| 单词 | big band |
| 例句 | He had invited me to probably ten of his gigs to watch him play and had once let me sit in on drums at a big band concert for a thousand people. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, big bands from New York, out touring the one-night stands in the sticks, would play for big dances in Lansing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It astonished me that Shorty didn’t care to go and hear the big bands play. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t dig joining some big band, one-nighting all over just to say I played with Count or Duke or somebody.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother allowed us to go to the big band dances in the crowded city auditorium. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘There’s a big band about four miles away,’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The melting pot that is America has yielded brand new genres such as big band, jazz, blues, rock and roll, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And people wear tuxedos, and there’s a big band, and perhaps some mob activity? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The energy that I spend on a project, whether solo or for big band, it’s pretty much the same,” she said. Satoko Fujii, a Pianist Who Finds Music Hidden in the Details of Life 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z During World War II, Mr. Robinson was a corporal stationed in Hawaii in charge of hiring entertainment, from big bands to a one-footed tap dancer. Bobby Robinson, Harlem Music Impresario, Dies at 93 2011-01-12T05:12:52Z Mr. Alexander began his career arranging for big bands in the 1930s and later composed for film and television. Van Alexander, Composer of ‘A-Tisket, A-Tasket,’ Dies at 100 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z The big band rounded out the program with more Holman works that featured silvery and dissonant crisscrossing melodies. Bebop rules at Jazz Port Townsend 2011-08-01T05:16:04Z She’s a real singer with a big band in a studio, not some movie star they’re trying to pass off as a singer.” Channeling a Bombshell, One Jazzy Note at a Time 2011-08-06T20:43:02Z Many of the guests sound a little daunted by Mr. Marsalis’s ultratight little big band — but not Ray Charles from 2003 in one of his last recordings, still in great voice. The Playlist: Shawn Mendes Shows His Scars, and 9 More New Songs 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z As big bands fell out of fashion, Mr. Otis stripped the ensemble down to just a few horns and a rhythm section and stepped to the forefront of the emerging rhythm and blues scene. Johnny Otis, Rhythm and Blues Musician, Dies at 90 2012-01-20T01:42:36Z Then Mr. Tolliver disappeared from the scene, returning only within the last decade, often with a big band format. Fall Pop Music Preview: An Abundance of Rhythms and Styles 2013-09-09T16:03:09Z The same holds true in the pit, where the Northern Sinfonia has been augmented by the saxes and horns from Wilson's own big band. West Side Story – review 2012-07-06T16:59:01Z Here are 13 classic tunes from the and back catalogues – from Virginia Plain to Don't Stop the Dance - reimagined as big band soiree music from the tootling 1920s, to mark 40 years of Ferry's career. Bryan Ferry Orchestra: The Jazz Age – review 2012-11-25T00:05:23Z It’s the third movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, arranged for big band by Jazz at Lincoln Center’s artistic director, Wynton Marsalis. Music Review: Bobby McFerrin and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 2012-09-14T22:53:19Z Is there something holding her multi-directionality — as a sensitive soloist, a brash improviser, an inventive big band composer and a generous small ensemble collaborator — together? Perspective | Jazz pianist Satoko Fujii is practicing the art of the possible 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Their soft-shoe was recklessly slow, a nonchalant tightrope walk of graceful control and rhythmic exactitude.They toured with the big bands of Cab Calloway and Count Basie. Cholly Atkins Taught Motown to Dance. His Moves Get an Update in ‘Ain’t Too Proud.’ 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Rather than follow the hip-hop hybrids of the day, the album offers a huge amalgam of soft rock, country-rock, hard rock, heavyish metal, big band music, bluegrass and, yes, a touch of electronic music. Review: Zac Brown Band’s ‘Jekyll + Hyde’ 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z On the album, each passage is read by a celebrity guest, and then a big band plays a movement patterned after the speech’s inflections and cadences. Swinging the Vote: Jazz Inspired by the Presidential Race 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The answer, he figured, was to start a big band. ‘They’re Doing It Out of Love’: The Big Band Rises Again 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z “In a few months I actually got a job in a downtown bar and in due time was playing in a big band.” Bill Richmond, Longtime Colleague of Jerry Lewis, Dies at 94 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Pamela had been an ordinary expatriate schoolgirl, something of a loner, but keen on ice-skating and listening to big bands on the radio. Midnight in Peking by Paul French - review 2012-06-08T21:55:15Z Mr. Rumsey, a tall, self-effacing musician who played in dime-a-dance halls along the coast before hitting the road with big bands, wandered in for a beer one afternoon in May. Howard Rumsey, bass player who built a center of West Coast jazz, dies at 97 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z By the time he was a teenager, Ralph was playing in the celebrated British big band led by Ted Heath. Ralph Sharon, Jazz Pianist Who Accompanied Tony Bennett, Dies at 91 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z In a traditional crime show, like “CSI,” if it were a big band, it’s a big band working off charts. Vince Gilligan: I’ve never Googled “Breaking Bad” 2012-07-23T20:47:00Z And a guy in our grandfather's big band, who was called Alfred Burt, who wrote a number of carols, which are really beautiful. Arcade Fire: 'We want to save Potter' 2010-12-22T08:38:13Z As a teenage trumpet player in the late ’60s, Berger revered Thad Jones, whose modern big band had gained a devoted following in a weekly gig at the Village Vanguard in New York. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The show, "Apollo Club Harlem," will recall the theater's early years, when it often presented variety programs featuring big bands, singers, dancers, female impersonaters, acrobats and comedians. ArtsBeat: The Apollo Theater to Relive Its Storied Past 2012-11-13T16:52:16Z Last started his music career in the 1960s with instrumental music recordings with his orchestra James Last & His Orchestra, a big band with strings and choir added. James Last announces final tour 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Still, the crux of the work was the music, composed by Darcy James Argue for his Secret Society big band, streamlining complex maneuvers with an on-rushing flair. All the Best Shows, of What the Critics Have Seen 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z He practically grew up in an orchestra pit where his father was a big band leader at New York’s Roxy Theatre. Comic children's actor, voice for Cocoa Puff's cuckoo, dies 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Moreover, during most of the year, Mountain View is one giant jam stage, and its community is one big band. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World Of her favorite memories, she said, are those when she first became a singer in a big band with a swinging sound. Doris Day still sings at 87, offers fans "My Heart" 2011-11-27T18:42:00Z The series begins this week with workshops focusing on the evolution of its coastal music into the big band sound of the cities. Weekend Miser 2011-04-29T16:28:48Z “I think they started to just expect to have the big bands out there — Lil Wayne, Ke$ha,” both of whom have performed at Bamboozle. | Jackson: Back to the Future for the Skate and Surf Festival 2013-05-11T00:15:24Z He appears next week with Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, a big band from Portugal, in revisiting several arrangements from their collaborative album, “Our Secret World.” Jazz Listings for May 13-19 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Zenón hasn’t written for big band before, or done the kind of deep cross-media collaboration going on here, between his music and the work of the video artist David Dempewolf. Music Review: The Saxophonist Miguel Zen?n at Montclair State 2012-02-07T23:33:32Z He seems a product of 1950s revues and quadruple bills, mixtures of comedy and R&B and big bands and romantic singers. Music Review: George Benson Tours With ?Guitar Man? at Town Hall - Review 2011-10-23T21:40:26Z Joe Wilder, a lyrical trumpeter who played with some of the biggest big bands in jazz and helped integrate Broadway, radio and television orchestras, died on Friday in Manhattan. Joe Wilder, Horn Player, Dies at 92; Elegance Was His Theme Song 2014-05-10T00:40:17Z Born in Massachusetts and raised around New England, with a singer for a mother and clarinetist for a father, he grew up around big band music and the Great American Songbook alongside symphonic classics. John Adams, an American Master at 75 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z On Sunday Mr. Lake leads his big band, whose ranks include the trumpeters Freddie Hendrix and Josh Evans; also on the bill is Mr. Evans’s hard-charging quintet. Jazz Listings for Oct. 14-20 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z After those ad hoc lessons as a teenager, Jones started his own big band and asked Terry to join, in 1959. Quincy Jones at SIFF with jazz documentary 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z But when it came to performing the song with the big band, she just got up and nailed it first time. Amy Winehouse: songs in the key of life 2012-07-22T17:00:12Z “When the 1950s came to an end the big band and R&B sounds gave way to jazz. As the 1960s continued, jazz turned into soul,” he writes. "Funky Drummer" Clyde Stubblefield, keeper of James Brown's beat, never truly got his due 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z What has a big band, Lindy Hop and tap all over? The Joyce Announces Its Summer Season 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z “If I had discipline, I would have been a professional musician,” said Linden, who played the clarinet in big bands. Hal Linden returns to the stage for 'The Fantasticks,' the longest-running musical in history 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z But on “Presence,” his big band’s third album, the pianist Orrin Evans gets there. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 70 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z "We've also been on a roll of big bands booking a very long time ahead," he said. Glastonbury to skip a year in 2012 as toilets head to London 2010-10-17T19:24:00Z I love the big band but I still like to know that I can get up there with a guitar in a small bar and hold a crowd. A Conversation with Jimmy Buffett 2013-08-19T11:00:25Z That was the big band menu; Bake's kitchen is like a combo now. Bake's bops into Bellevue, blowing changes in the kitchen 2012-08-16T20:54:04Z The album is a mix of the best contemporary big band methods with the tone-poem atmospherics so widely associated with the ECM label this project was designed to celebrate. Arild Andersen/Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Celebration – review 2012-06-14T21:30:01Z He worked with the big bands of Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and many others, and with singers including Lena Horne and Bobby Short. Eddie Bert, Trombonist and Jazzman, Dies at 90 2012-09-30T23:41:50Z It was one of those ripping big bands, with four trombones. Trey Anastasio and the art of improvisation 2011-09-05T20:01:00Z For one thing, it was a critical and financial success despite being formed in 1968, long after the heyday of big bands had ended. Rob McConnell, Musician and Big Band Leader, Dies at 75 2010-05-13T03:07:00Z In an interview here, Ms. Miller said she remembered hearing the big bands from the fire escape window every night and longing to be inside the club. From Harlem to Herrang: An Original Lindy Hopper Blooms in Sweden 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z “The grounding, of course, is in the Basie style,” said Darcy James Argue, whose contemporary big band, Secret Society, is recording its third album this week. For the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Just This Once, Every Night Is Monday Night 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z He also led the university’s One O’Clock Lab Band, the most prestigious of its nine big bands and the first college band to be nominated for a Grammy Award. Leon Breeden, Jazz Educator, Dies at 88 2010-08-14T04:45:00Z It was there that he learned to knit and tended his love of jazz and big band music. Peter Middleton obituary 2013-07-11T10:39:01Z Klein, an Argentine-born big band leader famous for his interleaved, cyclical melodies, was a teacher and mentor to Sánchez in the 2000s, when he was living in Barcelona; she would travel from Madrid for lessons. Marta Sánchez Finds Beauty in Loss With a Refreshed Quintet 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z “He holds to a relatively conservative repertory of familiar songs, but he imbues them with a fresh, joyously propulsive feeling, much as the big bands of the swing era treated popular songs.” Marty Napoleon, 93, Dies; Jazz Pianist Played With Louis Armstrong 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z When he left the service, he was hired by Kenton and went on to write more than a hundred arrangements for that big band, helping establish the progressive sound of its peak years. Pete Rugolo, Arranger and Composer, Is Dead at 95 2011-10-19T04:53:00Z Headlining the kickoff concert, in Harlem on Friday night, is another forward-thinking alto saxophonist, Oliver Lake, with his big band. Jazz Listings for Aug. 21-27 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The big band leader began his career in the late 1930s as a trumpeter for Jimmy Lunceford’s band before forming his own big band in 1944 that featured female trombonist Melba Liston. Gerald Wilson, bandleader, composer, dies By contrast, he morphs Brother Can You Spare A Dime? into a louche big band romp and turns Rihanna's Russian Roulette into melodramatic cinematic pop. George Michael 2011-08-23T18:58:26Z And play it he did, throughout a richly varied career that embraced bebop, big bands and mainstream swing, and incorporated a six-year spell as musical director for Tony Bennett. John Bunch obituary 2010-05-03T19:59:00Z It looks like a particularly brass-heavy modern-jazz big band — electric guitar and electric bass are central to its sound, too — with one big exception: three percussionists. SpokFrevo Orquestra Plays at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z In every instance, the songs are real folk songs – with well-established pedigrees – only then given a big band makeover. Bellowhead: Broadside - exclusive album stream 2012-10-09T11:54:54Z The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will perform four concerts during the event, which celebrate 80 years of big band music, from Jelly Roll Morton to the present day. Marsalis and Friends Bring Swing to London 2010-06-09T10:00:00Z There’s also a new element: horn arrangements by Matthew E. White that can be pop fanfares, an elegiac chorale or a plush big band. New Music: New Albums by Mountain Goats, Kurt Elling and Trash Talk 2012-10-09T01:10:07Z Most of his early professional experience involved playing stock arrangements in big bands; during his senior year of high school he formed one himself, writing charts from scratch. Frank Foster, Jazz Saxophonist, Composer and Arranger, Dies at 82 2011-07-27T03:26:25Z Unlike past presentations, when Elling has been joined by actors and a big band, he will perform it with just a sextet, streaming live at greenmilljazz.com, at 4 and 9 p.m. