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Bill O'Connell's Chicago Skyliners Big Band: Contemporary Classics

Read "Contemporary Classics" reviewed by Dave Nathan


Looking at the song list of Bill O'Connell's fine Chicago Skyliners Big Band latest album, one gets a sinking feeling that the band had regressed to regurgitating big band tunes and arrangements of yore, especially given the album subtitle, Big Band's Greatest Hits. But this concerns goes away when the CD is put into the player. ...

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Bill O'Connell's Chicago Skyliners Big Band: Big Bands Greatest Hits

Read "Big Bands Greatest Hits" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This is the kind of album, says drummer Bill O'Connell, that his Chicago Skyliners must release from time to time to induce the paying gigs that help keep the ensemble together. But even though the songs on Big Bands Greatest Hits are for the most part Swing Era classics, the charts have been lovingly renovated by ...

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Bill O'Connell's Chicago Skyliners Big Band: Play It Again, Sammy

Read "Play It Again, Sammy" reviewed by Jack Bowers


For those who can't get enough Basie, especially Basie""style charts written by quintessential swingmeister Sammy Nestico, Play It Again, Sammy may be just the ticket. The disc's subtitle is “The Count Basie / Sammy Nestico Years, and much of the material on offer has been recycled from an earlier LP (and later, CD), Basie Straight Ahead, ...


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