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Art of the Arranger

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
April 5, 2022
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This week, large ensembles and horn sections arranged Don Sebesky for Freddie Hubbard, Mary Lou Williams for the Twelve Clouds of Joy, Quincy Jones for The Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra plus arrangements by Miho Hazama, Melba Liston, Kamasi Washington and more. Then, jazz and spoken word from Charles Mingus, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Darius Jones. Then, new releases from Yuko Fujiyama, Lisa Ullen & Brandon Seabrook.

Playlist

Remy Le Boeuf Assembly of Shadows "Minnesota, WI" from Architecture Of Storms (Soundspore Records) 0:01:35
Andy Kirk "Mary's Idea" from 1929-1931 (Classics) 0:07:35
Miho Hazama, Metropole Orkest Big Band "Friday the Thirteenth" from The Monk: Live at Bimhuis (Sunnyside) 0:10:47
Freddie Hubbard "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" from First Light (CTI Records) 0:18:45
Kamasi Washington "Change of the Guard" from The Epic (Brainfeeder) 0:26:57
Shirley Scott "A Shot in the Dark" from Great Scott!! (Impulse!) 0:40:02
Quincy Jones "Dead End" from Walking in Space (CTI Records) 0:43:05
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra "Africana" from Gillespiana (Essential Jazz Classics) 0:47:00
Melba Liston "Blues Melba" from Melba Liston and her Bones (Fresh Sounds Records) 1:00:01
Count Basie Orchestra "Flight of the Foo Birds" from The Atomic Mr. Basie (Waxtime in Color) 1:06:32
Charles Mingus "Scenes in the City" from A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry with Charlie Mingus (Bethlehem Records) 1:10:55
Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Theme for the Eulipions" from The Return of the 5000 lb. Man (Warner Brothers Records) 1:22:44
Darius Jones Quartet featuring Emilie Lesbros "Chanteuse in Blue" from Le Bébé De Brigitte (Lost In Translation) (AUM Fidelity) 1:32:44
Yuko Fujiyama, Graham Hynes, Ikue Mori "Prologue" from Quite Passion (Intakt Records) 1:41:55
Brandon SeabrookTrio "In the Swarm" from In the Swarm (Astral Sprits) 1:46:38
Lisa Ullen, Elsa Bergman, Anna Lund "Come Together" from (Relative Pitch Records) 1:52:03

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