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Charles — who is also a member of the prestigious SFJazz Collective — has also been working recently with a big band, applying his hybrid musical identity to a classic jazz format. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The Wilson brothers, who were the Melotones, were a big band here at the time. Did you see the 'not so fab four' in a town hall in 1963? 2011-03-16T10:00:15Z “Glow,” his first holiday album, makes the disconnect clear: It turns out Mr. Eldredge is a disarming crooner deeply at home in front of a big band. Are You Listenin’? New Holiday Albums From Sarah McLachlan and Others 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z He played the barn three times, when an all-black big band was not a common sight in 1950s rural North Dakota. Johnson’s Barn, a North Dakota Institution, Plans Its Last Dance 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z And there is, as always, the visceral thrill of watching a big band rise up to the stage, when Jimmy’s combo kicks off the title song at the end. ‘New York, New York’ Review: The Big Apple, Without Bite 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z But when she decided to return to the profession, she enjoyed a varied and fulfilling career, playing concertos and recitals, as well as performing with big bands and recording music for film and television. Frances Andrade: 'a force of creativity' 2013-02-08T16:21:53Z “Take the ‘A’ Train” Ellington’s actual theme song, played every night by his big band, was written by his longtime musical partner Billy Strayhorn and initially recorded in 1941. Duke Ellington: 5 Essential Tracks (To Celebrate His 114th Birthday) 2013-04-29T21:29:17Z A performance and dinner space, it hosts the region's best mix of local and national jazz talent, from avant garde to big band and solo artists. Top 10 music venues in Denver, Colorado 2013-07-19T23:10:00Z Mr. McBride will appear at the Village Vanguard from Nov. 28 to Dec. 10, though without the big band. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 66 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Though decades apart, each of them owed much of their success to the mentorship of Dizzy Gillespie, and played in big bands that he led. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Jon Nelson, a trumpeter in the Meridian Arts Ensemble who also played on “Knitting Factory,” has had an opportunity to observe Sanford’s writing for chamber orchestra as well as for big band. David Sanford’s Music Has Flown Under the Radar. It Shouldn’t. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z On Monday nights when he’s not traveling Mr. Morris conducts a big band called the Nublu Orchestra, in which Mr. Ersahin plays tenor saxophone. Club Mixes Old, New and Blue 2011-06-08T21:20:47Z SAT Foxtrot lesson, 7:30 p.m., dance to the Sound of Swing big band playing waltz, fox trot, swing, rumba, and cha cha, beginners and all ages welcome, 8:15-10:30 p.m. Community Datebook calendar 2011-12-15T20:59:07Z SAT Beginning waltz lesson, 7 p.m.; dance to Sound of Swing big band for all ages, no partner required, 7:45-10 p.m. Community calendar 2012-05-30T20:57:04Z This meant first recording all ten songs on his own, then recording them again — seven with a massive orchestra and three with a big band. Watch an Exclusive Clip of Neil Young Recording "All Those Dreams" With a Full Orchestra 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Fire-eaters and acrobats raced through the crowd while a screaming big band let loose great volleys of sound. A toast to the Jazz Showcase 2010-12-27T14:26:00Z After spending most of the 1940s on the road as a sideman with various big bands, he returned to Detroit in 1950 to care for his ailing wife and ended up staying for a decade. Yusef Lateef, Innovative Jazz Saxophonist and Flutist, Dies at 93 2013-12-24T19:55:27Z They cheered up afterward at Cipriani 42nd Street, across from , for an era-appropriate party with a raucous big band and a flapper dangling from a chandelier. Scene City: The Gangsters Are All Here 2013-09-04T21:57:14Z Over our career we did pretty much everything that big bands do - we made records, we played hundreds of concerts we appeared on television, we played at festivals... Rockers reunion 2010-04-27T08:47:00Z The concourse will then be transformed into a dance hall from 7 to 9:30, with music provided by Rhythm Collective and the big band Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks. Spare Times for Feb. 1-7 2013-01-31T23:16:48Z The big bands travel with accountants, but they’d never fire someone onstage or in front of everyone. Real-life roadies review Roadies: 'I felt like a nurse watching an hour of ER' 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z SAT Masquerade ball, dance to big band swing music, Champagne toast at midnight, proceeds benefit Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Community calendar 2011-12-28T23:34:04Z Top Chicago draw: Check out Kids These Days, a big band that blends old-school soul and hip-hop. Lollapalooza day-by-day: Which day is the best if you can only do 1? 2011-06-07T13:03:44Z Gillespie, a great entertainer as well as an incredible musician, leads an edition of his prime-era, late 1940s Bebop big band. Dizzy Gillespie: Remembering a Jazz Legend 2013-10-21T17:01:15Z As one of the first big bands to suspend its tour plans, Pearl Jam’s packed schedule abruptly cleared when the pandemic hit in 2020. Mike McCready talks Pearl Jam plans, resurfacing Seattle supergroup album 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Reunion at Newport is primarily for Herman buffs and big band fans, and the tired-sounding bandleader's long announcements slow things down. Woody Herman Orchestra: Reunion at Newport 2010-07-08T21:45:00Z Yet whether he’s writing for a chamber ensemble, a big band or an orchestra, his wildness never tips into indiscipline. David Sanford’s Music Has Flown Under the Radar. It Shouldn’t. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z After serving a stint in Woody Herman’s big band he became a freelancer, working in recording studios and on Broadway. Joe Temperley, Velvety Baritone Saxophonist, Dies at 86 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The Royal Academy of Music's big band also showed the class of the emerging jazz generation last Saturday in its sophisticated interpretations of Kenny Wheeler's lesser-known works. London jazz festival 2012: big bands blow the away the competition 2012-11-19T17:19:35Z He quickly found work with a society big band, the Ross Carnegie Orchestra; he also played in the band for the Burt Bacharach-Hal David Broadway musical “Promises, Promises.” Alphonse Mouzon, Jazz and Fusion Drummer, Dies at 68 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z When they told me it was about music, and the big band was onstage, and that many of the arrangements were Duke Ellington’s, I realized it was an amazing opportunity. K. D. Lang Talks About Her Leap Into Broadway Jazz 2014-02-11T17:56:26Z “This is an offshoot of my big band, a new thing,” said Mr. Palermo, 58. | West Orange: Ed Palermo to Perform at Luna Stage in West Orange 2012-07-21T04:03:05Z He helped usher in a revolution in the musical form, which had not undergone such a jolt since the beboppers of the 1940s made the big bands seem passe. Larry Coryell, dazzling guitarist who brought rock energy to jazz, dies at 73 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z This all-star big band covers the jazz waterfront, from Jelly Roll Morton to Thelonious Monk. 31 best bets at Bumbershoot 2012 — plus ticket info 2012-08-30T19:01:05Z A downtown loft run by the esteemed saxophonist Sam Rivers and his wife, Beatrice, Rivbea — and its resident big band — gave musicians young and old a space to rehearse and perform on their own terms. 35 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Until now, he’s never led a big band, but it’s easy to see why the challenge would appeal to him. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z In his later years, Mr. Wilson continued to compose music and conduct his big band, recording a series of albums for the Mack label beginning with the Grammy-nominated “New York, New Sound” in 2003. Gerald Wilson, bandleader, composer, dies After being discharged in 1946, he auditioned for Gillespie, who led one of the first big bands to play the complex and challenging new form of jazz known as bebop. James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 85 2010-12-10T19:00:00Z “I am used to working with different musicians, with big bands, making arrangements and productions where many people get together, and currently I am taking advantage of my time from home, working alone.” Cuba's artists make music and dance on rooftops during lockdown 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Friday; Kings of Swing big band, 7:30 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-04-23T19:51:29Z He appears with Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, a big band from Portugal, in revisiting several arrangements from their collaborative album, “Our Secret World.” Jazz Listings for May 20-26 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Murray became a lodestar for the underground, earning the Village Voice’s “Musician of the Decade” accolade in 1980 while developing an array of ensembles: duets, quartets, an octet, a big band. David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Now the venerated arranger and composer has written a spanking new composition for D'Rivera himself, a three-part concerto for clarinet and jazz big band called "Northwest Passage." New Bill Holman composition debuts at Jazz Port Townsend 2011-07-20T22:19:04Z High point: "Managing to maintain, for the last 15 years, a big band that tours the world." Portrait of the artist: Jools Holland, musician and broadcaster 2011-08-01T21:01:01Z For a deceiving stretch of its first set at the Jazz Standard on Wednesday night, Ensemble Kolossus sounded like a top-flight big band. Review: Delivering a Touch of Big Band Through a Jazz Collective 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The award-winning big band plays Duke Ellington's "Jazz Nutcracker." What's up with nightlife this week 2012-11-29T21:34:16Z The Japanese composer has a hefty new album, “Entity,” out in February with her Orchestra New York, a nontraditional big band with a vivid, imposing sound. Perspective | Jazz pianist Satoko Fujii is practicing the art of the possible 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Since going solo in 1967, he’s kept his ensembles stacked with heavy-duty improvisers, often building something like a rock ‘n’ roll big band, with a formidable horn section. Van Morrison Would Rather Play Jazz Than Talk About It 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Early in his career, he said, a typical week might mean a big band show at one club followed by blues at another. Jazz Lives in Clubs. The Pandemic Is Threatening Its Future. 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z After popping up at different Jazz at Lincoln Center venues, the veteran entertainer will stage her first full feature performance there, with a big band, at the Appel Room, Oct. 27-28. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 66 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Franklin’s album flaunts her style-hopping, from reggae to big band to the borderline of hip-hop. Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox and Kiesza Release New Albums 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Mudhoney is the only big band from the initial birth year of grunge that has kept playing consistently without long breakups — not to mention having all its members still alive. Mudhoney: After 25 years, the band is ‘now’ 2013-03-29T03:42:56Z In 1945, as the big band era declined, he moved to California. Van Alexander, Composer of ‘A-Tisket, A-Tasket,’ Dies at 100 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z The music of “Black No More” largely fits this era, smoothly transitioning from swing jazz to big band to soul. The Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul, in One Show 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Performances range from the Buenos Aires Philharmonic to big band tunes to poetry/music combos, so check the website, usinadelarte.org, ahead of time. 36 Hours in Buenos Aires 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z He leads a big band stocked with his fellow Russians. Jazz Listings for July 11-17 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Some of the military ensembles date back to the heyday of big bands and choruses; today, such groups appeal more to an older audience. Military bands offer musicians great jobs, similar challenges to orchestras It's the same with Frances: I loved her version of Los Angeles with the streetcars and big bands and orange groves, these rolling green hills. "Dear Damage" author on when your family's tragedy makes headlines 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z His new big band, the Modern Jazz Generation, is holding court this week in the organization’s house nightclub. Jazz Listings for Jan. 9-15 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z When the era of the jazz big band passed in the 1950s, the bassist Charles Mingus held on to his grand ambitions as a composer. