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The Four Freshmen are in their element on this CD, where they are accompanied by the brash, brassy sounds of Stan Kenton's Orchestra. Both the Freshmen and Kenton's music relies on a doubling-or quadrupling-up of voices or horns to fashion a ... Full Descriptiongreat wall of sound that over the decades has never ceased to thrill listeners.
In this live concert recording the vocalists sing some of the songs associated with them. Numbers like "There Will Be Never Be Another You" and "Teach Me Tonight" are Freshmen favorites that are presented in the manner that made them so popular; the tight harmonizing, with Bob Flanigan's otherworldly falsetto high tones adding a distinctive texture to the unity. The Freshmen make short work of the Burt Bacharach song "Walk On By." Not only do they have the right stuff musically to perform the songs of the 1960's, 70's and onward, but they also demonstrate that these hits benefit with the musical mastery of the Four.
Recorded live at Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Full performer name: Four Freshman/Stan Kenton & His Orchestra.
Four Freshman: Ken Albers, Bob Flanigan, Bill Comstock, Ross Barbour.
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra: Stan Kenton (piano); Chuck Carter (soprano & baritone saxophones, flute); Quinn Davis (alto saxophone, flute); Richard Torres, Chris Galuman (tenor saxophone, flute); Willie Maiden (baritone saxophone); Ray Brown (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jay Saunders, Dennis Noday, Mike Vax, Mike Snustead (trumpet); Dick Shearer, Mike Jamieson, Fred Carter, Mike Wallace (trombone); Phil Herring (bass trombone, tuba); John Worster (bass); Jerry McKenzie (drums); Ramon Lopez (percussion). Hide Description Live At Butler University Music Four Freshman / Stan Kenton And His Orchestra Live At Butler University Songs Purchase Live At Butler University CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Four Freshmen Freshmas! CD (1992)
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The sounds of the four freshmen cushion these holiday favorites like a soft blanket of snow. The harmonies are smooth and light, an easy and mellow feeling, never blaring, deceptively conceal the exacting organization and tightness of the ensemble, as they add exhilarating takes on "White Christmas" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas."
These songs are all buoyant, happy songs of faith and sentiment, and the Four Freshmen display a brightness of spirit and affectionate camaraderie that deepens the messages of the timeless "The First Noel." The tracks range from the comedy voice caricatures and up-tempo jazz phrasing instrumentals of the "Freshmas!" medley, to the soft and sweet delivery of "We Three Kings," full of extended notes and placid flugelhorn.
The Four Freshmen, in their warm virtuosity, fill ...
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Over 35 years the Four Freshmen are have continued to record and have become something of an American musical institution. In 1986's FRESH, there are new elements updating the original and famous style of the Four. Not only have they taken to some of the 1980's pop/rock composers (Christopher Cross, Stevie Wonder, Roger Murrah and Keith Stegall) like fishes to water, but their sound is updated and recast ...
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Such precision-drilled vocal craftsmanship as displayed by the Four Freshmen on this release is a marvel as the 15 tracks possess a freshness and bounce. The careful arrangements and high level of musicianship would leave other acts with little room for looseness and spontaneity. The Freshmen not only sing in their characteristic harmonies, but they are also the instrumentalists ...
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With BIRTH OF THE COOL, Miles Davis distilled a new tonal palette for jazz. As early as 1954, Miles reacted to the escalating chordal complexity of hard bop by fashioning an evocative blues based on a simple scalar pattern ("Swing Spring"). KIND OF BLUE was the ultimate fulfillment of this approach, with Miles providing his collaborators little more than outlines for melodies and simple scales for improvisation. By emphasizing the blues and the improvisor's melodic gifts, KIND OF BLUE precipitated a major stylistic development--modal jazz.
Charles Mingus had experimented with pedal points throughout the 1950s, and the melodic freedom of Ornette Coleman's Atlantic sides was also predicated on freedom from chord changes. But KIND OF BLUE was to prove the most influential, enduring work of its kind. There was just such a vibe about these 1959 sessions--Miles' lyric genius and burgeoning stardom, the innovative voicings and rarefied touch of pianist Bill Evans, the electrifying presence of Coltrane and Cannonball--that some thirty-plus years after its initial release, KIND OF BLUE is still recognized as Davis' point of departure towards jazz's less-explored regions.
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In 1960, June Christy and arranger Pete Rugulo re-recorded the original mono 1955 SOMETHING COOL arrangements in stereo. This 2001 remastered edition contains both versions.
June Christy's SOMETHING COOL, originally released as a 10-inch LP in 1954. single-handedly inaugurated the cool-jazz vocals movement. Christy had been a star vocalist with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the late '40s, enjoying such major hits as "Tampico" and "Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy." Soon after she left the band, she began working with key Kenton arranger Pete Rugolo and a slew of top West ...
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