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Boston Promende Big Band: Walking the Big Duck / History: 64-99

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 1999

Where, I asked my wife, do you think the Boston Promenade Big Band might be from? “Massachusetts?” she replied. A splendid guess, but some few miles off the mark. Boston Promenade, which was established in 1964, is, believe it or not, based in Helsinki, Finland. Walking the Big Duck, released in 1997, is the band’s fourth album; the other disc, History: 64–99, is, as its title implies, an overview of the band’s recordings from 1974 to the present (with one ...