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z He interviewed some of his mentors, including Wayne Shorter and Henry Threadgill, and then wrote a suite for a 16-piece big band, to be performed in conversation with clips from the interviews. What to See and Experience in New York City This Spring 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Sit them down for some quick interviews, edit it together to some cool big band versions of Rolling Stones hits by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra and hey presto: a budget Hard Day's Night. Rough Stones 2012-11-05T16:09:28Z Unlike virtually every other big band in the annals of jazz, its original configuration consisted entirely of trumpets, trombones, French horns and a rhythm section, but no saxophones. Rob McConnell, Musician and Big Band Leader, Dies at 75 2010-05-13T03:07:00Z The big band approach is new, but it suits the group's increasingly expansive music. The Unthanks 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z His father was the lead singer with Joe Loss's big band in the 1950s. Elvis Costello 2010-10-16T23:04:00Z In his score, Blanchard deftly blends elements of jazz, blues, hints of big band and gospel into a compositional voice dominated by lushly chromatic and modal harmonic writing, spiked with jagged rhythms and tart dissonance. Review: ‘Fire’ Brings a Black Composer to the Met, Finally 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Instead, he favors big band music and songs by Irving Berlin. Paul McCartney's Kisses on the Bottom: Songs Your Grandparents Should Know 2012-02-16T09:58:04Z Duke Ellington and his big band performed; the pianist Mary Lou Williams performed solo; Max Roach was there with a quintet that included the bright-toned and innovative twenty-year-old trumpeter Booker Little. A Classic Jazz Documentary That Honors and Insults the Art Form 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Terry inspired Miles Davis and played in the Count Basie and Duke Ellington big bands. Blakey, Hampton, Terry enter NYC Jazz Hall of Fame 2013-06-06T00:25:08Z The saxophone is so closely associated with jazz and big bands that we tend to forget that its inventor, Adolphe Sax, envisioned it as an orchestral instrument. Debussy/ d'Indy/ Schmitt/ Tomasi/ Maurice: Works for saxophone and orchestra |CD review 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z Soon moving on to the upright, studying classical technique and performing in a local big band, he arrived in New York in 1989 with an unimpeachable work ethic that has never wavered. Christian McBride, Revered in Jazz, Is Playing the Long Game 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z He's also a virtuoso soloist who has also led a big band for nearly three decades. London jazz festival 2012: from Herbie Hancock and Esperanza Spalding to John Paul Jones – what to see 2012-11-07T12:56:00Z But the overriding impression is of just how good Dankworth's ensemble writing was – a mix of hard-slammed big band riffing and richly layered Ellingtonesque colouration that nourishes a constant sense of anticipation. John Dankworth Orchestra: Live at Newport 1959 2010-04-15T22:30:00Z As a boy, he played the oboe, clarinet and piano; by the time he was in high school, he was playing saxophone in a nationally known big band, the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra. Ward Swingle, Who Made Classical Music Jazzy, Dies at 87 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The set suggested a return to the guitarist’s earliest days -- at age 15, he was already developing a reputation as a stellar blues soloist while playing in his father’s Los Angeles-based big band. Concert review: Shuggie Otis at Lincoln Hall 2013-04-18T06:16:00Z Apart from the fact that most promoters prefer Brussels or Antwerp, this Ghent landmark is often too small for big bands and too big for small bands. Belgian music now: from Antwerp to Waterloo 2012-07-03T11:45:19Z And during a brief trip through the Caribbean part of her catalog, she remade “Baby Boy” as startling Jamaican big band jazz. Review: Beyoncé Is Bigger Than Coachella 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z While big bands at the Music Center and elsewhere are wrapping up their 2013-14 seasons, the frisky Dog Star Orchestra is back to noisily nip at their heels. Dog Star Orchestra ready to roam 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The way he used the big band made a big impression on my writing, he wasn't afraid to change things around a bit: have four saxes and a tuba, not follow the usual big-band lineup. Corinne Bailey Rae, Sir Mark Elder and other musicians' greatest on-stage moments 2010-08-05T20:30:00Z The album features MacFarlane fronting a host of big band tunes. Family Guy to perform at Proms 2012-06-14T10:04:07Z There's a lot of big band stuff and sparse production sometimes. Meet Singer DeQn Sue, the 'Queen of Quirk' 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Her mother played the saxophone in an all-female big band while her father was an oboist and saxophonist performing regularly in pit orchestras in London and provincial theatres. Brenda Averty obituary 2013-01-03T18:26:51Z For years, she and her husband, saxophonist Lew Tabackin, led a swinging modern big band, but nine years ago she announced she was putting aside the large group to concentrate on solo piano. Seattle musicians blow 'Winds for Hope' to tsunami-struck Japan 2012-03-08T22:03:06Z By the early 1950s, Mr. Norman was singing with the big bands of Stanley Black and others, as well as appearing on radio and onstage in variety shows. Monty Norman, Who Wrote 007’s Memorable Theme, Dies at 94 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z But “More Than Meets the Ear,” released last year, is the first big band effort under Mr. Eubanks’s name, with brisk new arrangements deftly executed by peers like the saxophonist Antonio Hart. Jazz Listings for Sept. 2-8 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Leftfield bands from France, Italy, Poland and Scandinavia join forces, with Led Bib a highlight of Friday's programme alongside France's eclectic Alfie Ryner in a style-mashing big band assembled for the night. This week's new live music 2012-06-08T23:05:19Z These elements had titanic repercussions not only in jazz, big band and pop music of the time but also on through the birth of rock 'n' roll and the advent of funk and hip-hop. Dr. John infuses Louis Armstrong tribute album with 'Spirit of Satch' 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z It was a big band on the Segerstrom stage, with the majority of its players young. Taiwan Philharmonic comes to America 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Most of his 18-piece big band, the Secret Society, flanked the platform’s perimeter, in a semicircle. Review: ‘Real Enemies,’ at the BAM Harvey Theater, Sheds Light on Conspiracies 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Baker’s short-lived Air Force band let him lead a rock big band of sorts, an ensemble that existed at the intersection of jazz, rock, prog, African music and more. Ginger Baker’s Essential Songs: Listen to 15 Tracks 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z “At the High School for Creative and Performing Arts, I immersed myself in big band and the All-City Jazz Band,” he says. Questlove helping set the tone on all-new ‘Tonight Show’ 2014-02-19T21:55:54Z His intent on pursuing a singing career through an off-market style of jazzy big band music led him down some winding paths. Michael Bublé Always Finds a Way 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z All big bands encounter those problems – it's the seduction of mass relation. Mick Hucknall: 'I feel a bit like the antichrist' 2010-12-02T21:30:00Z But in 1967, a chance meeting on Broadway with Gil Evans, the composer, arranger and Miles Davis collaborator, led to an invitation to rehearse with Evans’s big band. At 80, Billy Harper’s Rhapsodic Saxophone Is Still a Towering Force 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z From the time my father was thirteen until the early nineteen-eighties, he spent his summers singing with a big band in the region’s grand old hotels. Slide-Show Poetry: Closing Down the Bungalow 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z This year, it also sent its Girls Ellington Project to the prestigious Savannah Music Festival, the only all-girl big band competing at that event. Seattle JazzED has grown by leaps and bounds, providing jazz classes to kids who may otherwise not have access 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z On Friday and Saturday he plays music from his acclaimed album “Creole Soul”; on Sunday he leads his big band. Jazz Listings for Sept. 16-22 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z With his big band, he offers plush arrangements of his compositions, often undergirded by a trenchant groove. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Sure, you can hear stylish chanteuses and big bands, but the city is also a hub for contemporary jazz. The best jazz clubs in Paris 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z This is clearly an American clock in the era of the big bands and jazz. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z She ultimately returned to Japan, but not before laying the foundation for what would become Orchestra New York, a big band featuring many of the finest improvisers in the city. Satoko Fujii, a Pianist Who Finds Music Hidden in the Details of Life 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z For this Jazz at Lincoln Center engagement — her first in more than a decade — Ms. Schneider leads her pinpoint-precise and flowingly expressive big band, in a balance of older and newer pieces. Jazz Listings for March 14-20 2014-03-13T22:45:44Z The highest profile big band leader in the United States has been Maria Schneider...for decades. For Women in Jazz, a Year of Reckoning and Recognition 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z As on his new album, “MONK’estra,” Mr. Beasley appears here with a big band, playing his arrangements of Thelonious Monk’s music; the special guest on Friday and Saturday is the violinist Regina Carter. Jazz Listings for Aug. 19-25 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The Earshot Jazz Festival has served up a panorama of wildly divergent styles the past four weeks, from big band and Afro-pop to ethno-punk and Latin jazz. Miguel Zenón among Earshot’s remaining don’t-miss acts 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Ballamy emerged as a soloist in a lyrical class of his own during his time with the Loose Tubes big band. This week's new live music 2013-01-19T06:00:03Z Times were getting tough for big bands in the postwar years, and Basie reduced his group from 18 pieces to a sextet in 1950, but he retained Mr. Terry. Clark Terry, Influential Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 94 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Betty Carter shows why on this 1958 record, cramming a nearly unfathomable number of notes into a whirlwind minute and 48 seconds of slick big band sound. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Bebop 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z After those ad hoc lessons as a teen, Jones started his own big band and asked Terry to join, in 1959. Quincy Jones at SIFF with jazz documentary 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z In interviews, Ms. Tobin expressed little regret about her interrupted career and often said that she felt grateful that she had a part in big band jazz at the height of its popularity. Louise Tobin, Jazz Vocalist Who Put Her Career on Hold, Dies at 104 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z One night shortly thereafter, onstage with his big band at the Palladium in New York, Mr. Rodríguez introduced him to the crowd. Cheo Feliciano, Debonair Salsa Singer, Dies at 78 2014-04-19T05:31:10Z Young Mack went to Duke University, where he played trumpet in the Duke Ambassadors, a big band. Mack Emerman, Recording Studio Founder, Dies at 89 2013-05-28T15:38:39Z When Courtney Pine, Gary Crosby and others conceived the Jazz Warriors big band in 1985, he was an automatic choice as player, composer and arranger. Harry Beckett obituary 2010-07-26T17:38:00Z As a teenager, she toured with big bands led by Bing Crosby's brother Bob and others. Gloria DeHaven, star of 1940s '50s films, dead at age 91 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Holman, who was commissioned to write a new work for the festival, was originally scheduled to teach a workshop and to rehearse and conduct a new work for big band, "Northwest Passages." Bill Holman not coming to Jazz Port Townsend after all 2011-07-29T21:08:03Z Her improvisation, delicate and spiky as a sea urchin, led into the next piece, “Without Regrets,” by which point the standard-issue big band comparison felt like a distant memory. Review: Delivering a Touch of Big Band Through a Jazz Collective 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z A student-led big band, looking for a singer, gave her some sheet music to learn, and another student gave her a burned CD of standards. A New Vanguard of Women in Cuban Jazz 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z If you like it live, with rich instrumentation, there’s Escort, New York’s disco big band. Where to Catch Music and Comedy on New Year’s Eve 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Emerman went on to build a second studio capacious enough to accommodate a big band or even an orchestra; early on, it was used to record music for “The Jackie Gleason Show.” Mack Emerman, Recording Studio Founder, Dies at 89 2013-05-28T15:38:39Z MON Jazz big band concert, 7:30 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-05-05T19:33:17Z In 1934, she joined a local big band, where she met Mr. James, who played first trumpet. Louise Tobin, Jazz Vocalist Who Put Her Career on Hold, Dies at 104 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Nierenberg constructed the film around an artificial, anachronistic scenario — a