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Between the standard small jazz ensembles of quartets, quintets and sextets and the powerhouse big bands is a world of ensembles with eight, nine, ten or eleven players. Famously, The 1949 Birth of the Cool sessions were from a nonet assembled by
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Gerry Mulligan
saxophone, baritone1927 - 1996
Gil Evans
composer / conductor1912 - 1988
John Lewis
piano1920 - 2001
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- Host Intro 0:00
" data-original-title="" title="">Cory Weeds Little Big Band "East of the Village" from Explosion (Cellar Live) 4:17Cory Weeds
saxophone, alto
b.1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Holland Octet "Blue Jean" from Pathways (Dare2 Records) 12:14Dave Holland
bass
b.1946- Host speaks 19:19
" data-original-title="" title="">Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra "Bouse" from Blues for Tahrir (Hipnotic Records) 23:13Todd Marcus
clarinet, bass
" data-original-title="" title="">Jamie Baum Nonet "Joyful Lament" from Bridges (Sunnyside Communications) 28:43Jamie Baum
flute
" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Coleman Octet "Pull Counter" from Morphogenesis (Pi Recordings) 34:07Steve Coleman
saxophone, alto
b.1956- Host speaks 39:24
" data-original-title="" title="">Charlie Haden & Liberation Music Orchestra "Blue In Green" from Time/Life:Songs For The Whales And Other Beings (Impulse) 43:00Charlie Haden
bass, acoustic
1937 - 2014
" data-original-title="" title="">Anat Cohen Tentet "Milonga Del Angel" from Triple Helix (Anzic) 50:26Anat Cohen
clarinet
b.1975- Host Outro 56:49
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