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Sounds from the Road

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Alex's Tune; Seascape; La Virgen de la Macarena; Mr. Natural; Pennies From Heaven; I'm Glad There Is You; On a Slow Boat to China; Boney; Baubles, Bangles and Beads; Autumn in New York; Variations on a Brazilian Folk Song; Oblivion; Malaguena; All the Things You Are.

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Mike Vax Big Band: Sounds From The Road

Read "Sounds From The Road" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman
August 6, 2009

Featuring no less than a dozen alumni from the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Mike Vax's Big Band displays the drive and spirit of the musical organization that crisscrossed the country from the 1940s. All of the essentials of the Kenton sound are here. A tight and smooth sax section is heard on the opening ...

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The Mike Vax Big Band Featuring Alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra: Sounds from the Road

Read "Sounds from the Road" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 15, 2009

The traveling autobus--the road to the road--has frequently been used as a symbolic metaphor in movies, books, commercials and, of course, songs of all kinds. Bus travel seems to have an oddly romantic element. In the halcyon days of the barnstorming big bands, bus and car travel were the only direct ways to get to the ...