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1	From This Moment On (2006) more music like this by Diana Krall add to wishlist Returning to the large ensemble sound of her 2005 success, Christmas Songs, pianist/vocalist Diana Krall delivers a superb performance on 2006's From This Moment On. Although having received a largely positive critical response for her creative departure into original singer/songwriter jazz material on 2004's The Girl in the Other Room, here ... see all copies from $3.79! new only from $12.99!
2	The Essential Thelonious Monk [2003] (2003) more music like this by Thelonious Monk add to wishlist Calling an album "The Essential Thelonious Monk" is a bit misleading, especially since all the material comes from one label: Columbia. Nonetheless, this may arguably be the essential Thelonious Monk material on the label. There are 11 selections here, all recorded between 1962-1968, the period of Monk's tenure with the label. Produced for ... see all copies from $6.83! new only from $6.83!
3	Walking in Space (1969) more music like this by Quincy Jones add to wishlist The protean Quincy Jones returned to the recording studio as a leader after a long stretch in Hollywood with this triumphantly contemporary big band album. He re-established himself firmly with his big band jazz base while casting a keen eye on the pop scene and the world of electric instruments (even Ray Brown is caught playing superb electric ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $12.49!
4	Giant Steps (1973) more music like this by Woody Herman add to wishlist Woody Herman always went out of his way during his long career to encourage younger players, often persuading them to write arrangements of recent tunes for his orchestra. On this recording one gets to hear his band interpret such selections as Chick Corea's "La Fiesta," Leon Russell's "A Song for You," "Freedom Jazz Dance," "A Child Is Born" and ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $9.14!
5	With Love (2007) more music like this by Charles Tolliver add to wishlist On the first new release from the Mosaic subsidiary of Blue Note, veteran trumpeter Tolliver finally makes the long awaited big-band recording of the group that has played occasionally in New York City, revived from the remnants of his legendary '70s Music Inc. Orchestra. A bit of the old repertoire ("Mournin' Variations" and "Right Now") and a ... see all copies from $5.94! new only from $14.58!
6	Live from San Francisco (1983) more music like this by Maynard Ferguson add to wishlist Live from San Francisco was Maynard Ferguson's strongest jazz album in quite a few years. Utilizing a small big band comprised of 12 pieces, Ferguson is in consistently fiery form during a session recorded live at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. "Bebop Buffet" (which has quotes from many bop classics) is a high point, and these ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $9.89!
7	Word of Mouth Revisited (2003) more music like this by Jaco Pastorius Big Band add to wishlist Back before he turned everyone's idea of bass playing inside out, Jaco Pastorius spent five years on the bandstand with the Peter Graves Orchestra at Bachelors III, a swanky spot in his hometown of Ft. Lauderdale. Nearly three decades after the future star's departure in 1975, and 16 years after his brutal murder, Graves got the guys back together ... see all copies from $5.85! new only from $5.85!
8	Chanson du Vieux Carre (2007) more music like this by Harry Connick, Jr. add to wishlist Chanson du Vieux Carre should simply be titled Harry Connick, Jr.'s New Orleans album. The material chosen for this set is comprised of jazz tunes associated with the Crescent City, or simply tunes Connick wrote about it. According to the liner notes, he arranged it all on his computer while traveling from gig to gig over a period of years. The ... see all copies from $5.22! new only from $14.58!
9	Out of the Cool (1960) more music like this by The Gil Evans Orchestra add to wishlist Out of the Cool, released in 1960, was the first recording Gil Evans issued after three straight albums with Miles Davis -- Sketches of Spain being the final one before this. Evans had learned much from Davis about improvisation, instinct, and space (the trumpeter learned plenty, too, especially about color, texture, and dynamic tension). Evans ... see all copies from $9.22! new only from $9.22!
10	Live in Swing City: Swingin with the Duke (1999) more music like this by Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
11	Tears of Joy (1971) more music like this by Don Ellis add to wishlist Recorded in 1971, Tears of Joy is a Don Ellis classic. The sheer musical strength of this ensemble is pretty much unparalleled in his career. The trumpeter/leader had backed off -- a bit -- from some of his outlandish and beautifully excessive use of strange and unconventional time signatures, though there is no lack of pioneering experimentalism ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $13.62!
12	The Make Believe Ballroom (1995) more music like this by The Spitfire Band add to wishlist see all copies from $5.56! new only from $15.04!