competition-performance with Lionel Hampton’s big band at a Harlem nightclub. Tap Dance, and the Hard Work of Making It All Look Easy 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The second half of the August concert comprises big band numbers for jazz ensemble, the Fusion Orchestra, of children playing from memory. Strings attached 2010-10-02T23:03:00Z The orchestra erupts with big band bursts, rockish riffs and shards of fanfares: a heavy din of momentous pomp. Music Review: President and Opera, on Unexpected Stages 2011-02-03T17:34:09Z Mr. McConnell later added a five-piece saxophone section, giving his ensemble yet another distinction by making it considerably bigger than the average big band. Rob McConnell, Musician and Big Band Leader, Dies at 75 2010-05-13T03:07:00Z Mr. McBride’s Jazz at Lincoln Center big band concert sounded a similar note: Before he sauntered onstage, he was colorfully announced by Mr. Brown’s former cape man, Danny Ray. Christian McBride, Newport Jazz Festival Star, Becomes a Backstage Player 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z One of the most formally ambitious, eerily pertinent albums to emerge in recent weeks was “Real Enemies,” by the ultramodern big band known as Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society. The Playlist: The xx Return in a Brighter Mood 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Reacting against the big bands of the latest titans of the rumba, such as François “Franco” Luambo, Zaiko swapped brass instruments for a snare drum and electric guitars, and upped the tempo. The king of the rumba 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z "When are they going to bring back he big bands?" is something that was heard for decades. New York City Opera’s Name and Other Assets Attract Suitors 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z There will also be music from big bands, quartets, piano players and cabaret singers alongside radio plays and old-fashioned lawn games, such as a coconut shy, boules and hoopla. This week's new events 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z The country isn’t entirely in agreement about entering another foreign war, but cue the big band, cheer the troops. In ‘Manhattan Beach,’ Jennifer Egan’s heroine dives deep for family secrets 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Prieto, a Cuban-American drummer and MacArthur fellow, has just released “Back to the Sunset,” his first recording with a big band. The Playlist: Justin Bieber Boosts a Friend, and 14 More New Songs 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Over six eventful years, this modest musician successfully conducted the Count Basie and Duke Ellington big bands when Bennett guested with them, as well as the London and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras. John Bunch obituary 2010-05-03T19:59:00Z The big band will play with the Rising Stars, a hand-picked group of high-school musicians from the Seattle area. Bellevue Jazz Festival gets under way at Meydenbauer Center and beyond 2010-06-02T22:11:00Z Tovey, a first-rate Gershwin pianist, transformed the Phil into a big band for that composer's "Shall We Dance: Finale and Coda." Bowl concert plays as an elegy to James Horner, and an ode to composers of movie music 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Mitchell also helped establish a regular performance schedule for the Great Black Music Ensemble, a flagship big band that showcases original material by A.A.C.M. members. Nicole Mitchell, an Innovative Flutist With an Afrofuturist Vision 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z There was also an appearance by the orchestra’s youth education project: the Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats, a sleek, robust Latin big band that plays regularly at the Fat Cat club in the West Village. Music Review: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Symphony Space - Review 2012-01-22T23:03:12Z Anyway, I brought a big band and 30 violins. Piano legend Martial Solal on jazz, France and Godard 2010-05-20T21:00:00Z As a farm girl, she hid under the cover with her radio to catch the late-night big band broadcasts from Chicago. Mary Campbell, music writer for the AP, dead at 78 2012-10-19T21:27:12Z Like Ray Charles, his contemporary and in some ways his only equal, who was similarly addicted to playing with a big band, King had a lot of forties jazz mixed into his sharecropper soul. B. B. King’s Inimitable Sound 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Baker was a drummer from early on, even rapping out rhythms on his school desk as he mimicked the big band music he loved and didn’t let the occasional caning from a teacher deter him. Ginger Baker, Cream’s volatile drummer, dies at 80 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z And one really misses the variety and dynamism of a big band onstage, versus the synthesized smoothness of what often sounds like studio backing tracks. 'American Idol': Radio-friendly, but not camera-friendly? 2011-04-05T00:54:03Z Even on a trio recording like this, you can definitely hear the big band in his playing. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z A National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, he’s always stoked ambitions as a bandleader, too, and they’re borne out with particular splendor in his big band. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z When the war ended, he returned to St. Louis and joined a big band led by George Hudson. Clark Terry, Influential Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 94 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z His oral histories run the gamut from the big bands of the ’20s right up to current musicians. Bono, Bob Dylan and Ella Fitzgerald Among Rare Interviews Soon Available to the Public 2012-06-19T10:45:32Z There’s little terrain that this big band is afraid to step into. Best Jazz Albums of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Max has his big band out there that has been his dream all his life, kind of a Buddy Rich band. Report: Max Weinberg Won't Follow Conan to TBS 2010-09-24T21:55:00Z On Disc 3, the Spike Orchestra fuses klezmer with surf rock in an oddly resonant admixture, run through the apparatus of a jazz big band. The Playlist: Pearl Jam Kicks Up a Fury, and 9 More New Songs 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z After disbanding that group in 1953 he formed a big band, which became a showcase for his compositions and arrangements and achieved international success. 2010-02-11T06:21:00Z In front of a big band, all you want to do is dance. Sink your teeth into a better Taste 2011-06-23T11:42:00Z On the Bareilles song, “Mango Tree,” Mr. Brown turns into lounge singer over an unremarkable big band arrangement that concludes with a battering ram of horns. Review: Zac Brown Band’s ‘Jekyll + Hyde’ 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s also a big band tour de force, with echoes of James Brown and Miles Davis. Quick Hits: Afrobeat sensation Seun Kuti performs live 2011-08-27T16:01:00Z In the album chart there were less than 200 copies between Williams's second big band release and One Direction's Midnight Memories, both of whom clocked up sales of more than 126,000 each this week. Sam Bailey tops Christmas chart 2013-12-22T19:01:48Z A stroke the same year left him disabled, but he continued to front his occasional big band and to act as a cheerleader for jazz in his native city. Buddy Collette obituary 2010-10-06T17:06:00Z She soon had her own radio show in Philadelphia, and by age 15 she was singing with big bands — “bringing home the bacon for her family,” her son said. Kitty Kallen, Big Band Singer of ‘Bésame Mucho,’ Dies at 94 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr. McBride discussed his new position, which is an open-ended arrangement, before a Jazz at Lincoln Center concert with his big band. Christian McBride, Newport Jazz Festival Star, Becomes a Backstage Player 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z This is as close as you can get to a classic big band recording in 2017, without blending into the patterned drapes of history. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 66 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z That hasn’t prevented him from embracing the premise of this engagement, featuring his smartly honed big band. Jazz Listings for March 4-10 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Live, 1958 The 1950s generally saw the big bands on the wane, but from the evidence of this 1958 live concert, no one had informed Ellington. Duke Ellington: 5 Essential Tracks (To Celebrate His 114th Birthday) 2013-04-29T21:29:17Z Similarly, while the music — played onstage by Vilner’s 10-piece big band — largely sticks to period standards like “Shiny Stockings,” the arrangements are new, tailored to these performers, the improvisatory sections responsive to the dancers’ improvisations. Swing Today: ‘Our Dance Is Modern Because We’re Alive Right Now’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The songs on the album pair Prass’s countrified R&B voice with Motown-inflected pop hooks, the occasional swelling string movement, and a dash of big band flair. 15 Musical Artists to Watch in 2015 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z But his reputation largely rested on his work in big bands, and one in particular. Joe Temperley, Velvety Baritone Saxophonist, Dies at 86 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Summer Concerts at the Locks: Mood Swings big band, 2 p.m. Celebrating nature, strawberries and dads | Community Corner 2013-06-13T22:39:43Z At Illinois, Knapp developed a unique instrumentation for big band, contrasting the lush, mellow timbres of French horn, tuba and fluegelhorn with the brighter sounds of trumpets and trombones. Trumpeter Jim Knapp, key architect of Seattle’s modern jazz scene, dies at 82 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z I have always wanted to play Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra and big band. | Brian Newman 2012-05-07T17:00:45Z Though she reported experiencing gender discrimination in the music business growing up, at 18 Mrs. Simmons was leading a big band of professional musicians. Olympia jazz trumpet legend Barbara Donald 2013-03-30T20:53:48Z His father was a Navy veteran and graduate of Wharton, a trumpet player who worked with some “lesser” big bands before he got into the advertising. The Slow-Burning Success of Disney’s Bob Iger 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Born to privilege, a cousin to Nelson A. Rockefeller, Aldrich played college football, worked at booking big bands and ultimately chose Hollywood over banking or politicking. Burt Lancaster in ‘Twilight’s Last Gleaming’ 2012-10-20T23:03:01Z Bolstered by his Basie credentials, Powell was seldom out of the studios, making endless small group dates and big band sessions. Benny Powell obituary 2010-07-01T17:46:00Z She was a teenage thrush in 1939 for Glenn Miller, who led the most popular big band in the country, and replaced Lena Horne with Charlie Barnet’s swing orchestra in the early 1940s. Kay Starr, ferociously expressive singer who had pop hit with ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ dies at 94 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Robbie Williams, "The Christmas Present" Cheeky British pop star Robbie Williams gets into the holiday spirit with this jaunty holiday collection, which hews toward tasteful standards indebted to jazz and big band. Here are 20 new holiday music releases to bring festive cheer to your ears 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z The title is misleading, because Jamie Cullum is more of a big band crooner than piano player on this set of 10 tunes he wrote in lockdown this spring. Get in the holiday mood with Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z That trio will play the Jazz Standard next Tuesday and Wednesday, and then stay on as the rhythm section for a New Year’s Eve engagement featuring a 14-piece big band. Beyond Popping Corks, the Sounds of the New Year 2010-12-23T23:06:06Z While still in high school he sang his way into the Buddy Morrow band, a job that took him to New York and led to an engagement with the Charlie Ventura big band. Eddie Fisher, Pop Singer, Dies at 82 2010-09-24T17:30:00Z His baritone voice — extraordinarily rich but delicate — was memorably captured on his greatest musical success, a 1941 hit recording of “Flamingo” with Duke Ellington’s big band. Herb Jeffries, jazz balladeer and star of all-black cowboy movies, dies Mr. Heath, 86, will lead his big band in the premiere of a suite called “Bird Is the Word” on Friday night; Mr. Konitz, 85, will work with a quartet on Sunday afternoon. | Jazz: Spirit of Parker, Freely Inhaled 2013-08-16T19:07:54Z Most of New York’s new big bands are run by 20- and 30-somethings who recently graduated from a conservatory or a liberal-arts music program; like most such musicians, they will eventually find careers as teachers. ‘They’re Doing It Out of Love’: The Big Band Rises Again 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z At times there is a brassy, big band sound, and at these moments Gurrumul seems most relaxed; his voice strong against the music's density. Gurrumul at Vivid Live 2013 – review 2013-05-29T00:41:49Z Day, whose first hit was 1945's "Sentimental Journey," went from big band singer to movie star of the 1950s and '60s. Doris Day still sings at 87, offers fans "My Heart" 2011-11-27T18:42:00Z A jazz album – possibly featuring a big band – has long been mooted, featuring collaborations with the likes of Quincy Jones and Tony Bennett. Stevie Wonder: jammin' with the jazz set 2010-06-17T21:44:00Z That’s one reason why, though he wasn’t a big fan of the more modern styles of bebop, he appreciated Gillespie, who led a bebop big band, more than Parker, who didn’t. Albert Murray and the Limits of Critics with Theories 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z But Guy expanded the piece later for full big band and symphony orchestra combined, for a conservatoire workshop – and it's just as well he did, because that's indirectly how we got to this Prom concert. Django Reinhardt: music, mischief and magic 2012-08-19T21:00:00Z It was no accident that he liked to play with big bands whenever he could, though his forces were sometimes reduced on records. B. B. King’s Inimitable Sound 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z He was the leader of the big band, and sang “We want bread not circuses” at a benefit I helped organise. Why I went back to my ex-boyfriends, one by one 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Performed for the first time, it involved his quartet, a 12-piece big band and video backdrop; it was commissioned by Peak Performances, Montclair State’s performing arts series. Music Review: The Saxophonist Miguel Zen?n at Montclair State 2012-02-07T23:33:32Z Let a scene develop too: big bands sound best encircled by returning customers. Music Review: The Hammond B-3 Lion Roars, Backed by His Pride 2010-12-31T22:40:24Z Take “Alchemy,” the opening track on Sanford’s 2007 album “Live at the Knitting Factory,” played by his big band, which was known at the time as the Pittsburgh Collective. David Sanford’s Music Has Flown Under the Radar. It Shouldn’t. