Big Band / Swing - CD Reviews (348)
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…
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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…
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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 …
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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, …
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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 …
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