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The Studio "A" Big Band

Uptown Stomp: A Tribute to the Big Bands

By The Studio "A" Big Band

Label: Walking Frog
Released: 1999

Da Blues Done Gotcha Again!

By The Studio "A" Big Band

Label: Walking Frog
Released: 1999

The Studio "A" Big Band: Uptown Stomp: A Tribute to the Big Bands

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 1999

Instead of merely rehashing songs that were popular during America’s Golden Age of big bands (mainly the ’30s and ’40s), the Studio “A” Big Band salutes its renowned forerunners by performing (mostly) new compositions by Don Sebesky, Howard Rowe, Dominick Spera, Lennie Niehaus and others “in the style of” those celebrated ensembles and others of more ...

The Studio "A" Big Band: Da Blues Done Gotcha Again!

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 1999

Da Blues have seldom been as high–spirited or upbeat as they are on this breezy collection of blues–based compositions (six) and arrangements by Andy Clark performed by the largely anonymous but notably accomplished Studio “A” Big Band. Of the half–dozen compositions that aren’t his (and another that isn’t quite), Clark hasn’t gone for the obvious (except ...