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Farewell to Mingus is the eighth studio recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. The album received a 1980 Grammy award [More]
This is a somewhat odd record. Manny Albam arranged 11 selections for an orchestra (16 strings, six brass, two reeds, guitar, bass and drums) plus [More]
April in Paris is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra, his first released on the Verve label, recorded in 1955 and 1956. [More]
Urbie Green is backed by an orchestra for this ballad-dominated album, recorded over three sessions in December 1957 and featuring arrangements by either Al Cohn [More]
Track listing: A1 Japanese Sandman A2 A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody A3 Sugar Foot Stomp A4 Thou Swell A5 It Ain’t Right A6 [More]
Track listing: 01 – O Menino Desce O Morro (De Rosa/Vera Brasil) 02 – Desafinado (Tom Jobim/Newton Mendonça) 03 – Não Faz Assim (Oscar Castro [More]
The Chairman of the Board is a 1959 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra. AllMusic Review by John Bush: Although it appeared at [More]
3 Shades of Blue is the final album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1970 with vocalist Leon Thomas and [More]
Woody Herman–1963 is a 1963 studio album by Woody Herman and his big band. The album peaked at 136 on the Billboard 200. Track listing: [More]
Big Band Bossa Nova is a 1962 bossa nova album by American impresario, jazz composer, trumpeter, arranger and record producer Quincy Jones and his band. [More]