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A Fresh Taste of Thad Jones and Frank Foster
By SWR Big Band
Label: Hänssler Classic
Released: 2006
Track listing: Counter Block; Mean What You Say; Ode to Joe Newman; Winners; Love Handles; Basic-ally Yours; Victorious Blues; Now That She
SWR Big Band: A Fresh Taste of Thad Jones and Frank Foster
by Jack Bowers
None of the music on Fresh Taste is actually fresh, having been recorded in 1994-96 when the SWR Big Band was still the SDR, and previously issued on CD--but that doesn't mean it need be any less rewarding to anyone who hasn't yet heard it. To the contrary, those whose antennae are attuned to the straight-ahead ...
Basie-Cally Sammy
Label: Hänssler Classic
Released: 2005
Track listing: Dimensions in Blue; Sweet Georgia Brown; 88 Basie Street; Fancy Pants; Time Stream; No More; Li
Sammy Nestico and the SWR Big Band: Basie-Cally Sammy
by Jack Bowers
Some people are born to rule, others to serve. Sammy Nestico, it seems, was born to swing. From his early years as chief arranger for the US Air Force Airmen of Note and later for the irrepressible Count Basie Orchestra, Nestico prized swinging above all else, and that's no less true on Basie-cally Sammy, his warmhearted ...