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Size Matters: (Mostly New) Jazz for Big Bands and Orchestras, Part 2

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
August 7, 2021
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As we continue our journey in the recent work of some of the most compelling jazz orchestras and big bands of today, and a few from the past that were so ahead of their time that their music still sounds fresh. [Click here to listen to the part 1].

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Ben Allison

bass, acoustic
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00

Orchestre National de Jazz

" data-original-title="" title="">Orchestre National de Jazz "Who Is Clutterbuck?" The Party (Jazz Village) 0:16

Host talks 4:50

Michael Leonhart

trumpet
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Leonhart Orchestra "Denial" The Normyn Suite [Unreleased] 6:21

Host talks 8:52

Enrico Terragnoli

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Enrico Terragnoli Orchestra Vertical "Tout ?gal" L'Anniversaire (El Gallo Rojo) 10:45

Fred Pallem et le Sacre du Tympan "L'avare qui avait perdu son tr��sor" Racontent les fables de La Fontaine (Train Fantome) 15:55

The

Don Ellis

trumpet
1934 - 1978

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Ellis Orchestra "Alone" Electric Bath (Columbia/Legacy) 19:01

Host talks 24:31

Miho Hazama

composer / conductor
b.1986

" data-original-title="" title="">Miho Hazama and the Danish Radio Big Band "I Said Cool, You said What?" I Said Cool, You said What? -Single (Edition) 26:18

Tower Jazz Composers Orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Tower Jazz Composers Orchestra "Ecce Combo" Tower Jazz Composers Orchestra (Over) 32:56

Go: Organic Orchestra

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Go: Organic Orchestra &

Brooklyn Raga Massive

" data-original-title="" title="">Brooklyn Raga Massive "Africa 21" Ragmala (Meta) 40:03

Host talks 46:59

UMO Jazz Orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">UMO Jazz Orchestra,

Raoul Bjorkenheim

guitar
b.1956

" data-original-title="" title="">Raoul Bjorkenheim "Monkey Dance" UMO Jazz Orchestra & Special Guests (Rytmi) 48:40

Mike Gibbs

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Mike Gibbs "Country Roads" Revisiting Tanglewood 63: The Early Tapes (Jazz in Britan) 54:19

Jihye Lee

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Jihye Lee Orchestra "Why is That" Daring Mind (Motema) 1:00:17

Host talks 1:06:04

Michael Formanek

bass, acoustic
b.1958

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus "Exoskeleton, Pts. VI-VII (Shucking While Jiving / A Reptile Dysfunction)" The Distance (ECM) 1:08:19

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