Jazz music, always known for its spirit of improvisation, was hardly the medium for composers or producers during its first 50 years. Even the greatest early arrangers -- Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman -- allowed plenty of room for solos, and would've been deserted by most of their musicians if they hadn't. All of which explains ...
A good if not especially comprehensive introduction to the sound of the swing era, this budget-priced collection doesn't exactly stick exclusively to instrumental material -- both Gene Krupa's "Drum Boogie" and Les Brown's "Sunday" feature vocalists -- but the inclusion of such classic performances as Benny Goodman's "String of Pearls" and Raymond ...
After allowing Raymond Scott fans to feast on his peak era of 1937-1939 with the grand Microphone Music, Basta returned five years later with Ectoplasm, which charts Scott's second Quintette (so spelled) during the years 1948-1949. Scott had led a big band during the World War II years, but narrowed his focus soon after its end. (Unlike the vast ...
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