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Jazz Orchestras
by Nick Catalano
This excerpt appears in New York Nights: Performing, Producing and Writing in Gotham (IUniverse, 2008). In addition to the productions of the dance band shows, being a Performing Arts producer meant that I had the opportunity to present artists from every genre imaginable. I steadfastly tried to adhere to some sense of objectivity listening ...
Vic Lewis (1919-2009)
Vic Lewis, a British bandleader whose intensive admiration for Stan Kenton and other West Coast jazz artists led him to form one of Britain's most admired American-sounding jazz orchestras of the late 1940s and 1950s, died on Monday in the U.K. He was 89. Most American jazz fans are unfamiliar with Lewis, primarily because the bandleader ...
Jazz Composers Workshop
By Bill Russo
Label: Savoy Jazz
Released: 1955
Track listing: The Princess Of Evil; Slightly Brightly; Deep People; The Count On Rush Street; Pooch McGooch; All Of Me; It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); An Esthete On Clark Street; Cathy; Cookie; Sposin'; Ennui; Gloomy Sunday; Vignette;
New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm
By Stan Kenton
Label: Capitol Records
Released: 1953
Track listing: 23°N — 82°W; Portrait of a Count;
Invention for Guitar and Trumpet;
My Lady;
Young Blood;
Frank Speaking; Prologue (This Is an Orchestra!);
Improvisation.
