Timeline/Information (dates, history of jazz, world history reference points)

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1 Ragtime Blues Dixieland Early Jazz Swing Big Band Be Bop Cool Jazz Hard Bop Free Jazz Fusion Contemporary Timeline/Information (dates, history of jazz, world history reference points) 1817 Congo Square in NOLA established for slave music and dance Harvard Law founded 1865 Slavery abolished 1892 Tommy Turpin writes HARLEM RAG 1 st ragtime composition 1895 Scott Joplin publishes 2 rags GE founded Buddy Bolden forms his band st Rag appears in print and popularity grows 1 st Subway created in Boston 1900 Cutting contests begin at Tammany Hall 1 st Electric bus in NYC 1901 Louis Armstrong is born Charles Booth records CREOLE BLUES for Victor label. 1 st recorded rag

2 1902 Jelly Roll Morton claims to invent Jazz Cuba gains independence from US 1904 Buddy Bolden fuses Blues and Rag Ice Cream Cone invented 1 st NY Eve held in Times Square 1910 Clef Club founded by James Reese Europe in NYC (for African American) Mark Twain dies 1913 JAZZ 1 st appears in print 1914 WC HANDY ST LOUIS BLUES WWI begins Marie Curie isolates radium Panama Canal open to commercial traffic 1915 King Oliver forms band with Sidney Bechet Albert Einstein Theory of Relativity 1921 Zion, Illinois bans JAZZ labeling it sinful Hitler elected to Nazi party 1 st Miss America is held 1922 Kid Ory Band is 1 st black band to record in NO style Ghandi is imprisoned John Stark goes out of business to end ragtime era Mussolini seizes power in Italy 1923 Bessie Smith 1 st recording 1 st network radio broadcast King Oliver (with Louis Armstrong) 1 st recording Sidney Bechet 1 st recording Fletcher Henderson Orchestra begins tenure at Club Alabama in NYC Elmer Snowden s Washingtonians tours NYC with Duke Ellington on piano 1924 Duke 1 st recording as leader of Washingtonians Stalin becomes Dictator of Russia RHAPSODY IN BLUE by Gershwin, premieres Fascist party wins in Italy

3 Louis Armstrong moves to NYC to join Fletcher Henderson. Coleman Hawkins soon joins 1925 Electric recordings introduced 1 st classical music recording in US Original Dixieland Jass Band disforms Fats Waller gives lessons to Count Basie THE GREAT GATSBY published Frisbee played for 1 st time using pie plates from Frisbee Baking Co. Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith record ST. LOUIS BLUES for Columbia Records 1927 Duke Ellington begins tenure at Cotton Club Lindbergh Solo Flight across Atlantic Inauguration of CBS 1 st talkie film The Jazz Singer 1928 Benny Goodman 1 st recording 1929 Fats Waller does 1 st mixed race recording. Forced to sit behind screen, away from whites Stock Market Crash Valentine s Day Massacre in Chicago 1 st Academy Awards presented 1930 Lionel Hampton records with Louis Armstrong (1 st vibraphone) Pluto is discovered Cab Calloway becomes regular at Cotton Club Jet engine is invented 1931 Buddy Bolden dies Empire State Building opens RCA uses 1 st 33 1/3 MP disc Japan invades Manchuria 1932 Don t Mean a Thing (if it ain t got that swing) 1 st time SWING is in title Radio City Music Hall opens Benny Goodman joins Fletcher Henderson Orchestra Japan attacks Shenghai 1933 Art Tatum records TIGER RAG thought by many to be a duet Prohibition ends Duke Ellington 1 st European tour 1 st photos of Loch Ness Nellie

