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Out of the Woods
By Les Hooper
Label: Hooperman Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Cool School Dropout; Poultry in Motion; Muddy Road; New Suit for Zoot; Blue �n Green; Life Without You; Miles Back; What�s Goin� On?; Don�t Know Why; Back in Blue Orleans; Until You; Bleep Blop; We�ll Be Right Back; Willow Weep for Me (57:08).
The Les Hooper Band: Out of the Woods
by Jack Bowers
On “New Suit for Zoot" (aka “Tickletoe"), the latest edition of Les Hooper's southern California-based big band kicks the accelerator and really burns rubber. Unfortunately, that's one of the few high spots in an otherwise curiously lackluster album that seems to be aimed for the most part at what's left of the commercial jazz market.
Look What They've Done / Dorian Blue / Raisin' the Roof / Anything Goes
By Les Hooper
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Released: 2001
Track listing: Look What They
The Les Hooper Big Band: Look What They've Done / Dorian Blue / Raisin' the Roof / Anything Goes
by Jack Bowers
Here’s an unexpected but no less welcome windfall for big–band lovers. Composer / arranger / pianist Les Hooper has reissued four of his superb albums from the ’70s and ’80s on compact disc, the first two featuring his excellent Chicago–based group, the others an all–star West Coast ensemble. If you appreciate a big band that swings ...
