Jazz: Bebop and Jazz: Big Band
CLEVELAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA FEATURING JOE LOVANO: The Surprise of Being -- Live at Birdland
A fresh approach to big band jazz, featuring one of the greatest soloists in jazz today.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
PHIL WOODS: Unheard Herd
This newly recorded CD features Alto sax legend Phil Woods & The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra playing the great Woody Herman Second Herd Bebop charts from the late 1940's.
CD price: $14.99
BILL HOLMAN: The Bill Holman Band Hommage
This release follows the 2006 Grammy nominated CD The Bill Holman Band “Live” also released on Jazzed Media. Bill Holman salutes several jazz greats including Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk, Tadd Dameron, and Woody Herman.
CD price: $14.99
STEVENS, SIEGEL & FERGUSON: Panorama (feat. Valery Ponomarev)
Blistering virtuoso bebop trumpet backed by a powerful and creative piano trio of New York jazz veterans and playing a combination of standards and original tunes.
CD price: $12.97
BRIAN OHERN: Are you ready for some big band?
Jazz for the Trippy.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BUD SHANK BIG BAND: Taking the Long Way Home
This is alto sax great Bud Shank's first big band CD as leader in his 60+ year jazz career.
CD price: $14.99
WENDELL HARRISON: Live In Concert
Jazz master and composer Wendell Harrison features his 18 piece big band, Mama's Licking Stick Clarinet ensemble in a live setting. This fine recording features James Carter on contra bass clarinet and other Detroit jazz greats.
Recommended if you like Sonny Rollins.CD price: $16.99 / MP3 price: $16.99
HUGH FRASER: Big Works
A breathtaking 22 piece big band with full strings, harp and choir which includes Juno Award Winning artists such as Cam Ryga, Ross Taggart, Ian McDougall, Brad Turner featured on Hugh Fraser's two large suites for Jazz Orchestra blending his idles, J.S.
Recommended if you like McCoy Tyner, J. J. Johnson.MP3 price: $15.00
PHIL WOODS: Groovin' to Marty Paich
Alto Sax legend Phil Woods and The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra reprises the historic Marty Paich charts from the 1950's
CD price: $14.99
DICK JOHNSON: Artie's Choice! and the Naturals
Dick Johnson, leader of the Artie Shaw Orchestra since 1983, leads a contingent of New England jazz all-stars on these swinging mainstream sessions.
CD price: $19.99
JILL TOWNSEND BIG BAND: tales from the sea
This contemporary big band swings hard with seventeen of Canada's finest jazz musicians. Brilliant solos and beautiful ensemble work combine to make it one of the most exciting and sophisticated big bands on the west coast today.
CD price: $15.00
CARL SAUNDERS: Be Bop Big Band
"Highly recommended, this is one of the best big band albums of the early 21st century." - Scott Yanow, The All Music Guide, www.allmusic.com
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $13.99
SCOTT GWINNELL JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Basement Vibes
A 16 piece modern-jazz big band that features the original compositions and arrangements of its leader/pianist.
CD price: $14.99
BOB ERLENDSON: All About Jazz Vol I
Features Erlendson's octet recorded live in Calgary during the C-Jazz Festival in August 2007.
CD price: $14.00
MIKE LONGO & THE NEW YORK STATE OF THE ART JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Oasis
Jazz with Be Bop, Soul, Salsa and Brazilian influences
Recommended if you like Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington & Count Basie.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE CHRIS BYARS OCTET: Night Owls
The hip Smalls-based New York modern jazz octet with brilliant arrangements by prodigy arranger/composer/saxophonist Christopher Byars.
CD price: $12.97
MIKE BARONE BIG BAND: Live 2005
Big Band Jazz with Standards,Jazz Standards and Originals.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
JIM SELF: InnerPlay
Jazz Tuba and FLUBA with Strings featuring Gary Foster, Pete Christlieb and Dan Higgins
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
BRIAN VANARSDALE ORCHESTRA: The Flood
New original music for large jazz ensemble. This CD is a studio recording of a five-movement programatic work. A great mix of composed big-band music and great solos makes this a great CD for any jazz fan.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
MANHATTAN BONES: Tribute
Four top NYC trombonists & a three-piece rhythm section pay tribute to J.J. Johnson, Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry, Duke Ellington & Gil Evans in a cutting-edge set of jazz arrangements.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
RICH PULIN SEXTET: pulin for YOU 2
"A BE-BOP SEXTET WITH A BIG BAND SOUND"
Recommended if you like Charlie.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
PHIL WOODS: This Is How I Feel About Quincy
Alto Sax great Phil Woods and his Little Big Band salute Quincy Jones and his famous jazz compositions.
