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Where or When" war schon in seinen frühen Tagen mit der Tommy Dorsey Band ein Lieblingsstück von Frank Sinatra. Diese Version ist eine Transkription des Billy Byers-Charts, den er mit der Basie-Band "...

Ein weiteres Juwel eines Charts aus dem Sinatra-Riddle-Album "Swing Easy" von 1954. Nach einem Intro mit nur drei Noten geht es direkt in den Chart, wobei die Rhythmusgruppe eine sehr strukturierte Un...

The Bill Holman Great Big Band recorded this chart on the Capitol album (same name) in 1960. It is a clever, humorous, nifty chart that features duets in stereo with tenor saxes and trumpets (and othe...

Bill Holman titled this one after the signs which used to be in the old-time dance halls around the country. Written in the '50's for Maynard's Birdland Dream Band, this chart is a laid back, swinging...

Sierra continues to find the lost treasures from Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band Library. A Country Boy starts out with a lazy trombone solo on the written melody and swings along from there. R...

This is the original version of the tune recorded in 1946, and also included in the Milestones LP. This was transcribed by Bob Curnow for Gunther Schuller's Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra concerts. Tenor...

This is exactly as recorded on the new Les Hooper Big Band CD 'Out of the Woods.' It is a wonderful piece, written in an easy swing tempo, with a great feel, fresh harmonic content, lots of clever lin...

One of the great Basie recording was 'The Legend,' of which all the pieces were Benny Carter originals. This chart is from that recording, and it is a wonderfully soulful piece, set in a slow swing te...

Diese Version stammt aus dem Album "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook" und wurde als Duett zwischen Bette Midler und Barry Manilow (der auch das Klavier auf dem Stück spielte) aufgeführ...