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Size Matters: (Mostly New) Jazz for Big Bands and Orchestras, Part 3

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
August 10, 2021
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Big bands and orchestras have something smaller ensembles cannot offer, sheer power and energy, and that often equals tons of fun, like you will find in our ongoing deep-dive into the world of forward-looking big bands and orchestras [after Part 1 and Part 2]. This show features mostly new and upcoming albums from some of the best large ensembles from around the globe. Sometimes bigger is actually better!

Happy listening!

Playlist

Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Fabia Mantwill Orchestra "Trio.logy" EM.PERIENCE (XJAZZ Music) 0:16
Host talks 6:06
Electric Lady Big Band "Come On (Part One)" Electric Lady Big Band (Self-released) 7:30
Host talks 12:00
Colin Towns, NDR Big Band "G Spot Tornado" Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (And Funny Smells) (Provocateur) 13:16
David Sanford Big Band "Popit" A Prayer for Lester Bowie (Greenleaf) 18:04
Host talks 20:49
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society "Dark Alliance" Real Enemies (New Amsterdam) 22:27
Big Heart Machine "Tamalpais -III. Stinson Beach" Big Heart Machine (Outside in Music) 29:27
Vanessa Perica Orchestra "Dance of the Zinfandels" Love Is a Temporary Madness (Self-released) 36:27
Host talks 42:52
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp "Be Patient" We're OK. But We're Lost Anyway (Bongo Joe) 44:49
Awakening Orchestra "Burn" Volume II: To Call Her to a Higher Plain (Biophilia Records) 49:49
Umlaut Big Band "Chunka Lunk" Mary's Ideas (Self-released) 56:30
Host talks 1:00:17
Van Dyke Parks, Verónica Valerio "Cielito Lindo" Van Dyke Parks orchestrates Verónica Valerio: Only in America -EP (Modern Recordings) 1:01:26
theBABAorchestra "III" Marigold (Thirsty Owl Records Slow & Steady Records) 1:05:00

Photo credit: Dovile Sermokas

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