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

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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
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