Rob McConnell
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-2 french horns
-5 rhythm (gtr + vibes) |
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-Our 25th Year
-Rob McConnell plays the jazz classics |
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-joyful noise (ellington tribute)
-I remember bill (bill evans tribute) |
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Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orch
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| -NEW YORK
-Thad – trumpet – played on Basie band, wrote charts for Basie which were rejected for being too “out”
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-Mel – Kenton and Herman bands
-Thads brothers: Hank Jones (pno)
Elvin Jones (dr)
-Used soprano sax as lead
-Today called “Vanguard Orchestra” |
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-Plays TB + Arranges
-Band = “The Boss Brass”
-Loves to modulate and quote a lot
-“George Shearing Sound” – vibes, pno, gtr all play melody at once |
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Peter Herbalzheimez
info + albums |
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-Germany
-Plays Bass TB
ALBUMS:
– 20 Jahre
– Colors of a band
– Body and soul (with Diane Reeves) |
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Metropole Orchestra
info + albums |
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-Denmark
-Run by Andy Martin-TB
ALBUM:
-I’ve never been in love before |
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Norbotten Big Band
info + albums |
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| -Sweden
ALBUMS:
-Future North
-Future Miles
(NOTE: “nor” means “north” in swedish. record = future north) |
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WDR Big Band
info + albums |
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| -Germany
ALBUMS:
-Prism
-Some Skunk Funk (with randy + michael brecker) |
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Frank Mantooth
Albums + vocalist |
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ALBUMS:
-Moonlight in Vermont
-Sweet Tooth
-Dangerous Precedent
vocals: Kevin Mahogany (vocals) |
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GRP Big Band
info + albums |
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| GRP = “Grueson(pno) and Rosin($) productions
ALBUMS:
-The GRP Big Band
-The GRP Big Band LIVE
-All Blues |
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-The Jazz Surge
-Mad Cap
-Here We Are |
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-Blind pianist
-fresh new improv |
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Dave Holland
info + sideman |
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| -Dave pays bass
-NO PIANO
-Chris Potter – tenor |
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-What Goes Around
-Overtime |
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Clayton-Hamilton Big Band
info + vibes player’s name? |
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| -Jeff Hamilton = drums
-Jeff Clayton = sax
-John Clayton = plays bass solos out front while conducting, writes, considered modern thad jones
-Milt Jackson plays vibes |
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-Passages
-Refractions
-The Concert Jazz Ochestra |
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Kim Richmond
info + instrumentation |
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-plays alto
-uses french horns + expanded woodwinds
-percussion |
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-Jack is Back
-Jack Sheldon Sings |
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Jack Sheldon
info + arrangers |
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-played TP + sang on Kenton band
-sang on Herman band
-doesn’t write or arrange
-arrangers: Bill Holman, Tom Kubis, Bob Florence |
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-At Last
-Slightly off the ground |
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| -FROM LA
-standard instrumentation
-west coast interpretation of Basie
-Kubis arranged |
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Kenny Clarke + Francy Boland
instrumentation + info |
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NEW YORK
Kenny = drums
Francy = piano
-5 TP
-5 TB
-1 alto
-3 tenor
-1 bari
-rhythm + perc. |
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Kenny Clarke + Francy Boland
albums |
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-Sax No End
-Handle with Care
-Now Here Are Meanin’ (now hear our meanin?) |
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-Evanescence
-Coming About
-Allegresse
-Concert in the Garden |
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Joe Henderson Big Band
albums |
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Patrick Williams Band
info + instrumentation + sideman |
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-Large brass
-large rhythm
-Michael Brecker – tenor |
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Patrick Williams Band
albums |
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-writes almost everything
-influences: Gil Evans, Bob Brookmeyer
-uses soprano sax for melody |
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-Incredible Journey
-Camouflage
-Art of the Big Band
-Only in NY
(ICAO) |
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McCoy Tyner Big Band
personnel |
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-Bob Beldon (arr.)
-Slide Hampton
-Dennis Mackrell (drums)
-Howard Johnson (tuba) |
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McCoy Tyner Big Band
instrumentation |
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-3 TP
-2 TB
-French Horn
-Tuba
-2 alto/flute doubles
-2 tenor
-rhythm + perc.
NO BARI |
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McCoy Tyner Big Band
albums |
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-Uptown/Downtown
-The Turning Point
-Journey |
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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
albums |
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-Swingin’ for the fences
-XXL |
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Bob Florence
instrumentation |
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-2 alto
-2 tenor
-2 bari
-contrabass clarinet and piccolo |
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– LA band
-band = B.F. Limited Edition
-writes linearly |
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John Fedchock Band
albums + info |
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| -NEW YORK band
-Fedchock = last big arranger for Herman band
ALBUMS:
-New York Big Band
-On The Edge |
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Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band
albums |
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-Desert Lady
-Hiroshima Rising from the Ash
-(started in LA, moved to NY) |
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Modern Bill Holman Band
albums |
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-View From the Side
-Brilliant Corners |
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Lincoln Center Jazz Orch.
albums + info |
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-Wynton Marsalis directs
-Ellington cover band
ALBUMS:
-Live in Swing City- Swingin’ with Duke
-They Come to Swing
-A Love Supreme |
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Charles Mingus Big Band
info + albums |
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-Ronnie Cuber directs band today, Sue Mingus helps out
-meant to be very loose band
ALBUMS:
-Mingus Big Band ’93
-Mingus Big Band LIVE!
-Nostalgia in Times Square |
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Thad Jones + Mel Lewis Orch.
albums |
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-Presenting the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis orch.
-Live at the Village Vanguard
-Monday Night
-Central Park North
-Consummation
not sure if we have to know:
-Potpourri
-Blues in a Minute |
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Clayton-Hamilton Big Band
albums |
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-Shout Me Out
-Explosive
-The Groove Shop
-Heart & Soul |
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