4 Billie Holiday 1 st recording Adolf Hitler named Chancellor Dachau Concentration Camp opens 1934 DOWN BEAT magazine founded in Chicago Bonnie and Clyde shot Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (Jimmy on clarinet, Tommy on trombone) Italy invades Albania 1 st Cheeseburger in Louisville, Kentucky 1935 Ella Fitzgerald 1 st recording Italy invades Ethiopia Benny Goodman with interracial trio (Gene Krupa and Teddy Wilson) Porgy and Bess opens on Broadway Electric Guitar invented 1 st paperback books published 1936 Nat King Cole 1 st recording Jesse Owens wins 4 Gold in Olympics. Hitler refuses photo op 1937 Billie Holiday debuts with Count Basie Hindenberg crashes in New Jersey Count Basie broadcasts from The Savoy George Gershwin dies of brain tumor Dizzy Gillespie 1 st recording 1938 Benny Goodman performs at Carnegie (1 st jazz performance at Carnegie hall) Shopping carts introduced in Oklahoma Savoy Competition Webb vs. Basie Orsen Welles broadcast on radio Benny Goodman records Bach goes to town: Prelude and Fugue in Swing 1939 Glenn Miller gains radio play WWII begins Coleman Hawkins records BODY AND SOUL sophistication of sax improvisation PACT OF STEEL Germany and Italy Blue Note Records is founded Charlie Parker moves to NYC

5 1940 Minton s Playhouse opens in NYC as hot spot for Jazz Germany takes Paris ASCAP sets broadcast band, grows BMI because of it Italy declares war on Britain/France 1941 TAKE THE A TRAIN recorded Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Sidney Bechet record playing 5 instruments. 1 st experiment of overdubbing US Declares war on Japan/Germany/Italy Charlie Parker 1 st recording Minton jam sessions where Be Bop is created Dizzy Gillespie fired by Cab Calloway over knife altercation 1942 Fats Waller performs at Carnegie US bombs Germany Leonard Bernstein performs as JAZZ pianist in Boston Germany invades Stalingrad Sarah Vaughn wins talent show at Apollo Theater Eddie Condon 1 st integrated band on CBS TV 1943 Duke Ellington at Carnegie Jitterbug dance big in US Glenn Miller textbook published on arranging Allied forces land in Italy Mussolini resigns after allied forces land in Sicily 1944 Cootie Williams records ROUND MIDNIGHT by Thelonius Monk. Most D-Day Allied Invasion Recorded standard ever Miles Davis accepted at Julliard. Withdraws soon after to play jazz Lester Young is drafted voted most popular sax by Down Beat Glenn Miller disappears on flight from London to Paris US reaches Germany Assassination on Hitler foiled United Negro College Fund begins

6 1945 BE BOP recorded by Dizzy Gillespie Franklin D. Roosevelt dies Mussolini executed Hitler suicide US bombs Japan 1946 Miles records ORNITHOLOGY and NIGHT IN TUNISIA Bikini is introduced in US Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie perform in LA Juan Peron takes power in Argentina 1947 Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday headline at Carnegie Hall 1949 BIRTH OF COOL by Miles Davis 1 st passenger jet 1 st International Jazz Festival in Paris Mao Tse Tung forms Peoples Republic Of China 1 st Dave Brubeck recording in San Francisco Vietnam gains independence France Charlie Parker releases CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS Birdland opens on Broadway 25 member Progressive Jazz performs at Carnegie with Stan Kenton 1950 Thelonius Monk arrested for drugs in NYC, banned from playing in city Korean War begins Thelonius Monk and Charlie Parker record together China invades Tibet 1951 Dave Brubeck Quarter with Paul Desmond NATO is formed Russia declares 1 st nuclear weapons Monk stripped of Cabaret Card for not selling out Bud Powell to police Catcher in the Rye published 1952 Carnegie Hall hosts California Jazz Nite w/brubeck/baker/mulligan/desmond Waiting for Goddot published Modern Jazz Quartet founded

