Big Band Bebop
Donald Macleod is joined by trumpeter and arranger Guy Barker to explore the birth of big band bebop and other post-war developments after the decline of swing.
Donald Macleod looks at the decline of swing and the birth of big band bebop. He is joined by Guy Barker, who discusses his experiences of meeting and playing with the great trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and they explore the music of others seeking to revolutionize the sound of the big bands in the post-war period.
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BILLY ECKSTINE
Second Balcony Jump
Performer: Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra. Composer: Gerald Andre Valentine.- SAVOY:SJL2214.
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ED FINCKEL
Boyd Meets Stravinsky
Orchestra: Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra.- Savoy Jazz: SV-0185.
- Savoy Jazz.
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Claude Thornhill
Snowfall
Orchestra: Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra.- Affinity :AFSD 1040.
- Affinity.
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Billy Eckstine
It Ain't Like That
Orchestra: Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra.- SAVOY:SJL2214.
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William Eckstein
I Love the Rhythm in a Riff
Orchestra: Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra.- SAVOY:SJL2214.
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Eddie Finkle
Duck Waddle
Orchestra: Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Arab Dance
Music Arranger: Gil Evans. Orchestra: Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra.- LP AFFINITY: AFSD1040.
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Walter "Gil" Fuller
Things to Come
Composer: Dizzy Gillespie. Orchestra: Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra.- LEJAZZ: CD 25.
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Gillespie
Groovin' High
Performer: Charlie Persip. Performer: Quincy Jones. Performer: Ernie Wilkins. Orchestra: Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra. Performer: Dizzy Gillespie. Performer: Phil Woods.- Dizzy Gillespie Big Band.
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Gillespie/Brown
One Bass Hit
Orchestra: Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra.- Musicraft: MVS-2010.
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Sebasti谩n Iradier
La Paloma
Orchestra: Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra.- HEP: HEPCD 17.
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Tadd Cameron
Cool Breeze
Orchestra: Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra. Performer: Dizzy Gillespie.- Birks Works - Verve Big Band Sessions.
- Verve.
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Tadd Dameron
Stop Look and Listen
Orchestra: Tadd Dameron Orchestra.- Riverside: RLP 419.
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