Music Suggestion Needed (Big Band)

riglehart
riglehart Posts: 276
edited July 2007 in Music & Movies
I want to try some "new" music. I like the old Glenn Miller/Les Brown big band sound, but don't like the crappy recordings you get due to the poor fidelity masters they use for "War Years Hits" CDs, and such.

Who is a MODERN big band that has good recordings of old standards?

Thanks
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited July 2007
    A few that I'm aware of:

    Big Band Style:

    Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
    BBC Big Band
    GRP All-Star Big Band

    Dixieland (revival) Style:

    Pete Fountain
    Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    Al Hirt
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited July 2007
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    Excellant digital recording from Telarc.

    Features:
    Ray Brown -- bass
    Dave Brubeck -- piano
    Cab Calloway -- vocals
    Eddie Daniels -- clarinet
    Buddy Morrow -- trombone
    Gerry Mulligan -- baritone sax
    Doc Severinsen -- trumpet
    Ed Shaughnessy -- drums
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited July 2007
    Airmen of Note
    http://www.amazon.com/Airmen-Note/dp/B00000JNR6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-6651557-5213468?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1184222139&sr=8-1

    Perhaps Michael Buble?
    http://www.amazon.com/Caught-Act-CD-%2B-DVD/dp/B000BFH2S2/ref=sr_1_4/103-6651557-5213468?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1184222248&sr=1-4
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited July 2007
    might want to give Jaco Pastorius a try. Stuf he did with his "Word of Mouth" big band was friggen awesome.

    try these albums

    Word of Mouth
    The Birthday Concert
    Invitation

    (the last 2 are the live albums, and in my opinion superior to the studio effort)

    the Birthday Concert and Invitation get alot of spin time in my rig.


    The band's performance in "invitation" seems a skosh better then the Birthday Concert, but I like the overall sound of the Birthday Concert better. seemed like a smaller venue, where Invitation was a big concert in Japan I believe. If you like one though, you have to try the other
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited July 2007
    In The Digital Mood - The Glenn Miller Orchestra (on the GRP label)

    Big band music in full digital glory
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2007
    Danny Tse wrote: »
    In The Digital Mood - The Glenn Miller Orchestra (on the GRP label)

    Big band music in full digital glory

    Second!
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited July 2007
    Try... "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy". www.bbvd.com
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    The Count Basie Orchestra is still alive and well.
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  • Gretsch6136
    Gretsch6136 Posts: 80
    edited July 2007
    Give your ears and perception a working over and get yourself some Brian Setzer Orchestra CD's. His first self titled one is the most traditional with the most covers of old tunes on it.

    Cheers,

    Mark
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited July 2007
    Gretsch6136 wrote: »
    Give your ears and perception a working over and get yourself some Brian Setzer Orchestra CD's.

    BSO +1
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    The Buddy Rich Big Band - Big Swing Face
    The Buddy Rich Big Band - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

    Those were recorded live, and the recording jobs are superlative. You'd be hard pressed to find a better sounding or more highly motivated big band. For proof of this, find the recording on the internet of Buddy giving one of his bands a "pep talk" on the tour bus during the intermission at a show. Before it's all over he threatens to LEAVE THEM THERE and ride the bus home alone if they don't get their **** together during the second half.

    George Benson & The Count Basie Orchestra - Big Boss Band (dynamite recording)

    Maynard Ferguson - MF Horn, and MF Horn II


    The Glenn Miller Band was really what was called a "sweet" band and maybe almost a "society" band, never really stretching out with solos and stuff like that. Just sugar sweet stuff that puts me to sleep. Les Brown & His Band of Reknown is a whole different story.
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited July 2007
    Finally, Gabriel received a worthy teacher. RIP Maynard.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2007
    Amen.

    For what it's worth, when both MF and BR's bands were still touring in the 70's and early 80's, Buddy's was the Maserati zipping in and out of traffic and Maynard's was a Cadillac touring machine. Both ultimately listenable.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited July 2007
    Gretsch6136 wrote: »
    Give your ears and perception a working over and get yourself some Brian Setzer Orchestra CD's. His first self titled one is the most traditional with the most covers of old tunes on it.

    Cheers,

    Mark


    I concur on Brian Setzer
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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