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Big Band Caravan
Phil Kelly and the NW Prevailing Winds; Eric Essix and the Night Flight Big Band; University of North Texas Two O'Clock Lab Band
Jack Bowers
A former newspaper writer / editor who has been writing about big-band Jazz for more than fifteen years.Tracks: Top Fuel Pete vs. the Trav-ski; I Won't Dance; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; When I'm Sixty-Four; The Sunny Side of the Street; What'll I Do; Jazz Party; Of Another Time; Driftin'; Dance You Monster to My Soft Song; I Be Serious 'Bout Dem Blues; Sambandrea Swing.
Personnel: Jay Saunders: director. 2009 Two O'Clock Lab Band: Dan Foster, Justin Woodward, Dave Richards, Dan Cron, Mike Shields: trumpet; Adam Hutcheson, Brian Girley, Ben Bohorquez, Matt Morey, Sarah Roberts: reeds; Kevin Hicks, Nick Wlodarczyk, Hiroshi Wada, Alex Dubrov, Sean Casey: trombone; Roberto Verastequi: piano; Matt Hornbeck: guitar; Sean Jacoby: bass; Sean Jones: drums; Matt Hurley: percussion. Guest artist: Tatiana Mayfield: vocal(3).
In the Mood for Standards
Tracks: Watermelon Man; Bluesette; Summertime; It's You or No One; A Night in Tunisia; Body and Soul; It Don't Mean a Thing; Puttin' on the Ritz; Nature Boy; All of Me; In the Mood.
Personnel: Lasse Lindgren: leader, trumpet; Joakim Rolandsson, Bjorn Cedergren, Tomas Jonsson, Alberto Pinton, Lennart Grahn, Ulrik Hoglund, Johan Akerwall, Jacob Sollerman, Niclas Rydh, Marcus Ahlberg, Anders Hellman, Tommy Kotter, Daniel Nolgard, Johan Oijen, Peter Janson, David Sundby, Goran Kroon (no instrumentation given).
Many Moods
Tracks: What Is This Thing Called Love; I've Got You Under My Skin; La Peleona; Myrta Silver's Medley; They Can't Take That Away From Me; Oh God! I Love You; Misty; Muchos Besos; Blue Moon; The Hungry Years; 'Til You Come Back to Me; That Old Black Magic.
Personnel: Yolanda Duke: vocals. The Tito Puente Orchestra: Jose Madera: music director, timbales; John Walsh, Richard Viruet, Pete Nater, Kevin Bryan: trumpet; Bobby Porcelli: alto sax, flute; Mitch Frohman, Todd Bashore, Pete Brainin: tenor sax, flute; Pete Miranda: baritone sax; Reynaldo Jorge, Noah Bless, Lewis Kahn: trombone; Sam Burtis: bass trombone; Sonny Bravo, Champian Fulton (2, 7): piano; Gerry Madera: bass; Willie Martinez: drums; John Rodriguez: bongo, bell, guiro; George Delgado: conga; Robert Chauson, Antoine Silverman, Paul Peabody, Juliet Haffner, Belinda Whitney, Anja Wood, Lanny Payking: strings; Franky Vazquez, Claudette Sierra, Marco Bermudez, Cita Rodriguez, Jennifer Martinez: background vocals. Guest artist: Jose "El Canario" Alberto: vocal.
Strange Wonderful
Tracks: Knots; Stomp Clap; Revolution; Solace in Searching; Catch Me If You Can; All of Me; Strange Wonderful; Dolphin Dance; Gozar.
Personnel: Chris Merz: director; Jeff Currie, Maryann Hinman, Ari Micich, Leslie Aboud, Logan Vander Weil: trumpet and flugelhorn (5); Robert Espe, Eva Andersen, Tim Sanders, Mike Hoover, Zach Elster: reeds; Mike Conrad, Chris Walck, Andrew Thoreen: trombone; Adam Petersen: bass trombone; Jenna Hardy: vibes; Billy LeGrand: guitar (3, 6, 8, 9); Peter Roberts: piano; Easton Stuard: piano (1), flute, alto flute (2, 7); Brooke Peters: bass; Cory McBride: drums; Austin Brown, Jacob Davis (2): stomping and clapping; Ari Micich: trumpet (4); Alex Popinga: flute (4); Sharra Wagner: clarinet (4); Katlin McBride: bass clarinet (4); Robert Espe: violin (4); Justin Taylor: viola (4); Michael Sturgeon: cello (4); Brooke Peters: bass (4); Mike Conrad: piano (4); Jacob Davis: drums (4).
