiments by the team of Jimmy Guiffre and Jim Hall, but with a more traditional bent, of course. Titles include "Gipsy With A Song", "September Song", "Brazil", "Django's Blues", "Love's Mood", "I Love You", and "Moppin The Bride". ~ © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc. |
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1976: Benny Carter - The King |
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 Artist: Benny Carter Album: The King Label: Pablo Year: 1976, release: 1992 Quality: mp3/320 kbps Size: 117 MB Time: 51:02 The great Benny Carter was so much in demand as an arranger/composer in the studios that for 15 years, starting in the early '60s, he rarely recorded or performed in jazz settings, instead choosing to concentrate on writing movie scores. The drought ended when Carter, then in his late 60s, started recording for Pablo. As The King (his first small-group session since 1966) proves, the masterful altoist had not lost a thing through the years. In a sextet with vibraphonist Milt Jackson, guitarist Joe Pass and pianist Tommy Flanagan, Benny Carter is in masterful form, stretching out on eight of his own compositions and showing that his name always has to be ranked near the top of jazz improvisers, whether one is considering the 1930s or the 1990s. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1959: Oscar Peterson Plays The Jerome Kern Song Book |
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 Artist - Oscar Peterson Album: Oscar Peterson Plays The Jerome Kern Song Book Label: Verve Year: 1959, release - 2009 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Size: 72,6 mb Total time: 34:10 AMG Rating  REPOST by request Jerome Kern's stage tunes going back to the late '20s with the acclaimed presentation Show Boat right up to the '40s, will forever be at the core of quintessential American popular songs that hold a dear place in the heart of all straight-ahead jazz performers. Oscar Peterson's immortal trio with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen play Kern's themes expertly, with no small degree of interpretation, and a clever angle on these well-worn songs that only Peterson can self-identify with his genius mindset. The title should be more accurately "The Jerome Kern & Friends Songbook," as he always co-wrote with such notables as Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Ira Gershwin, and Dorothy Fields, but these are all instrumental versions of his priceless musical scores and are immediately familiar without lyrics. From the actual Show Boat set list, "Ol' Man River" has endured the longest, and here it rumbles with Thigpen's incredible drums, rambles via Peterson, then has the pianist and bassist in cross talk with space. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" is a tender ballad, slowly unfolding as the chiming chords of Peterson's reflect a melodic comparison of "Stairway to the Stars." The third Show Boat revision, "Bill," is so downplayed and minimal that it is reduced to a steamy crawl. Most astute listeners will easily recognize the perky and hopped up "I Won't Dance" due to Thigpen's expert brush work, while Peterson changes up the harmonic insides of the tune and speeds along on a death-defying solo. "The Song Is You" stops and starts fearlessly then jams into fourth gear immediately, "The Way You Look Tonight" is standard, reliable fare remade in Peterson's image with no strain, and his girthy chords block out "A Fine Romance." There's always a regal side to the pianist in his ability to perceptively tone down his wilder notions; the effortless, serene, and supremely confident take of "Long Ago," a British-styled "Lovely to Look at You," and purely tender "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" act as final answer evidence. Of the many recordings this great jazz trio made, this is one of the top three, and even though it clocks in at under thirty five minutes with no alternate takes. It remains a monument to the Peterson trio's timeless quality, and is a fitting tribute to Jerome Kern's everlasting genius as one of the true great American popular songwriters. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide |
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1955: Johnny Costa - Neighborhood |
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 Artist: Johnny Costa Album: Neighborhood Label: Savoy Year: 1955; release: 1989 Format, bitrate: mp3@320 kb/s Time: ~ 49 min Size: 103MB (+ Covers HD Front/Back LP/CD) AMG Rating The late Johnny Costa was best known for his long tenure as the pianist and music director for the public television series Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, but this trio date (originally released on LP as The Amazing Johnny Costa) from a decade prior to the start of that career shows him as a fully developed musician with a variety of influences. Accompanied on most tracks by bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Kenny Clarke, his style is a mix of Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Earl Hines, with a bit of Willie "The Lion" Smith. The highlights include a pretty and occasionally wild "Tea for Two," an interesting reworking of "Caravan," and the elegant "La Mer (Beyond the Sea)." This 1989 reissue may require somewhat of a search, but is well-worth acquiring by fans of his series of dates for Chiaroscuro in the years leading up to his death in 1996. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide |
