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Messin with Texas album for sale Although there weren't many big bands on the jazz scene in the 2000s, being a big band leader, composer, and arranger is no retro exercise for Bob Florence. A veteran whose experience dates back to the 1950s, Florence knows how to work a large ensemble, and 2007's ETERNAL LICKS AND GROOVES is a testament to his mastery. In re-arranging well known tunes and musical motifs by Count Basie, Claude Debussy, and Kern and Mercer, Florence demonstrates his ability to use the textures, dynamics, and tonal color of the large group to startling effect. Florence's own tunes are ...

Messin with Texas buy CD music Voted the number two big band playing in the mid-'00s by a Jazz Times Reader's Poll, the popular, Grammy nominated, L.A.-based ensemble the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra celebrated 20 years of maintaining and expanding the big band jazz tradition in 2005. As the adage goes, the live setting is where the spirit of jazz really happens, and this recording, Live at MCG -- recorded over a four-day "residency" at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh in May 2004 -- perfectly captures Clayton-Hamilton's spontaneous spirit. Though the core and namesakes of the unit are bassist/conductor John Clayton, saxophonist and flutist Jeff Clayton, and drummer Jeff Hamilton, the ...

Messin with Texas CD music The music of the little-recorded second incarnation of Woody Herman's Herd is revived on this 2006 set based on original bebop-influenced band charts originally composed in the late 1940s. These pleasant performances feature the legendary alto saxophonist Phil Woods. Phil Woods & The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra perform the great Woody Herman Band Second Herd Bebop charts from the late 1940's. The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of trumpeter Ron Stout, is joined by alto sax legend Phil Woods and a host of LA's greatest jazz musicians including Ross Tompkins, Carl Saunders, Scott Whitfield, Andy Martin, Jerry Pinter, Kim Richmond and Joel Hamilton. "The opening ...

Messin with Texas songs A superior arranger, John La Barbera utilized some of the top Los Angeles-based musicians on this big-band date (including his brother, drummer Joe La Barbera), importing his other musical brother, tenor and soprano saxophonist Pat La Barbera from Canada. Along the way one hears one of Woody Shaw's best compositions ("Moontrane"), an organ piece for Bill Cunliffe ("Pythodd Fellows"), the love theme from the film Apache ("My Love And I"), an obscure Duke Ellington number ("Fantaqzm"), the pop tune "Kyrie," Pat La Barbera's "Yours or Mine or Blues," and three originals by the leader. In addition to Pat and Joe La Barbera, key soloists include trumpeters Clay Jenkins and Wayne Bergeron, guitarist Larry Koonse, Bob Sheppard on soprano, altoist Kim Richmond, Bob Carr on bass clarinet, trombonist Andy Martin, and Bill Cunliffe on piano and ...

Messin with Texas CD music This tight, professional set of some of Charles Mingus's lesser-known compositions contains creditable versions of the bassist and bandleader's adventurous tone poem, "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady," the sophisticated big band swing of "Dizzy Moods," and the frenetic "Meditation on Integration." While the rough edginess of the Mingus band is perhaps impossible to duplicate, the Wynton Marsalis-headed New York City jazz institution's impeccable reproductions capture the essence of these compositions' bold, innovative spirit. Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Ted Nash (flute, soprano saxophone); Victor Goines (clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone); Joe Temperley (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone); Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson (alto saxophone); Walter Blanding (tenor saxophone); Lew Soloff, Marcus Printup, Ryan Kisor, Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Andre Hayward (trombone, tuba); Ron Westray, Vincent Gardner (trombone); Eric Lewis (piano); Carlos Henríquez (bass instrument); Herlin Riley (drums). Personnel: Delfeayo Marsalis, Patrick Smith .

Messin with Texas buy CD music The Jim Widner Big Band celebrates its 20th anniversary with a new recording. Out of This World marks the fifth release by this outstanding ensemble. Comprised of 14 horns and a rhythm section, the JWBB never sounded better - "purifying your soul with a