7 1953 Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong on tour. This leads to fight and Josef Stalin dies Goodman has a nervous breakdown Jazz at Massey Hall recorded in Toronto Korean War ends 1954 Brubeck appears on TIME Magazine cover US tests Hydrogen bomb 1 st American Jazz festival at Newport, RI Vietnam War begins Charlie Parker attempts suicide Supreme Court rules racial Segregation in public school unconstitutional Thelonius Monk tours Europe Max Roach and Clifford Brown create Hard Bop Quartet 1955 Charlie Parker Dies Albert Einstein dies Miles Davis 1 st recording with John Coltrane Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers record in Greenwich Village Disneyland opens (California) KFC begins sales Cannonball Adderley 1 st NYC performance Lennie Tristano experiments with true overdubbing 1956 PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS recorded using collective improvisation Marilyn Monroe marries Arthur Miller Duke Ellington interest rekindled with TIME story and Newport Jazz Festival Elvis records Heartbreak Hotel Art Tatum dies Monk records with Sonny Rollins 1957 MILES AHEAD is recorded Russia launches 1 st Sputnik satellite Jimmy Dorsey dies Cat in the Hat bestseller Mingus uses latin elements in TIJUANA MOODS

8 West Side Story opens in Washington, DC BLUE TRANE is recorded by John Coltrane Toshiko Akiyoshi wins Down Beat poll and Berklee Music Award 1958 Brubeck in Denmark Boeing 707 introduced Modal Jazz introduced with MILESTONES MOANIN definitive hard bop recording Hovercraft invented Skateboard invented 1959 Lester Young dies Castro assumes power in Cuba KIND OF BLUE recorded by Miles Davis modal jazz Sidney Bechet dies Ornette Coleman 1 st free jazz recording Hawaii and Alaska join US Xerox is introduced US sends 2 monkeys to space Billie Holiday arrested and dies soon after 1960 SKETCHES OF SPAIN by Miles Davis Laser beam 1 st demonstrated Modern Jazz Quarter recording with full orchestra Black sit ins in North Carolina FAVORITE THINGS and GIANT STEPS recorded Fables of Faubus and We Insist: Freedom now Suite recorded 1961 Dizzy Gillespie at Carnegie Hall Catch 22 published Down Beat articles attacks Free Jazz Newport Jazz relocated to NYC after riots break out Berlin Wall built Birth Control pill introduced 1962 Bossa Nova is back with DESAFIANDO by Stan Getz Marilyn Monroe dies Ellington records with Mingus/Roach and Coltrane Joe Pass 1 st recording Cuban Missile Crisis Lincoln Center opens in NYC

9 1963 Mingus introduced extended structure and free improve with MLK, JR speech in DC BLACK SAINT and SINNER LADY Bill Evans CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF with overdubbing JFK assassinated 4 black girls killed in Alabama bombing Basie tours Japan 1964 MY FUNNY VALENTINE by Miles Davis Nelson Mandela begins life sentence Horace Silver records SONG FOR MY FATHER Civil Rights Bill passed A LOVE SUPREME released by Coltrane GI JOE introduced 1965 Modal tune MAIDEN VOYAGE with Herbie Hancock TS Eliot dies Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra forms Coltrane releases ASCENSION as free jazz experiment 1 st Space Walk by US Malcolm X assassinated 1966 Ellington receives President s Gold Medal of Honor Star Trek on TV premiere Thad Jones/Mel Lewis debut at Village Vanguard MILES SMILES is released Race riots in CLE/NY/CHI Black Power rises 1967 Coltrane dies of liver disease Apollo crew killed on Launchpad fire Montreux Jazz debuts in Switzerland 1 st successful heart transplant Down Beat does Rock as well as Jazz music genres Herbie Hancock introduces electric piano with Miles Davis 1968 Hancock quits Davis quartet MLK, JR. assassinated Wes Montgomery dies Chick Corea joins Miles Davis Quartet RF Kennedy assassinated 2001: A Space Odyssey premieres 1969 BITCHES BREW released as fusion album Armstrong lands on moon