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z While I yearned for the latest pop hits by Madonna or Boy George, he would lose himself in the big band music of his youth. Family life 2012-07-06T23:10:08Z In 1975, he was arrested for drug possession and after a failed comeback as the leader of a big band was arrested again and served two years for robbing a pharmacy. Family reviving the sounds of Seattle rocker Dave Lewis 2013-12-04T19:38:41Z Bellowhead It's been a triumphant year for the folk scene's 11-piece big band, now firmly established as one of the best live acts in the country. The best jazz and world concerts for Christmas 2010 2010-11-22T08:00:00Z For big bands used to big venues, it's also a little daunting. TV review: Arena: Amy Winehouse – The Day She Came to Dingle; Care Home Kids – Looking for Love; Ruby Wax's Mad Confessions 2012-07-23T22:00:01Z The connection to the ballroom puts the big band, and, so, orchestrations, at the heart of jazz. Albert Murray and the Limits of Critics with Theories 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z If “Imaginary Visions,” her new album with the Danish Radio Big Band, feels like a master class in crisply executed contemporary big band jazz, it’s a class worth attending. 66 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The lead trumpeter is in effect the concertmaster of a big band, establishing the way an arrangement is phrased and interpreted not just by the trumpet section but by the entire ensemble. Snooky Young, a Big Band Trumpeter, Is Dead at 92 2011-05-19T01:05:17Z “I actually started playing on soup cans and flower pots while listening to big band.” Dick Dale, the Inventor of Surf Rock, Was a Lebanese-American Kid from Boston 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Gasteyer’s album, which includes some songs she co-wrote as well as classic tunes, has a retro, 1950s feel, with big band horns and jazzy drum brushes. Get in the holiday mood with Ne-Yo, Lea Michele and Chicago 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z A 15-member big band like the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra can do that work. Music Review: ‘The Genius of Coltrane’ at the Rose Theater 2012-10-28T21:50:06Z The Seattle jazz community lost an influential figure last month with the passing of composer, trumpeter and big band leader Jim Knapp. 16 of the best Seattle albums from 2021 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Midsummer Veteran, Back With His Band With his big band, the Nighthawks, Vince Giordano played the first year of Midsummer Night Swing, then the 10th anniversary, and is back this season. Midsummer Night Swing Is Still Going Strong at 25 2013-07-05T22:21:04Z The big bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie were at full strength. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Adds Hindman, herself a jazz fan whose father played in a big band, "I think he was a good man who loved music." Auctioning Chicago history: DJ Dick Buckley's collection 2011-02-14T14:51:00Z But until recently he hadn’t recorded an album with his own big band. The Week Ahead: Aug. 8 ? Sept. 3 2011-08-28T04:30:07Z At its best, large-ensemble jazz composition retains the whirling kinetics that defined the original big bands. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “It’s in my DNA, with my parents both being jazz lovers, and having grown up listening to all this great big band music, especially Duke Ellington.” Contemporary music icon John Adams is both composer and conductor in Seattle Symphony return engagement 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z We’re about 70 years into the eerie afterlife of the jazz big band. January in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z With the big band era in full swing in 1939, Louise Tobin, a jazz vocalist with Benny Goodman’s orchestra, was on the cusp of nationwide fame. Louise Tobin, Jazz Vocalist Who Put Her Career on Hold, Dies at 104 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Assembled and managed by Mingus’s widow, Sue Mingus, this big band has held down a weekly residency at Jazz Standard for a decade now. New Year’s Eve: A Guide to Music and Comedy Events 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z On Sinatra’s birthday, Dec. 12, the singer and pianist Michael Feinstein will perform a tribute with a big band. NJPAC Announces New Season 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z He recorded with orchestras, with major jazz musicians, with big bands and, for more than 50 years, with the pianist and arranger Ralph Sharon and his trio. The Amiable, Unswerving Tony Bennett 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z He continued his jazz career, over time playing with Mr. Russell’s sextet and Mr. Jones’s big band. David Baker, Who Helped Bring Jazz Studies Into the Academy, Dies at 84 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Then, an obsessive historian named Sam Stephenson discovered a vault of photos and audiotapes of Monk rehearsing what would be his legendary 1959 big band concert at New York’s Town Hall. This Kennedy Center director is making performance art out of jazz. Can he bring fans along? 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z With the demise of Gillespie’s big band in 1958, Morgan soon rounded out the third iteration of the Messengers, contributing to some of their groundbreaking albums like “Moanin’ ” and “The Freedom Rider.” Lee Morgan’s ‘Live at the Lighthouse’ was a masterpiece that turned out to be a farewell 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z There's folk, rock, gospel, hip hop, funk, ethnic varieties, big band, 20-30's style, orchestras, big productions, light shows! Review: A Jazzfest Marathon Where Voices Lead the Way to Resistance and Renewal 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z But “More Than Meets the Ear,” due out in November, will be the first big band effort under Mr. Eubanks’s own name, featuring brisk new arrangements deftly executed by peers like the saxophonist Antonio Hart. Jazz Listings for Aug. 28-Sept. 3 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Early jazz from New Orleans framed soloists’ interjections with a raucous polyphonic texture; big bands, in the thirties, provided a thickness of intricate arrangement or urgent riffs. The Best Jazz Reissues of 2014 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Take That went from being a big band to a massive band by sounding a little bit like Snow Patrol. Rock isn't dead ? it's just resting 2011-01-12T17:26:32Z Moody, born in Savannah, Ga., joined Dizzy Gillespie's all-star big band in the 1940s. Saxophonist James Moody dies of pancreatic cancer 2010-12-10T17:24:00Z “They do offer different aspects of my personality,” he said by phone the other day, during a break in a nameless big band gig at a New York Fashion Week event. Jon Irabagon Paints Tradition in New Hues 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Other musicians pictured include Duke Ellington, the R&B vocalist Ruth Brown, and Big Sid Catlett, an influential early drummer who played with Armstrong’s big band at the height of its popularity. Louis Armstrong’s Life in Letters, Music and Art 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Oscar Winning Tears is a soaring big band ballad; Black Mascara simmers and roils over a filtered house beat; Flip A Switch is dark, foreboding trap-pop. Mercury Prize 2023: Arctic Monkeys, Jessie Ware and Fred Again lead shortlist 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z A combat infantryman during World War II, he served as a librarian for the Armed Forces Network after the war and sang with an army big band in occupied Germany. Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z They were a big band for a chamber music hall, and one that has a robust bass response. Review: In two extraordinary concerts, Anthony Parnther shows why he is a quintessential L.A. musician 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z “Rogers: The Musical” has a level of confidence because it knows exactly what it is — a bit of a lark, with some big band dancing and a little bit of heart. 'Rogers: The Musical' brings a charming, Broadway-style show back to Disney California Adventure 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The really big bands like the Stones and things keep going. Mudhoney guitarist on grunge mania, life in punk rock, Seattle and more 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Inspired by jazz, big band music, blues and a host of folk genres, their music at Elko’s Pioneer Saloon was so bright almost everyone was moving. Busting the myth of the cowboy — one performance at a time 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z After graduating from high school, he toured the country with big bands. Rudolph ‘Rudy’ Lamone, U. Md. business school dean, dies at 91 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Hurwitz’s often discordant big band jazz “Babylon” score clocked in at more than two hours, making it the most score — and, like the movie, a bludgeoning exercise in indulgence. Oscars 2023: Final predictions for all 23 categories 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Singers like Ella Fitzgerald were just as comfortable singing with a big band as a small trio. Perspective | Strings attached: A new Eva Cassidy album features an orchestra 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z In July 1959, while playing with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson’s big band at the Newport Jazz Festival, Mr. Shorter was spotted by Lee Morgan, who then was playing trumpet with the Jazz Messengers. Wayne Shorter, jazz musician of innovation and introspection, dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z She sang in church choirs, then at 14 began singing as Carol Vann with a local big band, making $9 a night. Carol Sloane, jazz singer of late-blooming acclaim, dies at 85 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The group have previously supported Lewis Capaldi, Niall Horan and The Script on tour and have been tipped to be the next big band to break out of Ireland for years. Eurovision 2023: John Lydon fails in bid to be Ireland's act for Liverpool 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z But kicking off with “No Surrender” and finishing with a solo acoustic “I’ll See You In My Dreams,” Springsteen was in fine voice and his big band matched his energy. Exuberant Springsteen, E St. Band launch 1st tour in 6 years 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z There were big bands that would come into Manchester, like the Long Blondes or The Cribs. The Courteeners' debut album makes historic 15-year journey to number one 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z When Mali’s Habib Koité made his European debut in 1991, most African musicians known outside their homelands fronted big bands that emphasized Western instruments and drew heavily from African American soul and funk. 4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z In 1983 she began appearing around town with Cleveland’s “little big band.” Janet Thurlow, who sang during Seattle’s Jackson Street jazz heyday, dies at 96 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z He was playing in a big band, and his stepdad was part of a big band. Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner on fame, Frank Sinatra and the elusive search for the 'mega-riff' 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z He featured big bands, crooners and other sounds of the day. Art Laboe, D.J. Who Popularized ‘Oldies but Goodies,’ Dies at 97 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z A proud, even outspoken Philadelphian, Evans envisions the big band’s festival presence as a means to build connections between his city and the District. Orrin Evans is building bridges with the DC Jazz Festival 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z With encouragement from Weedon, he started singing with jazz groups, eventually joining big bands led by Cyril Stapleton, Stanley Black and Ted Heath. Monty Norman, who gave 007 his theme music, dies at 94 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z As a young boy, he often joined his father, a factory foreman, at big band shows, and came home imitating the instruments. Bobby Rydell, teen idol who starred in ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ dies at 79 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z At one point, the three shed their black robes to reveal golden gowns, the orchestra morphing into somebody’s dream of a big band. Review | Michael Tilson Thomas and NSO offer a grand panorama of American music 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z However, her father drew the line at the offer of a contract with big band leader Roy Fox. Mary Lee: The 'skint but famous' child star who lived to be 100 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z In addition to his dream-come-true concert with Reeves and the big band, he is excited about other performances. Orrin Evans is building bridges with the DC Jazz Festival 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Most of those big bands started at the popular London clubs Strange ran - like Billy's, Blitz and the Camden Palace - and he was seen as New Romantic's "head boy". Music star Steve Strange's family bid to save online photos 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z That was his inspiration for using a brassy WWII-era ensemble, but throwing into it everything from banjos and mandolins to bass saxophone — a big band for the Big Bang. How Nicholas Britell mixes reverence with absurdity in the 'Don't Look Up' score 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z By the end of 1941, the acceleration of the war had disrupted the frivolity of the big band scene and many musicians offered their talents to the home front. The secret to reaching 100? For Ray Anthony, his trusty trumpet and a fondness for bombshells 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The Aunty Mary Lee Show on Radio Clyde was a mixture of big band music and comedy. Mary Lee: The 'skint but famous' child star who lived to be 100 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z In recent decades, Tate, a talented guitar player, had formed the free-thinking groove ensemble Burnt Sugar, a global consortium of the like-minded that was sometimes a big band and other times a sleek combo. Appreciation: Critic Greg Tate taught a generation how to listen to, love and write about Black music 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Watts played and recorded with various incarnations of big bands. Charlie Watts: Quiet man of the Rolling Stones 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z With a big band saw — “It’s as tall as a person,” Dr. Wooller said — they cut the tusk in two, carefully guiding the blade between the channel and the marks on the other side. A Woolly Mammoth’s Tusks Reveal a Map of Where It Roamed in Life 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The 130-person Field Band comprises several performing groups, from orchestra to big band ensemble, jazz group to a country outfit called the Six-String Soldiers. Perspective | For Memorial Day, the U.S. Army Field Band evokes feelings of love and loss 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z By his late teens, he was touring with a big band and one could often hear the influences of bebop on his later music. Wayne Peterson, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, dies at 93 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z It was a nightclub when her parents bought it, complete with big bands and a dance floor. Muncie’s Oasis bar gets new owner, restored 1950s neon sign 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z And remember, this wasn’t even like a big band back then. Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider talks band’s breakup, staying sober in the ‘80s: ‘I made people’s lives miserable’ 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z He went on to photograph foreign dignitaries such as Emperor Hirohito of Japan; actors such as Elizabeth Taylor; big band musicians such as Glenn Miller and Buddy Rich; and Disney himself. Renie Bardeau, photographer who captured Disneyland's early evolution, dies 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z On the drive home, I listened to big band music. Perspective | Steroid medication gave me disturbing side effects. They changed my life in bad — and good — ways. 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z "It's 22 men that are in twice for their solo work and being in a big band," she said. Stevie Nicks says 'time is being stolen from' artists waiting to perform live amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Viola Smith, a pioneering drummer and original “hep girl” of the swing and big band era, died on Wednesday in Costa Mesa, California. Viola Smith, pioneering swing and big band drummer, dies aged 107 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Spitalny's group was one of many all-girl big bands — such as the International Sweethearts of Rhythm — that peaked in the early 1940s and rapidly faded from the scene as men returned from war. Viola Smith, swing era’s ‘fastest girl drummer in the world,’ dies at 107 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z In conference with noted music supervisor Randall Poster, Wainwright dipped into the Great American Songbook, rounded up a big band and went to work. The 20 albums we can't wait to hear this fall 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z "The most partying and debauchery I got into was in the van and trailer days playing tiny clubs - these days, with the big bands who've got families and whatever, it's just a job." The A-list roadies trying to make it on their own 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Now 25, Arnold was still a student at George Washington University when he began playing in the Twins Jazz Orchestra, the club’s resident big band led by his GW teacher, trumpeter Thad Wilson. ‘A sad day in D.C. jazz history’: Twins closes after 33 years in the District 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z A group of Mexican youths gather for a birthday party at a popular swimming hole known as Sleepy Lagoon, named for a tune by big band trumpeter Harry James. Commentary: Goodbye, guy on a horse. A new wave of monument design is changing how we honor history 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Lambert, Hendricks and Ross “showed how an instrumental, big band performance could be translated into vocal terms — not only with voices, but with words,” Friedwald wrote. Annie Ross, mainstay of ‘the greatest jazz vocal group that ever was,’ dies at 89 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Just one day after his last appearance on stage, Hermlin launched a nonstop series of nightly concerts of American big band tunes livestreamed from his living room to thousands of followers around the world. 'Music is hope': A German band takes an American swing at the coronavirus 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Mandel began his career as a trumpeter and trombonist with top big bands of the 1940s and early 1950s. Johnny Mandel, composer who gave ‘M.A.S.H.’ its theme song, dies at 94 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z I listened to everything from big band to rockabilly, but even lost on a lonely country road, the sadness drifted in. When we were quarantined 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Carter, sitting in her rooms at the Somerby home in Mobile, Ala., chose the big band sounds she listened to as a little girl in the Bronx. Coronavirus isolated them in their rooms. Now, old-age home residents reconnect by spinning Elvis on the radio. 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s a diverse lot: The Ellington catalogue contains more than 2,000 compositions, including classic hits of the big band era as well as long-form and experimental pieces that vary in form, texture and development. Inspired by Duke Ellington, the Seven Tones Project brings quarantined musicians and filmmakers together 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z She fell in love with big band and jazz, and did her chores to a rhythm. 'I will kill you if you give this song to anyone but me': how Peggy Lee was perfect for Is That All There Is? 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z He began writing arrangements in his youth, inspired by late nights listening to big bands on the radio. Johnny Mandel, composer who gave ‘M.A.S.H.’ its theme song, dies at 94 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z After the war, some of those musicians went to Hong Kong, where they would play in big bands and on scores for Cantonese-language films. Filipino Musicians Drive Hong Kong’s Music Scene, but Gigs Have Dried Up 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z I put on my leather bottom heels, he puts on big band music or standards, and our living room becomes a ballroom. One Bright Thing: Reader Edition 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z I listened to everything from big band to rockabilly, but not new country, which is all hat and no cow. Mom, 13 cats, Bogart, a restless dog and no WiFi: Rick Bragg self-isolates in Alabama 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Lee was delighted when Walt Disney invited her to collaborate with big band leader Sonny Burke on the soundtrack to 1955’s Lady and the Tramp. 'I will kill you if you give this song to anyone but me': how Peggy Lee was perfect for Is That All There Is? 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Loyal to music but not to genre, he plays jazz, blues, rock’n’roll, country, boogie-woogie, swing, big band and beyond. Daryl Davis: the black musician who converts Ku Klux Klan members 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Such a big band isn’t conducive to making money, though. Alt-pop star US Girls: 'Things happened to me as a kid that broke part of my brain' 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z His father was a drummer in a big band in the 1940s. Man’s work with Owensboro Symphony Orchestra spans 47 years 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Linden, 88, got his showbiz start as a big band singer and musician before moving on to Broadway and television. ‘Barney Miller’ star Hal Linden unloads La Quinta retreat 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z He later joined a groundbreaking big band led by Gillespie, the influential bebop trumpeter Mr. Heath considered his mentor. Jimmy Heath, NEA Jazz Master and link to bebop era of 1940s, dies at 93 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z She and her sisters were big band singers. ‘My Three Sons’ star Tina Cole ditched twin beds with on-screen husband Don Grady 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z There are boxes of big band recordings, world music and jazz and original soundtracks. Wanted: A Home for Three Million Records 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Cron, an alto saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist, began playing music at age nine in Newton, Massachusetts, after listening to big band music on her family’s Atwater Kent radio. 'We loved each other': America’s first racially integrated all-girl swing band 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Linden, 88, got his show-biz start as a big band singer and musician before moving on to Broadway and television. Hot Property Newsletter: When a home title reads like a who's who in Hollywood 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Linden, 88, got his showbiz start as a big band singer and musician before moving on to the stage, Broadway and television. Actor Hal Linden hopes to collar a buyer for his La Quinta golf course home 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z “There was quite a big band from Ecuador who got in touch,” Fraser says. Bands FC: a bright idea that is raising thousands for vulnerable children 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Cullum threw a musical life jacket to a genre nearly submerged by later jazz styles, including big band, bebop and jazz-rock fusion, not to mention rock, rap and generations of pop. Jim Cullum, flamekeeper of traditional jazz, dies at 77 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Most at ease in small groups, Miles Davis was also a poetic soloist in concerto-like roles with a big band. Miles Davis's 20 greatest albums – ranked! 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z “We had a big band of fiddle players, banjos and guitars, and a big bass on a wheel,” Mark said. Perspective | The Spaniard who helped win the Revolutionary War has a new statue in D.C. 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z I managed to miss most of the Women’s World Cup semi-final against the USA by going to hear my sister play in her first big band concert since taking up the trumpet 18 months ago. At 62 life still seems like a terrifying adventure with no manual | John Crace 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z She says he's still working in the industry today on the team of a "pretty big band". The music fans being sexually abused 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z SAT Dance lesson, 7 p.m., dance swing, waltz, big band and country with music by Hot Club Sandwich, 8 p.m. Community calendar: Bite of Greece, Swedish Pancake Breakfast, First Thursday events, Beach Naturalist Program 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z My dad was a big band singer and a good singer so I was always told to shut up. Susan Sarandon, after a 10-year absence, returns to the stage with a hand from Marin Ireland 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Day was briefly a vocalist for Bob Crosby’s big band before settling into a long job with Les Brown’s band in 1940. Doris Day, singer and perpetually chaste movie star of the 1950s and ’60s, dies at 97 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Day began, still in her teens, as a big band singer before moving inevitably into movies. Doris Day, a life in 10 songs 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z For all of her acclaim as an actress, Doris Day said her days as a big band singer were "the happiest times in my life". Doris Day: Big band star 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z It's going to be a big band with almost everybody there. Dave Barry's dog Lucy is living her best life — and teaching him to be happier too 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Day, who first got her start as a big band singer, made her film debut in 1948 with “Romance On the High Seas,” which led to numerous popular rom-coms highlighting her signature sunny serenades. Doris Day is planning ‘a quiet birthday at home’ with a few close friends, is eager to help animals in need 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Eventually he graduated to big band, swing, country and rockabilly. Dick Dale dies; King of surf guitar was 81 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z But for now Davison felt it better to emphasize big bands when it came to giant beats. Mickey Mouse, get your rave on — Disneyland's new show is a laser-blasting dance party 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Elsewhere on “Still Dwelling,” Hamburger and big band — which mimics the grandiose 1960s work of producer Lee Hazelwood — move through a series of creepy, sad-sack songs. California Sounds: New music from Neil Hamburger, Claude Fontaine and the Long Ryders 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z But a 1947 Paris concert by the bebop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and his big band thrilled him with the sound of jazz. Michel Legrand obituary 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z She was discovered by Spike Jones, the leader of a madcap comic big band, and joined his vaudeville touring group. Kaye Ballard, comic actress and singer from vaudeville to TV, dies at 93 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Sandoval will help to usher in the holidays at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday in a concert of Latin-flavored yuletide music with his big band and the Notre Dame Children’s Choir. That music in Clint Eastwood’s ‘The Mule’? It's jazz legend Arturo Sandoval in his film-scoring debut 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z I was playing trombone in a big band that would be backing the “song stylist” that night. Opinion | Rehearsal of a Lifetime 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Hollingworth: We have quite a lot of older fans and because we’re not a very big band a lot of our fans are really intense, so they buy albums. ‘I love a good spanking’: Paloma Faith, Nao, Sleaford Mods and others on 2018’s music controversies 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The country singer with the titanium pipes goes old school yule with big band/orchestral arrangements by Patrick Williams in keeping with the stuff Sinatra and Dean Martin used to do for the holidays. This year's essential Christmas albums ranked, from 'Shatner Claus' to the irresistible JD McPherson 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Schifrin went on to fall in love with jazz, started his own big band and eventually began working with legendary jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Governors Awards honorees Lalo Schifrin and Marvin Levy look back on their careers 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Hargrove maintained three working bands until his death: RH Factor, a 21-piece big band and an acoustic jazz quintet, with which he was scheduled to appear this week at Blues Alley in Washington. Roy Hargrove, Grammy-winning trumpeter of protean talent, dies at 49 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Another door opened in 1948 when a friend gave him a ticket to see Dizzy Gillespie’s revolutionary big band at the Salle Pleyel, a concert that became a legend in the French jazz world. Soundtrack legend Michel Legrand: 'I've been an adventurer!' 