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1959: Terry Gibbs - Launching A New Band |
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 Artist: Terry Gibbs Album: Launching A New Band Label: Mercury Year: 1959 Quality: MP3@320 kbps (LP-rip) Size: 82,2 mb Total time : 37:07 Repost by request It is ironic that the Contemporary label came out with five CDs worth of unknown material by the Terry Gibbs Big Band while Polygram has completely neglected its studio sides by the same group. The music on this set, last available as a Trip LP, was the first by Gibbs' "Dream Band," a swinging outfit of top studio musicians who were based in L.A. at the time. This album is comprised of two arrangements apiece by Bill Holman, Bob Brookmeyer, Manny Albam, Al Cohn, Med Flory and Marty Paich, which pay tribute to Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Tommy Dorsey. The tunes are mostly overly familiar (including "Stardust," "Cotton Tail," "Begin the Beguine" and "Flying Home") and clock in around three minutes, meaning that the solos are quite concise, but there are some good individual moments from the vibraphonist/leader, trumpeter Conte Candoli, and trombonist Frank Rosolino. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1961: Nobou Hara and his Sharps and Flats - Big Band Operation |
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 Artist: Nobou Hara and his Sharps and Flats Album: Big Band Operation Label: Calendar, King Records Year: 1961 Format, bitrate:Mp3 320 Time: 37.44 Size: 82.8 MB Made in Japan in the late 50's early 60's to show of many various early stereo systems, the original company (King Records) released many albums in many styles to take advantage of "Stereo", But the curio intrest now is a Japanese Big Band a mere 13 years after the war!.
A rather worn LP i found for about 20 cents many years ago, Its had all the ususal Ade Magic to clean it up without messing around with the timbre of the music, and sounds quite fresh. The tenor of Nobuo Hara – a great cultural blend, with some very groovy results! The core group here is Hara's Sharps & Flats lineup – a swinging big band who really gets things going with a full, soaring sound – but they leave plenty of space of Yamamoto to do his thing on flute, soloing snakily through the arrangements with a sound that both echoes older Japan, and fits in well with the groovy 60s feel of the music. The whole thing's right up there with some of the best jazz-meets-East experiments you might find on Verve or Impulse at the time – and the tunes listed are all in Japanese, but also have the swing of American groovers from the time! © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc. |
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1986: Doc Severinsen - The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen, Vol.2 |
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 Artist: Doc Severinsen Album: The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen, Vol.2 Label: Amherst Records Year: 1986, release: 1987 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Size: 81,1 mb Total time: 39:47 By request The second of two long-overdue recordings by the Tonight Show Band has its moments, but its reliance on swing-era warhorses and the generally predictable arrangements (Bill Holman's reworkings of "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise," "Take the 'A' Train," and "Serenade in Blue" are exceptions) are disappointments. However, there is some excellent solo space for trumpeters Doc Severinsen, Snooky Young, and Conte Candoli; tenors Pete Christlieb and Ernie Watts; and pianist Ross Tompkins. Since this legendary big band recorded so little (just three albums for Amherst), all are worth picking up. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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1959: Cootie Williams - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me |
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 Artist: Cootie Williams Album: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Label: Collectables Records Year: 1959, release: 2000 Quality: MP3@320 kbps Size: 88,9 mb Total time: 40:48 Äæàçîâûå ñòàíäàðòû îò ñ ïðåâîñõîäíîãî äþêîâñêîãî òðóáà÷à! Here's a straight-up reissue of Cootie's 1960 album for the Warwick label. It's a cozy small-band date, with Williams employing his plunger mute to great effect on standards like "Always," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)." Cootie even takes a stab at vocalizing on the old warhorse "When the Saints Go Marching In," and his readings of "Blue Skies," "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good," and "Caravan" are three more highlights of this storming little session. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide |
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