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Woody Herman: The Band That Plays The Blues 1938

Read "The Band That Plays The Blues 1938 " reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 1, 2002

The Pre-Thundering Herd... Woodrow Charles Herman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 16, 1913. An excellent clarinet and saxophonist and vocalist, Herman was to be best known for leading a series of influential big bands. Like Hector Berlioz, Woody Herman would be better know for this ability to make a band play than for ...

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Blues in the Night

By Woody Herman

Label: Hitchcock Media Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Blue Flame (Theme Song); Keep on Keepin' on; Adam's Apple' Blues in the Night; 25 or 6 to 4; Medley: Pennies from Heaven, I've Got the World on a String; Woody Reminisces about Igor Stravinsky; Love in Silent Amber; Variations on a Scene: Bijou; Woody recalls "Sidewalk"; Sidewalk Stanley; Theme Song

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The Third Herd

By Woody Herman

Label: Storyville Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Theme: Blue Flame; Perdido; Lonesome Gal; Early Autumn; By George; Pennies from Heaven; Don

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Woody Herman: The Third Herd

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 2001

In 1951, two years after he was forced to disband the groundbreaking Second Herd, Woody Herman was back in the saddle and leading another swinging ensemble, the suitably named Third Herd. These radio air–checks of the Herd were recorded during a three–week engagement at the Hollywood Palladium in May–June ’51. Gone were the original “Four Brothers” ...

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Buddy Childers

by Robert Spencer
May 11, 2001

The Big Band sound of legend, the Big Band sound of Duke and Basie and the Thundering Herd, the Big Wide Enormous Fat Sound, is alive and well. The Big Band sound is alive and well and living in the horn of Buddy Childers. Mr. Marion Childers turned 75 on February 12, and from ...

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Woody Herman and His Thundering Herd: Blues in the Night

by Dave Nathan
February 1, 2001

This 1971 performance was part of a huge jazz concert in Clearwater, FL sponsored by station WAZE . In addition to Woody Herman's aggregation, the Four Freshmen and Stan Kenton's band were there. These sessions have also been issued by Hitchcock. Herman's music and arrangements are fresh and exciting, not repeats of the same stuff he ...

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The Complete Capitol Recordings

By Woody Herman

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Released: 2000
Track listing: Disc 1

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Live In London at Ronnie Scott's

By Woody Herman

Label: NY Jam
Released: 2000
Track listing: Apple Honey; Early Autumn; Carnavalito; Cousins Sugar Loaf Mountain; Northwest Passage; After Hours; Pavane; Opus De Funk; Fanfare For The Common Man. (Total Time: 64:15)

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