1470 – Intro to Jazz Recordings

Contemporary Big Bands Pt. 1

 Carla Bley (1936-)

“Who Will Rescue You?” - The Very Big Carla Bley Band
(October 29 & 30, 1990)

◍ Lew Soloff, Guy Barker, Claude Deppa, Steven

Bernstein (tp); Gary Valente, Richard Edwards,
Fayyaz Virji (tb); Ashley Slater (b-tb); Roger
Jannotta (oboe,fl,cl,sop); Wolfgang Puschnig
(as,fl); Andy Sheppard (ts,sop); Pete Hurt (ts,cl);
Pablo Calogero (bar); Carla Bley (p); Karen Mantler
(org); Steve Swallow (el-b); Victor Lewis (d); Don
Alias (perc)

◍ Comp. and Arr. Carla Bley

◍ Album: The Very Big Carla Bley Band

 Mingus Big Band

“Jump Monk” (July 1994)

◍ Randy Brecker, Philip Harper, Ryan Kisor (tp); Jamal

Haynes, Earl McIntyre, Frank "Ku-umba" Lacy (tb);
David Lee Jones, Steve Slagle (as); Craig Handy,
Chris Potter, John Stubblefield (ts); Gary Smulyan
(bar); Kenny Drew, Jr. (p); Andy McKee (b); Adam
Cruz (d)

◍ Comp. Charles Mingus

◍ Album: Gunslinging Birds

 Gordon Goodwin (1954-)

“Hunting Wabbits” – Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band

(2003)

◍ Wayne Bergeron, Dan Fornero, Stan Martin (trumpet);

Alex Iles, Steve Holtman (trombone); Craig Ware
(bass trombone); Sal Lozano (alto sax, soprano sax,
flute, alto-flute); Eric Marienthal (alto sax,
soprano sax, flute); Gordon Goodwin (tenor sax,
piano) Brian Scanlon, Jeff Driskill (tenor sax,
flute, clarinet); Jay Mason (baritone sax, bass-
clarinet, flute); Grant Geissman (guitar); Richard
Shaw (bass); Peter Erskine (drums); Luis Conte
(perc);

◍ Comp. and Arr. Gordon Goodwin

◍ Album: XXL
 Bill Holman (1927-)

“Bemsha Swing” (May 29, 2006)

◍ Carl Saunders, Pete DiSiena, Ron Stout, Bob

Summers, Roger Ingram (tp); John Grab, Bob
Enevoldsen, Andy Martin (tb) Craig Gosnell (b-
tb) Lanny Morgan, Bruce Babad (as, sop, fl);
Pete Christlieb, Ray Herrmann (ts); Bob Efford
(bar); Christian Jacob (p); Joel Hamilton (b);
Kevin Kanner (d);

◍ Comp. Thelonious Monk

◍ Album: Hommage
 Maria Schneider (1960-)

“Walking by Flashlight” - Maria Schneider Orchestra

(August 2014)

◍ Dave Pietro, Steve Wilson, Rich Perry, Donny

McCaslin, Scott Robinson (woodwinds); Greg
Gisbert, Augie Haas, Tony Kadleck, Mike Rodriguez
(trumpet, flugelhorn); Marshall Gilkes, Ryan
Keberle, Keith O'Quinn, George Flynn (trombone);
Frank Kimbrough (piano); Gary Versace (accordion);
Lage Lund (guitar); Jay Anderson (bass); Clarence
Penn (drums);

◍ Comp. and Arr. Maria Schneider

◍ Album: The Thompson Fields