CD price: $14.99
PETE CHRISTLIEB AND THE BILL RAMSAY/MILT KLEEB BAND: Pete Christlieb and the Bill Ramsay/Milt Kleeb Band
A swinging 11 piece band out of the great Northwest, featuring solos by Pete Christlieb and Jay Thomas, vocals by the infamous "Red" Kelly. Arranged by Milt Kleeb and Bill Ramsay. This band performs regularly in and around the Seattle area.
CD price: $15.99
PETE CHRISTLIEB: For Heaven's Sake
A collection of both standard and original tunes penned by great arrangers and performed by great musicians.
CD price: $15.99
JOAN STILES: Love Call
Classic New York large ensemble jazz in the 1950's / 60's BLUE NOTE style
Recommended if you like Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington & Count Basie.CD price: $15.99 / MP3 price: $15.99
THE JIM CIFELLI NEW YORK NONET: So You Say
An urban update of the cool school sound. Combining the big band experience with the energy of small group improvisation.
CD price: $9.99
JOHN FUMASOLI AND THE JONES FACTOR: Collective Jazz
All original compositions and arrangements featuring Scott Weholdt, Tony Kadleck, Sean Smith, Fred Vigdor, and Todd Strait. A unique sound.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
MIKE LONGO: Explosion
This is a dynamic assembly of first call NY musicians in a large group setting, retaining the accessibility of small group playing.
CD price: $13.97
NANCIE BANKS: Waves of Peace
Toe tapping big band jazz w/ great vocal stylist
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
THE RUSS FREEMAN PROJECT "CROSSINGS": Nathan Tanouye and the Las Vegas Jazz Connection
Pianist, Russ Freeman's bebop tunes big band style played by The Las Vegas Connection with energy and color.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
THE PAUL SPENCER BAND: Milwaukee Jazz Explosion
This is the first of a series of Milwaukee Jazz Explosion productions which feature the best of Milwaukee's jazz artists and combines their diverse musical backgrounds and various jazz styles into one exciting performance.
CD price: $12.97
THE JAMES BAZEN BIG BAND: Tonight He's Mine
Powerful arrangements of familiar tunes that combine intricate ensemble work, unrestricted blowing and Bazen's unique take on the standards.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
DONALD WALDEN: Donald Walden & The Detroit Jazz Orchestra
Straight Ahead Bebop ...............
CD price: $14.95 / MP3 price: $14.95
MIKE KAPLAN NONET: How's That?
An exciting jazz ensemble featuring 6 horns (3 saxes, 3 brass) and an intuitive 3 man rhythm section performing original arrangements in a variety of styles and genres all filtered through the 21st century Jazz sensibilities of the leader and bandmembers.
CD price: $11.99
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Monday In The City
In the style of the Vanguard Band + Mingus Big Band in NY, this 16-piece San Francisco group swings hard on this live recording, featuring the music of Oliver Nelson, Thad Jones, McCoy Tyner, etc...
THE JIM CIFELLI NEW YORK NONET: Bullet Trane
An urbanized update of the cool school sound. The charts are bracing and inventive, the interpretations precise yet swinging.
CD price: $9.99
THE JAMES BAZEN BIG BAND: The Wednesday Night Pizza Band
Builds on the best of artists such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chick Corea, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Bob Marley, Claude Debussy, J. S. Bach, and even Celtic folk artists.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
EVAN'S MIXED BAG: The Better Place
A little Big Band five horns four piece rhythm swinging as hard as you can stand.
CD price: $12.97
FLIP PHILIPP/ED PARTYKA DECTET: something wrong with you?
Honolulu Lilly is a melting pot of melodies, rhythms and shifting meters which eventually âmelts down" down into some freaky freeness. Women & Work was inspired by âWhen the Saints..." I took the New Orleans feel and Klaus did some wonderful orche
MP3 price: $12.97
BILL HOLMAN: The Bill Holman Band Live
The Bill Holman Band is considered one of the greatest working big bands on the current jazz scene, and delivers rich and complex big band scores.
CD price: $14.99
LARRY GILLESPIE: Contour
Big Band, swinging jazz that's both danceable and full of vibe.
CD price: $11.97 / MP3 price: $11.97
GREG DYKES: The Prince of Peace
This CD is a Jazz Cantata. The Text is from the Bible Isaiah and St Luke it is the Christmas story set in Jazz. Wonderful Tenor solos by Wendel Harrison,and Esther Phillips sings like an angel on I Will Greatly Rejoice.
CD price: $13.00
