Electrician's Hall Miami, FL, Vol. 1 (1998)

About this title: The first of two CDs recorded during a 1957 concert in Miami by Woody Herman is a bit of mixed bag. Though Herman's band swings mightily, the performance was recorded with just one microphone, so the balance between instruments is inconsistent at times and the soloists are often not clearly audible. But the brass and reed sections are always distinct in the ensemble passages of band favorites like "Woodchopper's Ball" and "Apple Honey," though the set includes newer material such as Horace Silver's "Opus de Funk" and Manny Albam's "Captain Ahab." The solos by trombonist Bill Harris, who had ... read more

Tracks:

1. Woodchopper's Ball [Bishop/Herman]
2. Captain Ahab [Albam]
3. Prelude to a Kiss [Ellington/Gordon/Mi]
4. After You've Gone [Creamer/Layton]
5. Opus de Funk [Silver]
6. Laura [Mercer/Raksin]
7. Pinetop's Blues [Smith]
8. Gloomy Sunday [Lewis/Seress]
9. For All We Know [Coots/Lewis]
10. Midnight Sun [Burke/Hampton/Merce]
11. Wailin' in the Woodshed [Roland]
12. Stardust [Carmichael/Parish]
13. Apple Honey [Herman]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.