10 Coleman Hawkins dies Ghadafi takes power in Libya Woodstock music festival The Godfather is published Mario Puzo 1970 Sun Ra records in Germany Jimi Hendriz dies Joshua Rifkin records Joplin Rags Janis Joplin dies Chick Corea quits Miles Davis Quartet Voting age changed to 18 Roe V. Wade 1971 Weather Report 1 st recording US bombs North Vietnam Louis Armstrong dies. Death reported worldwide as front page news A Clockwork Orange banned in UK Mingus autobiography released Beneath the Underdog 1972 Mingus performs at Philharmonic Hall in NYC UK kills 13 in Northern Ireland Monk goes into retirement Ornette Coleman SKIES OF AMERICA performed by London Symphony Terrorists kill 11 Israelis at Olympics 1 st Polaroid Camera introduced 1973 Hancock HEAD HUNTERS fusion jazz breaks all jazz recording marks Vietnam war ends The Sting movie rekindles love of Ragtime music Comeback appearance of Chet Baker by Dizzy Gillespie Picasso dies Watergate Break-in occurs 1974 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis go to Tokyo Patty Hearst kidnapped Akiyoshi records in LA Lincoln Center farewell performance by Modern Jazz Quartet Nixon resigns Streaking begins on college campuses Duke Ellington dies 1 st crossover hit, Mr. Magic, by Grover Washington

11 1975 Brecker Brothers 1 st recording (Michael and Randy) Jaws is released Pat Methany 1 st recording North Vietnam invades South Vietnam 14 year old Wynton Marsalis debut performance with New Orleans Symphony Orchestra 1976 Brubeck Quarter reunites for concert Viking probe sends pictures of Mars Monk last performance at Newport Jazz Festival Roots is published Weather Report releases HEAVY WEATHER and BLACK MARKET Scott Joplin awarded Pulitzer posthumously 1977 Paul Desmond dies Star Wars released World Sax Quartet formed Spyro Gyra 1 st recording Elvis Presley dies Space Shuttle test flight begins 1978 President Carter hosts 1 st Jazz at White House with Charles Mingus Afghanistan revolution begins Pat Methany Group formed 1 st black News Anchor Max Robinson 1979 Charles Mingus dies Apocolypse Now released Stan Kenton dies Bill Evans final recording Dizzy Gillespie book To Be or Not to Bop released 3 Mile Island Nuclear disaster Sony Walkman released Margaret Thatcher female PM of Britain 1980 Grover Washington releases crossover JUST THE 2 OF US John Lennon killed THE MAN WITH THE HORN Miles Davis funk/rock base Wynton Marsalis records at Montreux with The Jazz Messengers Bill Evans dies 10,000 Cuban refugees enter US Mt. St. Helens erupts Iran Hostage Crisis 1981 Miles Davis 1 st live performance in years at Avery Fisher Hall 1 st space shuttle mission

12 Branford Marsalis and Wynton Marsalis join Jazz Messengers Anwar Sadat assassinated Dave Sanborn 1 st recording Aids epidemic Assassination attempt on RonaldReagan Assassination attempt on Pope Paul II 1982 Thelonius Monk dies GHANDI wins 8 academy awards Jaco Pastorius leaves Weather Report ET wins 3 academy awards Wynton Marsalis and Bobby McFewrein introduced at Kool Jazz Festival 1983 Wynton Marsalis wins Classical and Jazz Grammy US invades Grenada Scott Joplin appears on US Postage Stamp Herbie Hancock ROCKIT jumps to #1 on Pop Chart 1 st CD marketed School Prayer Amendment rejected Vanessa Williams 1 st black Miss USA Harold Washington 1 st black mayor (chi) 1984 Count Basie dies Indira Ghandi assassinated YOU RE UNDER ARREST last Columbia recording by Miles Davis 1 st Macintosh computer Miles Davis signs 7 figure deal with Warner Brothers 1985 Kenny Clark dies Live Aid premieres Miles records AURA in Denmark Titanic is found Branford Marsalis tours with STING 1986 Wynton Marsalis considered pure traditionalist Challenger shuttle explosion Kenny G releases SONGBIRD Benny Goodman dies US bombs Libya Affirmative Action upheld by Supreme