13	Consummation [Reissue] (1970) more music like this by Thad Jones-Mel Lewis add to wishlist Of the many albums recorded by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, this was the greatest. Reissued on CD as part of a large Mosaic box set, this set introduced Jones' best-known composition, "A Child Is Born," also has a colorful rendition of his sly "Tiptoe," and finds the big band ripping the roof off during the lengthy and very exciting ... see all copies from $9.91! new only from $9.91!
14	Overtime (2005) more music like this by Dave Holland add to wishlist This exceptional date by Dave Holland Big Band was recorded in 2002 in New York, yet remained unreleased until 2005. As is to be expected, Holland assembled a fine cast of seasoned and young players, some of whom are veterans of Holland's quintets and quartets. These are four saxophones -- two alto, tenor and baritone -- three trumpets and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.74!
15	Dizzy's Business (2006) more music like this by The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band add to wishlist The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band's Dizzy's Business continues where 2002's Things to Come (credited to the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars) left off. Gone is the fabulous trumpeter Jon Faddis, who also led that aggregation, but many of the other key players return, among them tenor saxman Jimmy Heath, baritone saxman Gary Smulyan, alto ... see all copies from $9.14! new only from $9.14!
16	No Funny Hats (2004) more music like this by Buddy Rich add to wishlist see all copies from $7.24! new only from $7.24!
17	Long Ago and Far Away (1996) more music like this by Charlie Watts add to wishlist see all copies from $6.99!
18	Manhattan Wildlife Refuge (1974) more music like this by Bill Watrous add to wishlist Manhattan Wildlife Refuge and its follow-up, The Tiger of San Pedro, are the only two recordings of trombonist Bill Watrous' impressive big band of the mid-'70s. Watrous, who takes an uncharacteristically crazy cadenza on "Fourth Floor Walk-Up," is in top form on such numbers as Chick Corea's "Spain," "Dichotomy," and "Zip City." Among his more ... see all copies from $10.28! new only from $10.28!
19	Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich, Vol. 2 (1997) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Like the first volume, Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich, Vol. 2 assembles a shifting cast of virtuoso trap-set players sitting in with the Buddy Rich Big Band in order to pay tribute to its legendary founder. There are fewer rock drummers this time around, although Bill Bruford and Neil Peart are back. In fact, many of these ... see all copies from $8.71! new only from $8.71!
20	Live at MCG (2007) more music like this by Billy Taylor and Gerry Mulligan add to wishlist Billy Taylor was already in his early seventies and Gerry Mulligan not far behind when the pianist and baritone saxophonist performed together for the first time in a series of 1993 dates at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh, PA. The two had been close friends for years, though, and their on-stage meeting has an aura of inevitability ... see all copies from $10.35! new only from $10.35!
21	Plays Well with Others (2007) more music like this by Wayne Bergeron add to wishlist Journeyman jazz trumpeter Wayne Bergeron delivers a lush and fiery big-band performance on his 2007 album Plays Well with Others. Featuring Bergeron's own big band, the album also includes a guest appearance by iconic high-note trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. Much of the music here is crisply urbane, swinging mainstream jazz in the "little big band" ... see all copies from $10.60! new only from $10.60!
22	Plays Music from the Rat Race (1999) more music like this by Sam Butera & The Witnesses add to wishlist The Rat Race directed by Robert Mulligan starred Debbie Reynolds and Tony Curtis and the original score was composed by Elmer Bernstein. The music played here by Sam Butera & the Witnesses (basically the band he put together on the side while playing with Louis Prima and Keely Smith) is not the original soundtrack from the picture, though it might ... see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99!
23	From This Moment On [Import Bonus Track] (2006) more music like this by Diana Krall add to wishlist see all copies from $10.34! new only from $19.99!
24	Connection (1972) more music like this by Don Ellis add to wishlist Don Ellis' Connection, issued in 1972, was a brazen attempt at swinging for the chart fences. Most of the tunes selected come right from the pop vernacular of the day. They range from a barnburning read of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's theme for "Jesus Christ Superstar" and a dirty funk approach to Carole King's "I Feel the Earth Move" to a ... see all copies from $16.47! new only from $16.47!
25	Live from the Nation's Capital (2000) more music like this by Buddy Collette Big Band add to wishlist Multi-instrumentalist Collette came to front a 20-piece group for this in-concert date at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C., as part of a Library Of Congress Jazzfest. For this hour program, Collette presents his original compositions, many modern charts adapted to larger accompaniment. Besides the world-class flute, sax, and clarinet of the ... see all copies from $14.47! new only from $14.47!

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