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Dani Felber Big Band / Dan Gailey Jazz Orchestra / Jazz Composer's Workshop Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Dani Felber Big BandMore Than Just Friends Self Published2010 Before hazarding any premature comment about the merits of this new album by Swiss bandleader Dani Felber, it must be noted at the outset that one of Felber's good friends is former Count Basie stalwart Frank Foster whose even-handed ...
Salute to Stan Kenton: Artistry in Contrast
by Jack Bowers
Artistry in Rhythm, the Ken Poston / Los Angeles Jazz Institute's 2009 homage to the renowned bandleader Stan Kenton, was held October 8-11 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel. As always, there was much to see, hear and admire: films, panel discussions, special presentations and, last but not least, no fewer than nineteen concerts by ...
Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans
by Jack Bowers
Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...
"A Swingin' Affair" Outshines Its Name
by Jack Bowers
With an appreciative bow and genial tip of the hat to the late Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute named its semi-annual big-band soiree May 21-24 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel “A Swingin' Affair." Was the event able to live up to its name? In the immortal words of ...
Chances Are It Swings
Label: RCA Victor
Released: 1972
Track listing: Chances Are; No Such Luck; It's Not For Me To Say; Lilac Chiffon; I Just Don't Know; Who Needs You. Everybody Loves A Lover; Come To Me; My Very Good Friend In The Looking Glass; You Know How It Is; A Very Special Love; Teacher, Teacher.
Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers
Label: RCA Victor
Released: 1957
Track listing: I've Got Five Dollars; Ten Cents a Dance; Mountain Greenery; A Ship Without a Sail; Mimi; Its Got to Be Love; I Could Write a Book; The Girl Friend; On a Desert Island with Thee; Thou Swell.
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