21 Jun
Nettai Tropical Jazz Big Band by Nettai Tropical Jazz Big Band
Monday, 21 June 1999
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This is contemporary big band jazz at its most precise, and most entertaining! The ten selections kick off with a magnificent performance of Lalo Schifrin's 1960s classic, …
26 May
Dream Band, Make Me Dream Some More by John Sheridan
Wednesday, 26 May 1999
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John Sheridan and his Dream Band are in top form with the swing songs featured on his "Dream Band, Make Me Dream Some More," a collection of 17 songs. Many of the songs hav…
01 Apr
Miss Midori and the Jazz Inquisition by Miss Midori
Thursday, 01 April 1999
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The Chicago based Miss Midori and the Jazz Inquisition provide a fine mix of jump, swing and jazz on this new release. Miss Midori has a most mature voice and adapts it bea…
Vocalist Tierney Sutton leads the Pandemonia Orchestra through some carefully arranged, yet fun compositions by Kelley Love. Love’s early upbringing consisted of a mixed ba…
25 Jan
Jazz that Swings by Various Artists
Monday, 25 January 1999
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At present, no one can touch 32jazz for compilations: drawn from a deep catalog, they are always well-packaged and always entertaining. What's different this time is the su…
16 Jan
I Believe In You by Sherrie Maricle and the Diva Big Band
Saturday, 16 January 1999
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The concept of an all-female big band may still be a novelty to some listeners but it isn't really new at all. The 1930s found Americans dancing to the sounds of Ina Ray Hu…
12 Jan
Brass Attitude by Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau
Tuesday, 12 January 1999
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Whenever you hear Maynard Ferguson, you can expect excitement and invention. Maynard Ferguson is the unqualified star, the other luminaries shine brightly in this twinkling…
27 Aug
Cuban Fire by Trinity Big Band
Thursday, 27 August 1998
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There are so many commendable big band recordings available at this time that, when reviewing them you start to run out of language to articulate their merits and occasiona…
30 Jun
The Best of Harry James by Harry James
Tuesday, 30 June 1998
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THE BEST OF HARRY JAMES is a delight for big band jazz fans, for it highlights some of the big hits of Harry James during the late 1930s, including a nice recording of "All…
08 Jan
Super-Sonic Jazz by Sun Ra
Tuesday, 08 January 1991
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It may be difficult to take an album seriously when it has a pink hand-drawn cover. It may also be difficult when the liner notes declare, "21st Century Limited Edition …
29 Nov
Berts Place by Nancie Banks Orchestra
Tuesday, 29 November -0001
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Whoever said big bands were dead obviously have never heard of Nancie Banks and her orchestra. First things first. The sound on this CD is awesome. Depth, attack, vibrant, …
29 Nov
Ol Blue Eyes by Frank Sinatra
Tuesday, 29 November -0001
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This is a collection of the big band classics by Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. It is a 4-CD set with 80 recordings. It covers the Sinatra singing years wit…
29 Nov
Live at Pearls by Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
Tuesday, 29 November -0001
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The San Francisco based Contemporary Jazz Orchestra debuted in January of 1995 resulting from the vision of band leader/tenor saxophonist Christopher Bonnier Pitts and nigh…
29 Nov
Portrait of Sinatra: Columbia Classics, 2-CD set by Frank Sinatra
Tuesday, 29 November -0001
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PORTRAIT OF SINATRA: COLUMBIA CLASSICS is precisely that! A 2-CD release containing Frank Sinatra's big band work in his early career, with a total of 36 songs. If you are …
29 Nov
Something Tells Me by John Sheridan
Tuesday, 29 November -0001
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Something Tells Me, is a wonderful swing classics outing from pianist John Sheridan and his Dream Band of musicians! It features songs by Richard Whiting, Harry Warren and …
29 Nov
On My Own by Peter Nero
Tuesday, 29 November -0001
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For those jazz fans who remember the jazz piano stylings of Peter Nero in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this big band approach to Broadway classics with a symphony orches…