mandi Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 For those of you that like the big bands, who do you like and why. I like them when I hear them but I could not give you a name of one if I had to. I want to put a few in my music library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomac Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Count Basie Duke Ellington Stan Kenton Artie Shaw Tommy Dorsey Glen Miller Beny Goodman Dizzy Gillespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomac Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Oh, you wanted to know why! They are the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Buddy Rich Duke Pearson also dabbled in big band for a while but it was a different sound altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjohnsonhp Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 I like the Big Bands that really swing! Some of the others were bland pop music hit makers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomac Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 If Count Basie didn't swing I guess nobody swung! America's Number One Band - The Columbia Years Easin' Atomic Basie Count Basie at the Sands with Frank Sinatra or vise versa! Early recordings with Lester Young on TS. April in Paris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 No Woody Herman? Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomac Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I'm not very familiar with Woody Herman but that sure dosen't mean he didn't have several great bands. I just don't remember him from when I was a kid and listened to my father and uncle's music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjohnsonhp Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I like the list above plus CHICK WEBB, BENNIE MOTEN and his KC ORCHESTRA and others. How about a compilation if you are only wanting a sample? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Try www.swinginlovers.com. Modern big band sound. Awesome on the Klipsch. Yes, they are from France. Email me if you need help getting the CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-MAN Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Best modern swing band IMO, hands down is the SPITFIRE Band out of Canada. Every bit as accomplished as the real bands of the 30's and 40's. Unfortunately, the cd recordings are less-than-average. But the musicianship is worthy of respect and still shines through... It's a real shame that some "good" engineering is not used (at least so far)... DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royster Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 BIG BANDS make BIG sound! And BIG sound makes BIG fun! Throw a couple BIG girls in the mix and what more could one ask for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Some Big Beers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazman Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 ---------------- On 6/14/2004 8:11:44 PM boomac wrote: Count Basie Duke Ellington Stan Kenton Artie Shaw Tommy Dorsey Glen Miller Beny Goodman Dizzy Gillespie ---------------- One of my favorites is the Thad Jones and Mel Lewis big band/orchestra. This band kicks. Klipsch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I am certainly do not claim to be an expert as far as Big Band music. However, I can vividly remember both my grandparents and also my own parents listening to these groups while growing up in the 60's. Glenn Miller Gene Krupa Tommy Dorsey Benny Goodman Tito Puente Buddy Rich Rudy Vallee Count Basie Dizzy Gillespie Duke Ellington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass Toshiko Akiyoshi and her Big Band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandi Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 Yo, Mark1101, your comments on "the swingin lovers" got me huntin big bands I went to their website and listened to some of their demos. I emailed them but no reply so "You've got mail". Oh, where in GA, I am heading to Savannah on Friday. Thanks for all the input I think I will go look for a sample CD. Anyone ever see one of em? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovedrummin Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I used to play drums, so I've always been partial to Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. Also check out Ed Shaunnessy if you find him on anything. He was the drummer for the Tonight Show Band back when Johnny Carson was king of night-time TV. I was fortunate as a teenager that my grandfather and uncle (a couple of big band fans - may they r.i.p.)took me to The Steel Pier in Atlantic City a couple of times to see Krupa and Rich. Some of my fondest musical memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Not a huge fan of the big bands, but here's a cd you may want to check out, it's the soundtrack for the movie Kansas City, directed by Robert Altamn and put out in 1996. They used a band put together for the movie, and from what I've heard made an excellent stab at the Kansas City big band sound. I play it quite a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Bill Perkins (who replaced Stan Getz in Herman's band when he went out on his own) once told me that this was the loosest, swingingist bunch of cats he ever played with and that Herman was a great, laid back leader. He also told me that 80% of the band was addicted to heroin and that this was one of the main reasons Woody broke the band up. They reformed as "the Third Herd" a year or so later and that's when they cut those tracks with Charlie Parker. Killer big band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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