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Bill Holman Band: Live

by Jim Santella
July 5, 2005

Recorded at last year's four-day big band tribute to Maynard Ferguson in Los Angeles, this one-hour session comes straight from the hip. Bill Holman, who always communicates with his audience on several levels, introduces each piece and is sure to recognize each of his band's soloists. Make no mistake about it: they're some of the best ...

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The Bill Holman Band Live

by Jack Bowers
June 18, 2005

The Bill Holman Band Live Jazzed Media 2005 Big band album of the year? It's too early to say, but the first-ever live recording by the superlative Bill Holman Band has earned front-runner status for that honor and will surely be hard to trump. Holman, an acknowledged master in the ...

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Jazz in Concert

By Bill Holman

Label: H
Released: 2002
Track listing: Gonzo; Any Dude’ll Do; Sometimes; Blue Daniel; Bye–Ya; A View from the Side; If You Could See Me Now; St. Thomas; Marmaduke (64:01).

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The SWR Big Band / Bill Holman: Jazz in Concert

by Jack Bowers
June 1, 2002

A friend told me this album was a reissue of one released nearly a decade ago (IRS 986.987), and at first glance he would seem to be right, as there are striking similarities in the artwork, choice of repertoire (the nine selections are identical, although the playing order is slightly dissimilar) and soloists (exactly the same ...

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Kenton Presents Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino

By Bill Holman

Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 1999

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Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino: Kenton Presents Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino

by C. Andrew Hovan
September 1, 1999

Notwithstanding such notable research and narrative as presented by Ted Gioia in his book West Coast Jazz, this period denoted largely by geographic location is still significantly one of the most misunderstood in all of jazz history. This is probably due to the fact that your average fan associates the “cool school" with just about anything ...

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