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As for live recordings of the New Testament Band, make sure to check out these: "Count On The Coast Vol. 1", "Count On The Coast Vol. 2", "Basie's Golden '58" (all on the now defunct Swedish Phontastic label); these albums show the New Testament Band in full flight recorded live 1958 in excellent stereo sound!

And that's what I did... glad i finally did something useful today (cocredits to tommy_t for pointing out this great site) Thanks! I am glad to see that my hint was helpful.

This is one of the best by the New Testament Band. "Blues In Hoss' Flat" is one of my all time favorite Basie selections, great arrangement by Frank Foster.

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That is exactly my impression too, I failed to make this point clear enough. The contribution of Nat Pierce's composing and arranging for the band was absolutely crucial, he defined the sound of the Herd.

I warmly recommend the following discs issued by Naxos Jazz Legends (I don't know if these sessions are also covered by the Chronological Classics series): Duke Ellington: Original Recordings Vol. 9 1943-1945 "Black Brown And Beige" a compilation of radio transcriptions from 1943 (outstanding sound quality) plus excerpts from "Black Brown And Beige" recorded 1944 Duke Ellington: Original Recordings Vol. 10 1945 "Air Conditioned Jungle" radio transcriptions in excellent sound quality plus one selection where Duke is guesting with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra and one where Tommy Dorsey is featured with Duke's orchestra

I just received my copy of the Woody Herman Mosaic Select. These performances put goose pimples on my skin every time I listen to them. The 1962-64 edition of the Woody Herman Herds was one of the most exciting big bands ever. Above all it had a very distinctive sound and is instantly recognizable (as is any Ellington and Basie outfit). What is it that made this orchestra so special? This is my attempt to give some answers: 1. Every performance is sparkling with enthusiasm and excitement. One seems to feel the dedication of all its members to the music and to their leader. There is no lacklustre or perfunctory rehashing of old hits, the majority of its repertoire consisted of freshly written and/or arranged tunes. When the band did revisit some of its hits of the forties (like for example "Caldonia" or "Apple Honey") it filled them with that much vitality and joyous abandon, so that they were far more than mere recreations. 2. The charts, mainly by Nat Pierce, have a beautiful feel of logic and transparence, they are bluesy with accent on rhythm and syncopation, and always swing relentlessly (and that goes for the ballads too). 3. The section and ensemble playing is nothing short of superb. The section playing is as much responsible for making this band swing so hard as the - justly so - highly praized rhythm section. 4. This Herman Herd had one of the swinginest rhythm sections ever. Nat Pierce, Chuck Andrus (a superb bass player with a strong beat and a full tone) and of course Jake Hanna were the driving force behind this band, they could swing in every tempo from slow ballads like "Body And Soul" to ultra fast barburners like "Sister Sadie" or "Caldonia". As a big band drummer Jake Hanna has few peers; his cymbal work is exemplary, pushing and urging the beat forward, and his fills are simply fantastic (I have four favorite big band drummers; Hanna is one of them, the others being Don Lamond, Louis Bellson and Jeff Hamilton). 5. Last but not least this band boasted a handful of exciting and highly individual soloists who contributed to the unique sound: Sal Nistico, Phil Wilson, Nat Pierce and - not to forget - the leader on alto-sax and clarinet. The subtitle of the album "Woody Herman - 1963" reads "The Swinginest Big Band Ever", this statement hits the mark.

Woody Herman Mosaic Select Sensational!!!

He is one of the driving forces behind the current Gerald Wilson Orchestra, proving that he also is a superb big band drummer.

Do you happen to have attended that weird (and ultimately pretty bad, I found) trio concert of Solal's with Johnny Griffin (most likely pretty drunk...) and the late NHOP at the Tonhalle some six or seven years ago? Solal was dazzling now and then, but the whole concert was quite a mess, only NHOP I found to play on more or less steady a level, Griffin totally out of it, and Solal changing between too few moments of brilliance and some pretty lacklustre playing... Where did you find the France Musique 2CD set? It seems by now it's not that easy to find, at least I never managed to get a "real" copy of it... No, I did not attend this concert, seems that I did not miss that much. I found the France Musique 2CD set on priceminister.com, a French site, kind of a marketplace similar to amazon. They currently have the set for €10,65. Service was fine: Quick delivery, cd in impeccable condition.

I am just listening to "Martial Solal Improvise Pour France Musique" on JMS. This is absolutely miraculous music, solo piano jazz at its best!

Speaking of Basso / Valdambrini and Italian jazz, there are two sensational albums (both on the Italian Pentaflowers label and somewhat difficult to find) by the Franco Piana Big Band: "Converstions" (with Valdambrini as a guest) and "Interplay For 20".

Woody Herman Mosaic Select Oscar Peterson: A Norman Granz Legacy - Songbooks Etcetera (Avid) 10 cd compilation of all the songbook recordings of OP between 1952 and 1954 with either Barney Kessel or Herb Ellis and Ray Brown, sesssions with Billie Holiday, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz and Flip Phillips as well as 1953 JATP.