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z It’s in an interview with drummer Buddy Rich, who was closing a six-day stint at the Cellar Door with his big band: “People like to label everything,” Rich said. Perspective | Like father, like son: Channel 4’s Mark Segraves keeps the beat for local music 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The score wasn’t written for traditional symphony orchestra, but rather for Mancini’s big band — replete with five saxophones, four trombones and a rhythm section, plus strings. A 'Pink Panther' you've never heard before: Mancini's lost score comes to the Hollywood Bowl 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z His parents were musicians, he in big bands and she in classical chamber groups. Dan Ingram, popular DJ who poked fun at his own medium, dies at 83 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z When I was growing up, Buzzcocks were a very big band and having them around and so successful was a big sign to me that it could be done. 'He can't destroy history': Johnny Marr on veganism, Man City and Morrissey's legacy 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z "I think the simple approach comes from my hearing so much big band music. I mixed it with rockabilly." Longtime Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana has died 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z “I think the simple approach comes from my hearing so much big band music. I mixed it with rockabilly.” Longtime Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana has died 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s just part of being in a big band – drug busts, deaths, court cases… sometimes all three. Johnny Marr: ‘A middle-aged musician nursing a hangover is a dead duck’ 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z It was still two years before Ascension, where he opened up his quartet into an experimental, spiritually minded big band, but he was already heading towards its “free jazz” sound. 'A new room in the Great Pyramid': lost 1963 John Coltrane album discovered 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The Gulf region gets fat with the sounds of big band jazz. From 19th Century Memphis to modern-day L.A.: Master Chorale time-travels through 'dreams of the new world' 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Instead of classical music, she taught her students to play big band jazz off lead sheets, a form of musical notation with fewer written parts and more room for improvisation. In New York High Schools, the Sound of Music Is Muted 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Born in 1931, Dominic Joseph Fontana began playing drums as a teen in his high school marching band and would also jam with his cousin while listening to big band recordings. Longtime Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana has died 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z They were put together by big band sideman Benny Wells - who happened to be Alston's uncle - while they were still at school. The Crystals singer Barbara Alston dies 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z The sound of Jones operating in pure jazz mode, fronting a modern big band in December 1961. Quincy Jones's greatest ever moments – ranked! 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “I played percussion in a big band called the Ghetto Kennel.” Coco Schumann, German jazz guitarist who survived Holocaust through his music, dies at 93 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z At his first party, Bill met other people who remembered the big band era in St. Louis. Friends of Lake Saint Louis veteran hold hospital waltz 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The 85-year-old spent his days going to Walmart, visiting the library by himself and listening to his favorite big band music at home alone. Friends of Lake Saint Louis veteran hold hospital waltz 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z She said her mom, who sang with big band leader and trumpet player Harry James, was her first teacher. Jilla Webb forging new path in music industry 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z As far back as Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, Christmas and big band music have gone together like stockings and goodies. Music for every mood this holiday 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Chasing Dreams, a collection of big band tunes and swing standards, outsold the likes of Zayn Malik, Jack Garratt and Blossoms - becoming the only debut album to win a gold disc last year. Bradley Walsh proved his careers officer wrong 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z But she continued to push her student, convincing him to try tango, even though he considered any music that wasn’t big band “rock ‘n’ roll.” Friends of Lake Saint Louis veteran hold hospital waltz 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z At his first party, Bill met other people who remembered the big band era in St. Louis. Friends of Lake Saint Louis veteran hold hospital waltz 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Q: When you tour, is it with a big band? Melissa Manchester pays tribute to Sinatra, Cole and Bennett on new CD 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Younger listeners were given Radio 1, while the Light Programme itself morphed into Radio 2, continuing with its mix of big bands, record requests, sport and comedy. 50 facts about Radio 1 & 2 as they turn 50 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Jones is a musical Zelig, starting out in the big band era before time-traveling through bebop, jazz, funk, hip-hop and rap. Quincy Jones reflects on his career and relationship with Michael Jackson 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z His favorite old big band music was playing again, and the room was packed with his frequent dance partners determined to give a now-dear friend a last dance in his hospital bed. Friends of Lake Saint Louis veteran hold hospital waltz 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z But she continued to push her student, convincing him to try tango, even though he considered any music that wasn’t big band “rock ‘n’ roll.” Friends of Lake Saint Louis veteran hold hospital waltz 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z I recorded it with the big band from Citrus College down in Glendora, California. Melissa Manchester pays tribute to Sinatra, Cole and Bennett on new CD 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z As a child, Larry had been mesmerized by big bands on the radio, and he began playing clarinet by 9 before taking up the sax. Larry Elgart, big-band leader with unlikely 1980s smash, ‘Hooked on Swing,’ dies at 95 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z On one tape, they discuss musical arrangements for a forthcoming concert by Monk at the town hall, the first time he ever performed with a big band. W Eugene Smith, the photographer who wanted to record everything 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z The 85-year-old spent his days going to Walmart, visiting the library by himself and listening to his favorite big band music at home alone. Friends of Lake Saint Louis veteran hold hospital waltz 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z His favorite old big band music was playing again, and the room was packed with his frequent dance partners determined to give a now-dear friend a last dance in his hospital bed. Friends of Lake Saint Louis veteran hold hospital waltz 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z The night ends with a beginners swing dance lesson and outdoor dancing to the big band hits of Count Basie and Duke Ellington with the Tom Cunningham Orchestra. 10 things to do in the D.C. area the weekend of July 28-30 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Q: When two big bands share the bill, is there ever any competition? Doobie Brothers guitarist Patrick Simmons says new album may come out in 2018 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Built around a bright, impressionistic big band refrain, it ambles along at the pace of an aimless Sunday afternoon, periodically rousing itself with gospel choir chants and flailing, manic percussion. Sounds like summer: our writers pick their songs of the season 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z It contains some scatterings of texture and vocabulary that will be familiar to anyone who knows how big bands work. Ensemble Kolossus, coming to D.C., blasts the rules of big-band jazz 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z But he still sweats finding regular gigs for his big band, and he’s still schlepping instruments and an extensive collection of vintage sheet music around the country. 'Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past' shows it's hard work keeping old-time jazz alive 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z So you had the first big bands coming in. Norma Miller is still 'Alive and Kicking' and the focus of a new documentary 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z When the troops occupied Japan in 1945 after the war, they were bringing the big bands. Lee Ritenour says Japan is biggest market for American jazz 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z It all started when a student at one of the big band camps in the mid 1960s asked him to record himself playing, but to leave a space for the student to improvise. New Albany’s jazz master brings music to his community 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Foreman said a lot of big bands played in the ballroom. Monroe building was on Chitlin’ Circuit 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Norris died Jan. 21 at his home in Bel-Air, surrounded by family and listening to his favorite big band music, said Kim Norris, his daughter. Judge William A. Norris, author of early ruling that boosted gay rights, dies at 89 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Elephant, the White Stripes’ first album as a big band, arrived in 2003 and was introduced with their lead single, Seven Nation Army. Jack White – 10 of the best 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Depending on the demands of the tunes, the arrangements were for string orchestra, a punchy big band or a small jazz ensemble. Buddy Bregman, gifted Hollywood musical arranger and conductor, dies at 86 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z I used one of the checks from that to finance my dream album: an album of big band music. ‘At This Moment’ singer Billy Vera on ‘Buckaroo Bonzai’ and Michael Buble cover of his song 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z SAT Concert for all ages with Moonlight Swing Orchestra big band, includes appetizers and desserts, beer and wine available, 1 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Fall for Jazz Joshua Bayer directs the American University Jazz Orchestra, Paul Carr directs the Gettysburg College Jazz Ensemble, a varied program of big band music, including swing, bebop and blues. D.C. community calendar, Dec. 1-8, 2016 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z I was playing in some big bands, rock bands, marching bands, and I wrote and I taught. Blake Irving of GoDaddy: At the Top, You Get to Set the Tone 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z “It’s the satisfaction of playing with a big band,” he says. A history of ‘musical joy’ from the Hartford Jazz Orchestra 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z But Day isn't just another pop star; she's a throwback to the smoky jazz club era, channeling Ella Fitzgerald and big band at the same time. Visiting the African American Museum? Make the most of your time in D.C. 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Ragtime, big band music, show tunes and rock are all founded on “appropriation” from black people but I doubt we’ll see anyone picketing as a result. Don’t Rage Over Dreadlocks While African Americans Are Dying in the Streets 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Air Force Band concert The Airmen of Note perform twenty-minute big band jazz concerts with popular, patriotic and classical music, starting on the hour. - The Washington Post 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z As a teenager, she toured with big bands led by Bing Crosby’s brother Bob and others. Gloria DeHaven, star of 1940s '50s films, dead at age 91 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Playing with a good big band, Post continues, “is rare these days, to find one with such good players, such good arrangements. You stick with it as long as you can.” A history of ‘musical joy’ from the Hartford Jazz Orchestra 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z In radio’s golden age, the old Philco brought news, a president’s fireside chats, big band tunes and heroes to believe in — the Lone Ranger, Superman, Buck Rogers. At mic, outside the box: EMCC revives old-time radio serial 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Just after midnight, the big band covering classic rock played to an empty dance floor. A Boehner Party Starts Slow, and Beer and Burgers at the R.N.C. 