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The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: 50 Years of Mondays
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: 50 Years of Mondays
In 1965, the trumpeter, composer and arranger Thad Jones and the drummer Mel Lewis found themselves with a book of big-band music originally intended for [More]
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Sammy Davis / Count Basie – Our Shining Hour (Full Album)
Sammy Davis / Count Basie – Our Shining Hour (Full Album)
Our Shining Hour is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Quincy Jones. Track listing: “My [More]
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Buddy Rich – Wind Machine
Buddy Rich – Wind Machine
From the forthcoming album Just In Time: The Final Recording, out on the 6th of December, 2019. “We present to you the final ever recording [More]
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Earl Hines and His Orchestra: Live At The Grand Terrace, Chicago, IL – August 3 1938
Earl Hines and His Orchestra: Live At The Grand Terrace, Chicago, IL – August 3 1938
“On December 28, 1928 (his 25th birthday and six weeks before the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre), the always-immaculate Hines opened at Chicago’s Grand Terrace Cafe [More]
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Sauter-Finegan Orchestra – Concert Jazz
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra – Concert Jazz
The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra was an American swing jazz band popular in the 1950s. The orchestra was led by Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan, who were [More]
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Dennis Farnon And His Orchestra ‎– Caution! Men Swinging (Full Album)
Dennis Farnon And His Orchestra ‎– Caution! Men Swinging (Full Album)
“If you’re ever going to make just one hard-driving, swinging-like-mad big-band recording, model it after Caution! Men Swinging. That was to be the destiny of [More]
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Count Basie Orchestra – Blues in Frankie’s Flat (1960)
Count Basie Orchestra – Blues in Frankie’s Flat (1960)
“Blues in Frankie’s Flat” (Arranged by Frank Foster). This medium swing chart composed by Frank Foster and Count Basie trades the melody between the trumpets [More]
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James Moody – Last Train From Overbrook (Full Album)
James Moody – Last Train From Overbrook (Full Album)
Last Train from Overbrook is an album by saxophonist James Moody recorded in 1958 and released on the Argo label. ““Last Train From Overbrook,” by [More]
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The Phil Collins Big Band (conducted by Quincy Jones) – The Los Endos Suite
The Phil Collins Big Band (conducted by Quincy Jones) – The Los Endos Suite
Phil Collins Big Band (conducted by Quincy Jones) – The Los Endos Suite – Live at the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival 1996. Phil Collins has [More]
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Benny Goodman Orchestra – You Brought A New Kind of Love to Me (1985)
Benny Goodman Orchestra – You Brought A New Kind of Love to Me (1985)
“You Brought A New Kind of Love to Me” (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman). Personnel: Benny Goodman – clarinet, bandleader Dick Hyman – piano [More]
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