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Large Jazz Ensembles, Past And Present

By Jerome Wilson | The Outer View
July 1, 2022
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This show on jazz orchestras and big bands begins and ends with Duke Ellington. In between, it includes Michael Gibbs, Count Basie, the Either/Orchestra, Chico O'Farrill, George Russell and several others.

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Henry Threadgill Sextett "I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00
Duke Ellington "Moon Over Cuba" from 1941 (Classics) 01:03
Chico O'Farrill "Havana Blues" from Carambola (Milestone) 4:12
Antonio Adolfo "Milestones" from Encontros (AAM) 9:39
Host Speaks 14:06
George Russell "Waltz From Outer Space" from The Complete Albums Collection 1956-1964 (Enlightenment) 15:21
Randy Brecker & Mats Holmquist "All My Things" from Together (MAMA) 22:19
Host Speaks 30:28
Swingadelic "Sweet Honey Bee" from The Other Duke (Zoho) 32:31
Either/Orchestra "Nutty/Ode To Billie Joe" from Radium (Accurate) 37:01
Host Speaks 44:31
John Surman/John Warren "Coastline" from The Brass Project (ECM) 45:35
Michael Gibbs "Tanglewood '63" from Michael Gibbs/Tanglewood '63 (Vocalion) 49:05
Host Speaks 59:02
Count Basie/Joe Williams "All Right, OK, You Win" from Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (Verve) 1:01:02
UCF Flying Horse Big Band "B.M.O.C." from Big Man On Campus (UCF Music) 1:04:03
DIVA Jazz Orchestra "Bucket O' Blues" from DIVA and the Boys (MCG Jazz) 1:10:14
Host Speaks 1:15:50
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra "Silent Spring" from Time/Life (Song for the Whales and Other Beings) (Impulse) 1:18:11
Host Speaks 1:29:51
Emiliano Sampaio "For Astor" from Music for Large Ensembles, Vol. II (Session Works) 1:32:26
Orchestre National de Jazz "LIbertango" from Piazzola! (Jazz Village) 1:38:48
Host Speaks 1:47:34
Joe Henderson "Chelsea Bridge" from Big Band (Verve) 1:48:17
Duke Ellington "The Swingers Get The Blues, Too" from Blues in Orbit (Columbia) 1:52:44
Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Odwalla/The Theme" from Selected Recordings (ECM) 1:55:46

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