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Large Jazz Ensembles, Past And Present
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Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Michael Gibbs
tromboneb.1937
Count Basie
piano1904 - 1984
Either/Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestrab.1985
Chico O'Farrill
composer / conductor1921 - 2001
George Russell
composer / conductor1923 - 2009
Playlist
- Henry Threadgill Sextett "I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00
- Duke Ellington "Moon Over Cuba" from 1941 (Classics) 01:03
- Chico O'Farrill "Havana Blues" from Carambola (Milestone) 4:12
" data-original-title="" title="">Antonio Adolfo "Milestones" from Encontros (AAM) 9:39Antonio Adolfo
piano
b.1947- Host Speaks 14:06
- George Russell "Waltz From Outer Space" from The Complete Albums Collection 1956-1964 (Enlightenment) 15:21
" data-original-title="" title="">Randy Brecker & " data-original-title="" title="">Mats Holmquist "All My Things" from Together (MAMA) 22:19Randy Brecker
trumpet
b.1945- Host Speaks 30:28
" data-original-title="" title="">Swingadelic "Sweet Honey Bee" from The Other Duke (Zoho) 32:31Swingadelic
band / ensemble / orchestra- Either/Orchestra "Nutty/Ode To Billie Joe" from Radium (Accurate) 37:01
- Host Speaks 44:31
" data-original-title="" title="">John Surman/John Surman
saxophone
b.1944" data-original-title="" title="">John Warren "Coastline" from The Brass Project (ECM) 45:35John Warren
composer / conductor
b.1938- Michael Gibbs "Tanglewood '63" from Michael Gibbs/Tanglewood '63 (Vocalion) 49:05
- Host Speaks 59:02
- Count Basie/
" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Williams "All Right, OK, You Win" from Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (Verve) 1:01:02Joe Williams
vocals
1918 - 1999 
" data-original-title="" title="">UCF Flying Horse Big Band "B.M.O.C." from Big Man On Campus (UCF Music) 1:04:03UCF Flying Horse Big Band
band / ensemble / orchestra- DIVA Jazz Orchestra "Bucket O' Blues" from DIVA and the Boys (MCG Jazz) 1:10:14
- Host Speaks 1:15:50
" data-original-title="" title="">Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra "Silent Spring" from Time/Life (Song for the Whales and Other Beings) (Impulse) 1:18:11Charlie Haden
bass, acoustic
1937 - 2014- Host Speaks 1:29:51
" data-original-title="" title="">Emiliano Sampaio "For Astor" from Music for Large Ensembles, Vol. II (Session Works) 1:32:26Emiliano Sampaio
guitar
b.1984- " data-original-title="" title="">Orchestre National de Jazz "LIbertango" from Piazzola! (Jazz Village) 1:38:48
- Host Speaks 1:47:34
" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Henderson "Chelsea Bridge" from Big Band (Verve) 1:48:17Joe Henderson
saxophone
1937 - 2001- Duke Ellington "The Swingers Get The Blues, Too" from Blues in Orbit (Columbia) 1:52:44
" data-original-title="" title="">Art Ensemble Of Chicago "Odwalla/The Theme" from Selected Recordings (ECM) 1:55:46Art Ensemble Of Chicago
band / ensemble / orchestra
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duke ellington
Jerome Wilson
michael gibbs
Count Basie
Either/Orchestra
Chico O'Farrill
George Russell
Antonio Adolfo
randy brecker
Mats Holmquist
Swingadelic
John Surman
John Warren
Joe Williams
Flying Horse Big Band
DIVA Jazz Orchestra
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra
Emiliano Sampaio
Orchestre National de Jazz
Joe Henderson
The Art Ensemble of Chicago
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