Duke Ellington: Black Brown And Beige 1943-1945 (Naxos Jazz Legends) compilation of radio transcriptions Duke Ellington: Air Conditioned Jungle 1945 (Naxos Jazz Legends) compilation of radio transcriptions Dizzy Gillespie: Cubana Be, Cubana Bop (Dreyfus Reference) Big Band recordings 1946-49 Tommy Potter: Hard Funk In Sweden (Jazz Connections) 1956 recordings featuring Rolf Ericson, Ake Persson, Erik Norstrom, Lars Gullin, Freddie Redd, Joe Harris

I completely agree with you re the interplay of the various sections. Goodman's horn sections always were outstanding: technically impeccable and swinging easily.

As I was listening to the Columbia album "On The Air 1937-38" by Benny Goodman I was wondering, what it was that made this band swing (and it swung terrificly, especially on these live recordings). It certainly wasn't Harry Goodman whose bass playing at best was mediocre, and Gene Krupa, though providing much excitement, was a rather ponderous drummer (compare him to Jo Jones in the Basie band of the period and to later Goodman drummers like for example Nick Fatool, Sid Catlett, Dave Tough, Louis Bellson). It occurred to me that it was Allen Reuss' rock-steady rhythm guitar that played a great part in making the Goodman band swing. Reuss was a superb rhythm guitarist in the same league as Freddie Green. In my opinion Allen Reuss' contribution to the success of this band was a very important one that is somewhat overshadowed by the flashy contributions by the likes of Krupa and James. Any opinions on this?

Clifford Brown: Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet With Harold Land - Complete Studio Recordings (Essential Jazz Classics) contains the music originally issued on "Clifford Brown & Max Roach", "Brown & Roach Inc.", "Study In Brown" and "More Study In Brown" (only the tracks with H. Land) Milt Jackson: Plenty, Plenty Soul (Essential Jazz Classics) contains the complete Atlantic album "Plenty, Plenty Soul" and part of the Atlantic album "Ballads & Blues" Paul Gonsalves: Gettin' Together! (Jazzland) Brooks Tegler Big Band: That's It! (Maxngruber) Martial Solal: Improvise Pour France Musique (JMS)

Inspired by your post I had a listen to "No Thanks " on "Go West, Young Med!". This Al Cohn chart, as well as the band playing it, indeed is excellent. Due to Cohn's superb sax playing one often tends to forget that he was an outstandingly accomplished arranger for small groups and big bands. His arrangements always are very melodic and never fail to swing terrificly. Some of the best examples of his writing can be heard on the recordings by Terry Gibbs's exciting late 50's Big Band and by Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band.

As far as I know there are no recordings of Joe Williams and Harry Edison with Supersax, but there are with Dave Pell's "Prez Conference", a group recreating the solos of Lester Young harmonized for three tenor- and one baritone-saxophone. May be you are confusing these two groups. As for Supersax I have "Plays Bird" (Capitol 1972), "The Japanese Tour" (Hindsight 1975), "Chasin' The Bird" (MPS 1977), "Stone Bird" (Columbia 1989) and an interesting one not yet mentioned "Supersax & LA Voices" (Columbia 1983). My favorite is "Chasin' The Bird" featuring Blue Mitchell, Conte Candoli, Frank Rosolino, Lou Levy and Jake Hanna.

That's the Capitol Transcriptions, right? How about the Circle CDs, are those also "must haves"? You are right, the Hindsight box collects the Capitol Transcriptions. Sorry for the belated reply.

Regarding the 1946-1947 period I strongly recommend the 3-CD Hindsight set "Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra 46-47". It contains 64 tracks recorded for radio broadcasts in state-of-the-art sound. The music, as you can assume, is superb.

Got the shipping notification yesterday, cannot wait to listen to it. The 1963/64 Herman Band produced some of the best big band jazz ever: superb charts, great soloists, powerful ensemble playing, swings like hell thanks to Jake Hanna, Chuck Andrus and Nat Pierce (on par with the best of Basie, Ellington and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis)

Stefano Bollani is a technically and artistically brilliant pianist who never fails to deliver exciting performances. I highly recommend the following recordings: - Mambo Italiano (Philology) duo with bassist Ares Tavolazzi - Volare (Venus) trio with Ares Tavolazzi and Walter Paoli - Mi Ritorni In Mente (Stunt) trio with Jesper Bodilsen and Morten Lund - Piano Solo (ECM) - I'm In The Mood For Love (Venus) trio with Ares Tavolazzi and Walter Paoli

I agree, these are some of his best recordings. Some other favorites of mine: - The Happy Horns Of Clark Terry (Impulse) with Phil Woods, Ben Webster, Roger Kellaway - What A Wonderful World: For Louis (Red Baron) - One On One (Chesky) a series of duets with different pianists Sideman dates: - Budd Johnson And The Four Brass Giants (Riverside) - Dave Bailey - One Foot In The Gutter (Epic) - Buddy Tate - Tat-A-Tate (Prestige) - SWR Big Band - Jazz Matinee (Haenssler) - Tubby Hayes - New York Sessions (Columbia)