Sunday, August 21, 2016

1946: some jazz: Saturday Music Club on Sunday: expanded with the Count Basie Orchestra on his birthday

The Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra and others: Jivin' in Be-Bop






















The Dave Brubeck Octet: "How High the Moon"


The Gene Krupa Orchestra: "How High the Moon"


The Claude Thornhill Orchestra: "Arab Dance"


The International Sweethearts of Rhythm: "She's Crazy With The Heat"; "Do You Wanna Jump Children?"; "How'Bout That Jive?"; "Round & Brown Blues"


The Coleman Hawkins Orchestra: "I Mean You"


Charlie Parker Septet: "A Night in Tunisia"


I knew I should've had some Basie in here:
The Count Basie Orchestra: "The Mad Boogie"


Duke Ellington and Django Reinhardt: "A Blues Riff"


Luckeyeth Roberts: "Ripples of the Nile"


Art Tatum: "Poor Butterfly"


Nat King Cole Trio: "Route 66"


1956 bonus track:
Johnny Mathis (orchestra under the direction of Teo Macero): "Caravan"

  • March 23, 1956 – "Babalu", "Caravan"
  • Teo Macero – arranger, conductor
  • Nick Travis – trumpet
  • Eddie Bert – trombone
  • Hal McKusick – clarinet and alto sax
  • Danny Bank – flute and baritone sax
  • Gerry Citron – piano
  • Teddy Kotick – bass
  • Joe Harris – drums
  • Bob Prince – bongo drums and percussion

4 comments:

Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) said...

Ages since I listened to the DB Octet actually - cool!

Todd Mason said...

It's pretty remarkable how much condescension the Octet recordings get.

Jim C. said...

Bean bops to Monk -- great players and arrangement. And Claude Thornhill is always a treat. As Duke Ellington said to his widow, "I wonder if the world will ever know what it has lost in this beautiful man." Thanks for all of this fine music.

Todd Mason said...

Not at all...thanks for the look-in and comment.