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z In William Bolcom’s Trombone Concerto, the brass and winds shimmied about like a big band from the swing era, emulating the jazz panache of the soloist, Joseph Alessi, the Philharmonic’s virtuoso principal trombone. Alan Gilbert’s Triumphant Biennial 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Famed for his work with Miles Davis, and subsequently the leader of an acclaimed big band, Holland will become one of the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters. Dave Holland gets major US jazz honour - BBC News 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Caravan Palace The French band, whose music mixes electronic dance music with big band and gypsy jazz influences, performs. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, May 19 to June 1, 2016 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Dylan, who also produced under his pseudonym Jack Frost, immediately liberates songs from the big band/big orchestra world from which they emerged, and in which they are most frequently revisited. Review: Bob Dylan returns to the Great American Songbook in 'Fallen Angels' 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z It was arranged by Mr. Pritsker’s son, Gene Pritsker, who plays guitar in the big band and is also an accomplished modern classical composer whose works are performed at the Cutting Room. In a Brooklyn Basement, Jazz With a Russian Accent 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Louis Prima Jr. performs big band and swing music with the Witnesses. Things to do in New Jersey, May 14 through May 22 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Again, though, Radiohead were wrongfooting the music industry: a big band releasing an album less than a year after their last one, and again shifting styles. All surprises: Radiohead and the art of the unconventional album release 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z On what he’s up to next I’m coming out with my idea of a large ensemble, which is like an orchestra or a big band or something like that. Henry Threadgill on his Pulitzer prize win for music: 'I just try to stay hopeful' 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z It’s open Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, with the last Monday of the month usually for big bands, and the last Thursday for Latin Jazz and Salsa. Bleisure in Kansas City: Pack the sax, head to the Blue Room 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z It may be Bach, bluegrass, hip-hop, big band, sitar or Julie Andrews. New Ways Into the Brain’s ‘Music Room’ 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Highlights include a Feb. 18 concert at London's Barbican Centre where guest saxophonist Wayne Shorter will perform his compositions, newly arranged by members of the big band. Wynton Marsalis is taking the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on its longest tour in nearly 15 years, covering 15 cities in 10 countries over 40 days 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z At the Barbican, the jazz big band will also perform its new George Gershwin Songbook repertoire with guest artists Feb. 20. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra announces world tour 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z It's a clever concept, it's catchy as heck, and the simple video fits the song's brassy, big band vibe. Watch the new video for Jidenna's song 'Knickers' 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Radio led Sinatra to big bands and stardom. Hoboken celebrates Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z There also will be a centennial birthday party at Stevens Institute of Technology featuring a big band and tribute singers. Frank Sinatra's New Jersey hometown celebrates the 100th anniversary of his birth 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z My dad listened to some rock and some big band and some country. EXCHANGE: From Sinatra to Bruno Mars one-man has it covered 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Highlights include a Feb. 18 concert at London’s Barbican Centre where guest saxophonist Wayne Shorter will perform his compositions, newly arranged by members of the big band. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra announces world tour 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z He said he had encountered a shortage of qualified trombone and trumpet students, a situation he observed at other Ivy League schools trying to muster a big band. Yale Students Campaign for All That Jazz 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Warren G Harding, the president who ushered the US into a decade of speakeasies and big band jazz, fathered a daughter with a mistress, new genealogy tests confirm. DNA test confirms Warren Harding fathered daughter outside his marriage 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z A similar contrast between his rock-and-soul big band and his whispery vocals provides the tension that motors his second solo album, “Fresh Blood.” Soulful Matthew E. White pulls you in with the music 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Paper Mill's new season will launch with big band musical Bandstand in October. De Niro to direct Bronx Tale musical - BBC News 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Hired to write arrangements for Chick Webb's big band orchestra, he went on to form his own band in the late 1930s. Van Alexander, US bandleader turned composer, died aged 100 - BBC News 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Not the best collection of highlights, but how about that big band music?! This collection of highlights from each of the past 100 Open Championships is the ultimate time suck: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Soundtrack: Jazz with big band shadings, evocative of another era without sounding like a time warp. Three places around L.A. for a good old-fashioned shave 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z For 50 years, James Last's legions of loyal fans adored his joyful big band versions of pop and classical standards. James Last: The party king critics loved to hate - BBC News 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Hofstra Jazz Ensemble, traditional and contemporary jazz for big band and vocal jazz quartet. Things to Do on Long Island, April 19 to 25, 2015 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Kid Creole and the Coconuts The big band plays with a Latin American flair. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, March 26-April 1, 2015 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The only one I ended up liking actually was the big band one. Motherhood hits home for Kelly Clarkson, in life and music 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The show traces Sinatra’s career in music, from early performances in New Jersey at the Rustic Cabin in Englewood Cliffs through big band performances, radio shows, gold and platinum records and Grammy awards. Sinatra: Centennial Celebrations for an American Icon 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Even though offerings won’t represent the full range of the genre — avant-garde groups, big bands and ensembles helmed by instrumentalists will be less than plentiful — female vocalists will be abundant. Women Take the Mike 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z “The high school big band competition is an event that band directors and students plan their whole year around,” says festival producer Paul Carr. Spirited competition spices up this weekend’s Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z For eight decades, history has happened there, and the radio days of big bands and fireside chats resonate for anyone who can afford it. Inside the Waldorf Astoria’s Presidential Suite 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z After moving here in 1978, he played in a big band and tuned pianos. Piano Tuner Is Known as a Pro, and a Scold 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z All of a sudden the big bands were gone and it was all about rock ‘n’ roll. Drummer Clem Burke on the Ramones, Blondie and rock 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z DeFranco said his favorite clarinetist at the time was Artie Shaw, who led his own big band. Jazz great Buddy DeFranco dies at age 91 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z A big band is fronted by a lady on a sax. Ibiza: Mediterranean Nights 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z His archtop guitars produced a stirring sound that could stand up to horns and percussion in big bands, and became some of the most coveted instruments in the world. Resurrecting the Artistry, and the Name, of a Singular Guitar Craftsman 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Pritsker now lives in Coney Island, and still helps run a big band of mostly Russian musicians from Brooklyn. Piano Tuner Is Known as a Pro, and a Scold 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Crippes’ technical and tuning skills allowed him to cross paths with several music legends, especially in the 1950s and early 1960s when big bands and early rock ‘n’ roll musicians came through the Dubuque area. Dubuque native searches for the perfect pitch 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z The single disc version is with orchestration and on three songs, a big band, while the solo acoustic takes are available in a deluxe double-disc release. Music Review: Neil Young breaks out the orchestra 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The late pianist, bandleader and composer wrote "It Don't Mean a Thing" and other big band hits. NY court backs EMI over Duke Ellington royalties 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The late pianist, bandleader and composer wrote “It Don’t Mean a Thing” and other big band hits. NY court backs EMI over Duke Ellington royalties 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Basie created a significant impact on the big band era as he led the band for nearly 50 years until his death in 1984. Count Basie Orchestra to perform at Arkansas State 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z In 1988 he began presenting A String of Pearls, a programme of music and requests from the big band era and the golden age of Hollywood musicals. Dewi bows out of 60-year BBC career 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z She listened to big band music the entire week leading up to the dance just to get herself in the mood. WWII re-enactment transforms Pennsylvania town 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Ellington wrote “It Don’t Mean a Thing” and other big band hits. Dispute over Duke Ellington royalties in court 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z It presents a mix of music from the big band era and the golden age of Hollywood musicals, with regular requests from his loyal audience. Broadcasting pioneer to retire 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z On Sunday, the students, representing high schools from California to Wisconsin to New York, will split up into the categories “combo” and “big band” for the competition. Weekend Miser: Charles Mingus-Inspired Jazz at Manhattan School of Music 2014-02-13T18:15:15Z Last month, Williams' big band effort become the UK's 1,000th number one album. Pharrell 'happy' with chart glory 2013-12-30T06:47:39Z In the album chart there were less than 200 copies between Williams' second big band release and One Direction's Midnight Memories, both of whom clocked up sales of more than 126,000 each this week. Sam Bailey tops Christmas chart 2013-12-22T19:01:48Z Williams launched his album with a star-studded concert at the London Palladium Pop star Robbie Williams' new big band album Swings Both Ways has become the 1,000th record to top the UK charts. Williams has 1,000th UK number one 2013-11-24T19:14:31Z The star, who these days has a residency in Las Vegas, performed a big band version of his debut single When Will I Be Famous? Matt Goss 'set for festive Strictly' 2013-11-24T11:39:38Z The big band was rehearsing in the sauna. Nigeria's thriving art and music scene 2013-11-20T11:47:58Z The follow-up is called Roaring 20s, partly because the duo both turned 21 this year, but also in reference to the big band samples that pepper the record. Rizzle Kicks rant at rap misogyny 2013-11-05T03:45:05Z The only way it can get there is by attracting consumers, and consumers love big bands. Is Spotify bad for music? 2013-07-20T23:04:06Z “Guy Lombardo — Halfway to New Year’s Celebration,” dinner and dancing to big band music. Calendar: Events on Long Island 2013-06-15T00:56:32Z Weddings, once boisterous affairs with hundreds of attendees, no longer include the traditional big bands. Mali's Legendary Musicians Struggle To Be Heard 2013-05-08T07:05:22Z She also has gone back to the things that worked when she was a phenom, choosing big band music for her short program. Ashley Wagner Leads at United States Figure Skating Championships 2013-01-25T05:23:03Z The lineup has yet to be announced, but will feature big bands and small combos, emerging artists and established players, across a broad range of jazz styles, organizers said. ArtsBeat: 'Jazz & Colors' to Fill Central Park With Standards 2012-10-10T18:37:01Z He used to be known to one and all as Ted, and was sometimes confused with the British big band leader of that name. U-turn if you want to: the civil service will be happy to help 2012-08-25T23:04:08Z But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading. Alan Greenspan on His Fed Legacy and the Economy 2012-08-10T00:18:00Z "In a few months I actually got a job in a downtown bar and in due time was playing in a big band." Well: The Optimistic Life 2012-07-02T04:01:23Z In New York he formed his own quartet and played with the trumpeter Roy Hargrove’s big band, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the rhythm and blues singer Ruth Brown. Abram Wilson, Jazz Trumpeter and Composer, Is Dead at 38 2012-07-02T01:34:37Z |
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