Steve999
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So...Sing Sang Sung - Big Phat Band popped up on shuffle; always enjoy listening to a big band arrangement that 'kicks it!'
Glad there are some people still performing this stuff. Used to listen to Goodman/Ellington/James/Basie/Miller/Rich/etc all the time on my Dad's system when I was growing up.
Started digging a little on some of their other tunes and came across 'On Green Dolphin Street'...interesting! I have several versions of this song -- all done by smaller jazz groups (trios, quartets). Definitely a change of pace for this song...at least for me.
Love that Big Phat jazz band! I'll definitely be digging a little deeper into them as well. And the Lyle Lovett! So how did I get from there to here. . . I remembered a Milt Jackson album called Night Mist that I thought was a big band, but in fact it was a sextet, and I remembered the song Night Mist Blues, and I've always had a soft spot for vibes, and there is a Lionel Hampton big band video up there, and another one of my favorite vibe players is Milt Jackson, so I did a google search, and here is Milt Jackson, live, in a quartet, on video, playing Night Mist Blues. I got to see him in real life exactly once. While the rest of the band is playing it cool, when I watch Milt Jackson's head and face and body language when he plays the vibes, it's like every last note he plays is a single very important thing. There's a really great piano solo in here too.
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