10 QUOTES WITH «BIG BAND»
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big band.
I like pop, rock n' roll, big band, Broadway - I like all those elements.
Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don't want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie - but that was basically it. It was seen as dirty and kind of ignorant to have these ambitions, to want to be a big band.
I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't be a big band within 500 miles and that I could do what I wanted to do. And they said I could.
When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing.
What music I listen to day to day changes very, very much. I can go from bluegrass to heavy metal, to blues, to classical and big band and then go to pop and rap.
I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet.
I knew I wanted to be an actor for a long time, but I was based out of Chicago and then I went to New York and I did 'The Upright Citizens Brigade' out there. I had a two-man show with a guy named Oliver Ralli who's now in the band Pass Kontrol, which is a big band out of New York.
I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen.
I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers write for the artist they have in mind; you have to keep in mind if you're going to work with Claus Ogerman. You invite him to do what he does.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIG BAND»
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big band in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
big band and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Offers profiles of top band leaders, instrumentalists, and singers, and lists band affiliations, theme songs, and sponsored radio shows
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Sittin' in with the
big band: jazz ensemble play along : drums
Sittin In with the Big Band: Jazz Ensemble Play-Along is written at the easy to medium-easy level.
Alfred Publishing, Alfred Publishing Staff, 2007
3
Swing Changes:
Big-
band Jazz in New Deal America
Stowe explores this history to suggest why the music of Goodman and Ellington caught so many unawares, and why it fired so many - and so many different - imaginations when it emerged in full force.
4
Swingin' the Dream:
Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of ...
Explores the cultural meaning of swing music to the people of the United States as they struggled through the Depression and World War II.
5
Making the Scene: Contemporary New York City
Big Band Jazz
Challenges conventional jazz historiography by demonstrating the role of big bands in the development of jazz. This book describes how jazz musicians found big bands valuable.
6
Sittin' in with the
Big Band, Vol 2: Bass, Book and CD
Sittin In with the Big Band: Jazz Ensemble Play-Along is written at the easy to medium-easy level.
Alfred Publishing Staff, 2008
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Original
Big Band Sounds: Drums
This collection of jazz ensemble arrangements is made up of direct transcriptions of big band recordings by Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington.
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When swing was the thing: personality profiles of the
big ...
This book fully captures the nostalgic flavor of the Big Band Era through 114 vintage photographs and the story of the lives of the people who made it happen.--Publisher's information.
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The
Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras ...
Paying tribute to better known swing bands, sweet bands (ensembles favoring softer, more sentimental numbers), and some unheralded bands (good ensembles that did not receive much attention or did not have a well-known leader), this book ...
William Emmett Studwell, Mark Baldin, 2000
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Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930-1942
The book explores connections between local entrepreneurs who staged the dances and the national management of the bands that played those engagements.
Christopher Wilkinson, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIG BAND»
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big band is used in the context of the following news items.
Jeff Flanagan and Sweet Lipzz Big Band at Jazz Alley
ASHLAND - Veteran Charleston area trumpet player Jeff Flanagan has been the go-to on trumpet for decades. Flanagan first put together a ... «Huntington Herald Dispatch, Jul 15»
Big band sound to be back in Capron Park for annual Ray Conniff …
ATTLEBORO - How do you fit a big band on Capron Park's ... version of an 18-piece big band with a swinging, uncompromising sound. «The Sun Chronicle, Jul 15»
IMAGE GALLERY: Big Band Sounds of The Tom Nutile Band
The Tom Nutile Band played classic Big Band music from the 30's, 40's & 50's, and, not surprisingly, began the Friday night show with The Star ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
Woody Hite Big Band, Rebecca Kilgore to replace Sunny Adé at the …
Log in with a subscription to read the full story. Each user who logs in with a subscription will be entered in a monthly drawing.*. Logging in with ... «NRToday.com, Jul 15»
Henry Ford Big Band headed overseas to perform
The Henry Ford College Big Band will perform in Italy and France from Monday through July 16. In addition, they will have a send-off rehearsal ... «Dearborn Press and Guide, Jul 15»
Big Band Luisenschule to perform July 7 at Holy Family, July 8 at …
The Big Band Luisenschule from Mülheim, Germany, will present two concerts in Fond du Lac during a three-day visit to the community under ... «Fond du Lac Reporter, Jul 15»
Marshall Gilkes & The WDR Big Band – Köln – Alternate Side
This release is entitled Köln, and it is a full-bodied exposition of a top-notch big band, lead by an exceptional trombonist. In this ten-tune outing, ... «Audiophile Audition, Jul 15»
'When Swing Was King' program brings music from the big band era …
So the Hartfords started a program about five years ago in Omaha, Neb., for senior centers that includes big band music and a slide show of ... «Loveland Reporter-Herald, Jul 15»
Big Band dance at aviation museum
From 7 to 10 p.m., the 19-piece Dan Zola Orchestra will be playing the big band sound. Dance lessons will be available from 7 to 7:30 p.m.. «Port Clinton News Herald, Jul 15»
Festival prom is to be given the big band sound
A mix of classical and contemporary music is being given the big band treatment in the North East this weekend. South Tyneside Orchestra will ... «Shields Gazette, Jul 15»