13 Herbie Hancock wins Academy Award from Round Midnight movie score 1987 Jaco Pastorius dies, beat up by bouncer at bar Andy Warhol dies Michael Brecker 1 st solo recording Stock Market crash Massive reissue of many Bop and Hard Bop recordings Whitney Houston debut album #1 Classically Jazz premieres at Alice Tully Hall in NYC 1988 Gil Evans dies Lockerbie (Scotland) Explosion of jet Chet Baker dies Bird premieres directed by Clint Eastwood 1989 Roy Eldridge and Woody Shaw die Salvatore Dali dies Roy Hargrove 1 st recording Quincy Jones releases BACK ON THE BLOCK with jazz and rap genre Berlin Wall torn down Exxon Valdez Oil spill 1990 Sarah Vaughn and Mel Lewis die Gulf War begins Salmon Rushdie sentenced to death For The Satanic Verses book Dexter Gordon dies Miles Davis autobiography Miles the Autobiography released Leonard Bernstein dies Russia falls 1991 Stan Getz dies Dr. Seuss dies Miles Davis dies Gulf War ends Wynton Marsalis becomes 1 st director for Jazz at Lincoln Center Joshua Redman wins Jazz Sax Competition signs with Warner Brothers 1992 DOO BOP released (miles Davis album with rap) LA Race riots

14 Branford Marsalis becomes bandleader of Tonight Show with Jay Leno Mae Jemison 1 st black astronaut in spac Hip Hop group US3 samples Herbie Hancock music 1993 Sun Ra dies Maya Angelou delivers poem at Clinton inauguration Chick Corea is refused a performance in Germany for ties to Scientology Toni Morrison wins Nobel Prize Dizzy Gillespie dies Joshua Redman deemed NEW YOUNG LION of Jazz 1994 Joe Pass dies Paula Jones sex assault v. Clinton 1995 Roy Hargrove ousts Wynton Marsalis as best jazz artist in Down Beat OJ Simpson trial Impulse Records is revised after 19 years Oklahoma City bombing Million Man March in DC 1996 Jazz At Lincoln Center becomes full constituent, even par with Opera, Ballet and NY Phil Olympic bombing in Atlanta 1997 Wayne Shorter Grammy for electric jazz HIGH LIFE Dolly the Sheep is cloned $26 Million Jazz Museum opens in Kansas City, MO Heavens Gate cult suicide Joshua Redman, Christina McBride and Brian Blade on tour Princess Diana dies 1998 Pat Methany/Charlie Haden Grammy for duet album Beyond the Missouri Sky Google established Kevin Eubanks takes over Tonight Show for Branford Marsalis Clinton impeached 1999 Art Farmer and Lester Bowie die Columbine massacre Clinton acquitted 2000 Diana Krall gains popularity Violence in Israel escalates Jam Bands rise in popularity The hanging chad

15 2001 Ken Burns 10 part documentary JAZZ 9/11 Attack Julliard establishes Jazz Degree Joe Henderson and JJ Johnson die ipod launched XM Radio begins service 2002 French Postage Stamps feature Faces of Jazz Axis of Evil penned Iran,Iraq, N. Korea Ray Brown, Lionel Hampton and Rosemary Clooney die Homeland Security created Google becomes a verb 2003 Norah Jones 8 Grammy s for Blue Note records Columbia Shuttle explodes Louis Armstrong home in Queens, NY opens as museum Benny Carter dies Resurgence of jazz vocal and jazz standards Saddam Hussein captured itunes released DVD replaces VCR 2004 Frederick P. Rose Hall devoted to jazz (Lincoln Center) Tsunami in Thailand Jazzless labels artists create and release on internet/self promotion Video Game profit surpasses movies 2005 Found recordings released of Thelonius Monk Quartet and John Coltrane Terrorist attacks in London/New Delhi Harry Connick Jr and Wynton Marsalis raise funds for Hurricane Katrina relief Hancock and Shorter tour Vietnam as guest of US State Department Hurricane Katrina Cellphone download/video/internet Percy Heath dies 2007 Monterey Jazz celebrates 50 years iphone introduced Joe Zawnul, Michael Brecker, Oscar Peterson and Max Roach die Virginia Tech massacre (31 dead) Russia recognized as Superpower by US 2008 IAJE files for bankruptcy Obama 1 st black president

