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Craig Raymond and the Next Generation Big Band

Craig Raymond and the Next Generation Big Band: Let's Dance Band Stand

by Jack Bowers
March 3, 2005

When big bands were king, the impetus behind their success was as much about dancing as it was listening. People thronged to see and hear bands led by Miller, Goodman, the Dorsey brothers, Harry James, Charlie Barnet, Artie Shaw, Chick Webb, Andy Kirk and their peers but listened for the most part while dancing cheek-to-cheek with ...

Big Band Concert & Frank Sinatra Tribute

By Craig Raymond and the Next Generation Big Band

Label: Alanna
Released: 2004
Track listing: I Want to Be Happy; It's a Wonderful World; I've Got You Under My Skin; The Summer Wind; Sort O' Blue; Polka Dots and Moon Beams; In the (Swing) Mood; Girl from Ipanema; Come Rain or Come Shine; Street of Dreams; For Once in My Life; Start of Something Big.

Craig Raymond and the Next Generation Big Band: Big Band Concert & Frank Sinatra Tribute

by Jack Bowers
March 15, 2004

The second album by trumpeter Craig Raymond’s Next Generation Big Band is almost a mirror image of the first; that is to say, a bright and swinging jazz/dance session from start to finish. There are some modest points of departure, however, as Raymond has added a few new wrinkles—a “Frank Sinatra tribute” by vocalist Lou Dottoli, ...

It's Our Time

By Craig Raymond and the Next Generation Big Band

Label: Alanna
Released: 2003
Track listing: Night Train; Stella by Starlight; Bubbles; When I Fall in Love; Orbit; Theme for Jacqualine; That

Craig Raymond and the Next Generation Big Band: It's Our Time

by Jack Bowers
February 3, 2003

If the name Craig Raymond sounds vaguely familiar, that’s because he’s the son of longtime Philadelphia bandleader Al Raymond, who recently retired and handed the reins to his trumpet-playing offspring (hence the name “Next Generation Band”). Stylistically, the band remains roughly the same, about equal parts jazz and dance music, but the younger Raymond keeps everyone ...