Big bands?

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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I got some Duke Ellington and really like it. I wondered what else is good to check out?
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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    Oh man - that's just the beginning! Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey are all classics. Don't neglect the new stuff though, Big Bad Vodoo Daddy & Squirrel Nut Zippers are two that come to mind that are excellent as well! Particularly partial to the first BBVD release. Excellent and you get classic big band with modern recording techniques!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    Love the big band sound, especially around VE/VJ Days an other times of the year when my grandparents or WW II veterans come to mind.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    Love Big Band music....there is an outstanding syndicated radio show called Big Band Jump on WRAS streaming every sat. or sun.
    http://www.wyyr.com/Don-Kennedy-Big-Band-Jump-Archive-Page.html
    Don Kennedy is one of those old school radio guys with a timeless voice....check this show out for sure!
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    Heres another link to find a station
    http://www.bigbandjump.com
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  • pongshi
    pongshi Posts: 376
    edited January 2016
    What...no Harry James mentioned :) Yeah, got a ton of big band stuff and I love it. Best of all is that there are tons of cheap vinyl records in great condition for this genre.
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    I have over 40 of Buddy Rich's Cd's and all else in this Genre fails to compare. But I'm a drummer til my death, so pretty much a personal taste opinion I realize. Buddy's stuff just swings and jumps and then when the drum solo hits it's frightening!
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    tophatjohnny wrote: »
    I have over 40 of Buddy Rich's Cd's and all else in this Genre fails to compare. But I'm a drummer til my death, so pretty much a personal taste opinion I realize. Buddy's stuff just swings and jumps and then when the drum solo hits it's frightening!

    Buddy Rich +1.. a little older Gene Krupa too.

    I also dig Cab Calloway's early stuff was great and then evolved into more of a "Big Band"

    He might have invented the music video.

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  • StantonZ
    StantonZ Posts: 444
    tophatjohnny wrote: »
    I have over 40 of Buddy Rich's Cd's and all else in this Genre fails to compare. But I'm a drummer til my death, so pretty much a personal taste opinion I realize. Buddy's stuff just swings and jumps and then when the drum solo hits it's frightening!

    If you're a drummer (I am), you'll love this: the Buddy Rich Band did a couple of "tribute" CD's in the 70's with just about every famous drummer of our generation. The music is smokin' and the production is top notch. Read my CD review here.

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2016
    The Buddy Rich Big Band is the Maserati of big bands. Get "Big Swing Face" or "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy." Maynard Ferguson's Big Band was like the Cadillac of big bands. After that Basie & his orchestra, the Lionel Hampton Big Band.

    I hate the "sweet" bands like Glenn Miller. Put you to sleep if you don't watch out.

    And don't forget that the worlds's greatest drummer, Neil Peart, had a bit to do with producing those BR tribute sessions. He just didn't have the nerve (or the talent) to play on them. World's greatest drummer my eye. Those sessions were from the 80 and 90's I believe, as they were after he died which was 1987.
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  • coolsax
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    My favorite Big Band Album is Count Basie's Atomic Basie. Great dynamics and the music is a lot of fun.
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    Love Big Band Swing also, always have. I don't give a bleep what the rap hip hop people say, Big band will always be around, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. So many great bands and musicians ,singers grew out of the big band era. Love some of the new stuff too, one of my favs is BSO, also check out the Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra . ;)
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  • tonyp063
    tonyp063 Posts: 1,088
    Stan Kenton is not to be missed.
    Woody Herman from the Thundering Herd era. Especially "Blowin' Up a Storm".
    Queue up Four Brothers & wait for your jaw to drop.
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