Bill Holman Hommage CD

Hommage Music

List Price	$16.98 (You save $3.89)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Live Performances, Big Band
Label	Jazzed Media
Orig Year	2007
All Time Sales Rank	18141
CD Universe Part number	7407156
Catalog number	1024
Discs	1
Release Date	May 08, 2007
Studio/Live	Live
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Graham Carter
Engineer	Tim Pinch
Recording Time	66 minutes
Personnel	Andy Martin Pete Christlieb Roger Ingram - unknown instrument Lanny Morgan Bob Enevoldsen Ray Herrmann - tenor saxophone Bob Summers Carl Saunders - trumpet Bob Efford Christian Jacob - piano List all 25 contributors

Bill Holman Hommage Songs

1.	Raincheck
2.	Sunshinola
3.	Zamboni
4.	Bemsha Swing
5.	If You Could See Me Now	$0.99
6.	Woodchopper's Ball
7.	Hommage a Woody, Pt. 1: A Man of Few Herds
8.	Hommage a Woody, Pt. 2: Milwaukee Nights
9.	Hommage a Woody, Pt. 3: The Chopper

Hommage Music Review

Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars Bill Holman Salutes The Greats
On this superb album from 2006 Bill Holman salutes the greats, Strayhorn, Dameron, Herman etc. Top class soloists, as one would expect, this is wonderful big band music.
Submitted by bothamsmith (Marple Bridge, Cheshire, England)
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