The appeal of large ensembles! Recommended masterpieces and popular songs of big bands

Hello DollyLouis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly

A song from the 1964 American musical Hello, Dolly! Set in late 19th-century New York and its suburban rural towns, this musical comedy follows Dolly, a meddlesome yet caring matchmaker whose schemes send many men and women into a whirlwind, only for them to end up paired off one after another.

Its upbeat, lively rhythm and luxurious sound help define the musical’s overall positive atmosphere.

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Wersi WalkORF Big Band & Karel Krautgartner

ORF Big Band & Karel Krautgartner – Wersi Walk (1973)

Wersi Walk is a track from the LP “Wersi Walk — Big Band Sound in Wersi Organ,” released by WM Produktion in 1973.

The ORF Big Band emerged around 1970, when Austria’s broadcasting company was restructured and new modern pop and jazz stations were established, becoming an orchestra that met all the needs of a modern broadcaster and remaining active from 1971 to 1982.

Karel Krautgartner, born in 1922, was a clarinetist from Mikulov in the Czech Republic.

Sugar BluesClyde McCoy

The REAL Clyde McCoy “Sugar Blues”

Originally produced by Clarence Williams in 1920, it was first recorded in 1922 by Leona Williams and her Dixie Band.

This version by Clyde McCoy was particularly popular and was used in Marilyn Monroe’s 1959 comedy film Some Like It Hot.

SpacetripJazz Bigband Graz

Jazzfest Bonn 2012: Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle, JBBG – Jazz Bigband Graz

“Space Trip” is a track from the jazz album Urban Folktales, released by ACT in 2012, and it is in the big band style.

Jazz Bigband Graz (JBBG) is a big band founded in Graz, Austria, in 1998.

Midnight SunLionel Hampton

Midnight Sun – Lionel Hampton

In jazz, the vibraphone is sometimes played, and the pioneer of this was Lionel Hampton.

Although he also thrived in small combos, in his early years he was a bandleader who led a moody big band.

Scrapple From The ApplePeter Herboizheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass

Peter Herbolzheimer – Scrapple from the apple.wmv

“Scrapple From The Apple” is the A1 track on the jazz LP “Bigband Bebop,” released by Koala Records in 1984, and it is in a big band bop style.

Peter Herbolzheimer, born in 1935 in Bucharest, Romania, was a German jazz trombonist and conductor who formed a big band in Germany in 1969.

It has become one of Germany’s leading big bands.

Open beautyDon Ellis

Don Ellis Big Band ‘ Open beauty ‘ – Tanglewood 1968

Distinguished from big bands of the Swing era, big bands from the modern jazz period are called modern big bands.

Don Ellis incorporated an electric sound into the big band.

This piece is one of the more challenging among them.