Big Band Renaissance-Evolution

Label:
SMITHSONIAN 3325 108 2

Year Released:
01/23/96 (original 1996)

Total Playing Time:
55 minutes

Tracks:
Disk 1
Swingmatism - Jay McShann & His Orchestra
Dalvatore Sally - Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra
Idiot's Delight - Ray McKinley & His Orchestra
On A Turquoise Cloud - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Such Sweet Thunder - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Perdido - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Tourist Point Of View - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Blood Count - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Undercurrent Blues - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Eugipelliv - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
Lucky Number - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Similau - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Rambo - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Li'l Darlin' - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Blues In Hoss' Flat - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Basie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Stompin' At The Savoy - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Sister Sadie - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Summer Of '42 - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Intermission Riff - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra

Disk 2
Cuban Carnival - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Young Blood - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Trumpet, A - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Egdon Heath - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Loop, The - The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Man I Love, The - Ted Heath & His Orchestra
Jazz Connoisseur, The - Harry James & His Orchestra
That's Thad - Harry James & His Orchestra
On Green Dolphin Street - Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra
Noel - The U.S. Air Force Airmen Of Note
Theme For Terry - The Herb Pomeroy Orchestra
Nipigon - Johnny Richards & His Orchestra
I Remember Clifford - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Cotton Tail - The Terry Gibbs Dream Band
Weep - Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band

Disk 3
Meet B.B. - Quincy Jones & His Orchestra
Viva Tirado - The Gerald Wilson Orchestra
Now Hear My Meanin' - The Kenny Clarke- Francy Boland Big Band
Cherry Juice - The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Willow Weep For Me - The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
New Girl - The Duke Pearson Big Band
Miles Behind - The Clare Fischer Big Band
Sailor - John Dankworth & His Orchestra
Chain Reaction - The Don Ellis Orchestra
Green Witch - Rhythm Combination And Brass
Sumie - The Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band
Portrait Of Jennie - Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass

Disk 4
Antigua - The Sam Jones Big Band
Treasure Island - The Bob Belden Ensemble
Israel - The Miles Davis Nonet
Blues For Pablo - The Hal McKusick Jazz Workshop
Barbara Song, The - Gil Evans & His Orchestra
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - The Porgy And Bess All-Stars
Pizza Boy - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown With Frank Rosolino
Revelations, 1st Movement - The Brandeis Jazz Festival Ensemble
Soon - The Les And Larry Elgart Orchestra
Manhattan - George Russel & His Orchestra
Blue Star - Benny Carter & His Orchestra

Disk 5
Savannah - Curtis Fuller With Manny Albam & His Orchestra
Chorale - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dat Dere - Billy May & His Orchestra
Four In One - The Thelonious Monk Orchestra
El Camino Real - J.J. Johnson & His Orchestra
Animal Dance - The Modern Jazz Quartet And The All-Star Jazz Band
Round Midnight - Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
Heidi - Oliver Nelson & The Berlin Dream Band
Sax Alley - Doc Severinsen & The Tonight Show Band
Street Named Hell, A - Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra
Ending To The First Side, The - Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra
Interlude (Drinking Music), The - Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra
Congratulation Cigar - The Willem Breuker Kollektief With The Mondriaan Strings
Planet Of Tears - The Tom Pierson Orchestra
Hearinga - The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra

Personnel

Comments
Five CDs can contain only so much music, and the Smithsonian packed to near the technical limit. They hit the high points and outline the field
Six hours of music infused with blues and Bart¢k, that swings in 4/4 or rushes in 13/8, with saxes seductive or zany, phrasing that originated in black churches as well as Japan, wordless vocals and Jon Hendricks' rap on the joys of New York City
While there's plenty of shouting brass here, the most powerful sides often come from the subtlest leaders, composers, and arrangers: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Gil Evans, and Toshiko Akiyoshi

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