16 Frank Sinatra on US Postal Stamp 1 st Female nom. by Republican (Palin) Hancock album The River: The Joni letters 1 st album in 43 years to win ALBUM OF YEAR Grammy ALTO SAX - Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Phil Woods, Lou Donaldson, Art Pepper, Bunky Green, Kenney Garrett TENOR SAX - John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman, Sonny Rollins, Gene Ammons, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Don Menza, Frank Foster, Bob Mintzer, Lenny Pickett BARI SAX - Gerry Mulligan, Pepper Adams, Scott Robinson, Nick Brignola TRUMPET - Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Woody Shaw, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Clark Terry, Arturo Sandoval, Maynard Ferguson, Marcus Printemp, Terrance Blanchard, Wayne Bergeron TROMBONE - Carl Fontana, JJ Johnson, Slide Hampton, John Fedchock, Wycliffe Gordon, Dave Steinmeyer, Phil Wilson PIANO - Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Chich Corea, Herbie Hancock, Art Tatum, Count Basie, Harry Connick, Jr. GUITAR - Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Pat Methany, Emily Remler, Barry Greene, Kenney Burrell BASS - Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Christian McBride, Jaco Pastorius, Percy Heath, Charles Mingus, Eddie Gomez, Stanley Clarke DRUMS - Max Roach, Elvin Jones, Buddy Rich, Dave Weckle, Roy Haynes, Jamison Ross, Louis Belson, Cecil McBee VIBRAPHONES - Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Terry Gibbs, Gary Burton

17 Count Basie - BASIE STRAIGHT AHEAD E=MC2/ATOMIC BASIE (1957) Most acclaimed Basie album and included in book 1001 recordings you MUST hear before you die. Featuring: Thad Jones (trumpet) Freddie Green (guitar) Frank Foster (reeds) Count Basie (piano) Eddie lockjaw Davis (reeds) Neal Hefti (arranger) Benny Powell (trombone) THE LEGEND, THE LEGACY Duke Ellington - ELLINGTON AT NEWPORT #149; AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIM BILL (1967) Tribute album to music of Billy Strayhorn is considered class personified. Featuring: Clary Terry and Johnny Hodges. GREAT PARIS CONCERT Gordon Goodwin - SWINGIN FOR THE FENCES Tom Kubis - SLIGHTLY OFF THE GROUND

18 Bob Mintzer Big Band - INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (1985) Bob currently teaches Jazz Studies at USC (so.cal) and was a member of the Buddy Rich band in 1970 s. This is his 1 st recording as a band leader and arranger. Album recorded with 1 stereo mic in front of the band which shows the professionalism and musicality the ensemble had. Featuring: Peter Erskine (drums), Lincoln Goines (bass) Michael Brecker (reeds) and Randy Brecker (trumpet) Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band - ROADTIME (1976) - Discovered by Oscar Peterson. Toshiko was 1 st student to attend Berklee on educational visa. Album received Grammy nomination Hottest sought after studio musician in LA. Featuring: Lew Tabackin (tenor sax) Bobby Shew (trumpet) Dick Spencer and Gary Foster (alto sax) - Buddy Rich - BIG SWING FACE (1967) Featuring: Chuck Findley (trumpet) Ernie Watts (sax) Jim Trimble (trombone) and Buddy Rich (drums) ROAR OF 74 SWINGIN NEW BAND (1966) Featuring: Bobby Shew (trumpet) Jim Trimble, Gene Quill, John Bunch and Pete Yellin. PLAYS (1977) Considered Buddy Rich s BEST band ever. Featuring: Dave Stahl (trumpet) Dean Pratt and John Marshall (trumpet) Rick Stepton (trombone) Barry Kreiner (piano) and Bob Mintzer (tenor sax) Stan Kenton - LIVE FROM TROPICANA KENTON 76

19 LIVE AT REDLANDS (1970) Considered one of the cleanest brass release recordings ever. This album was best known for its live audience feel and dynamic range. Kenton had the mellophonium band from Kenton created the frame work for Jazz Clinic we still use today and considered himself an educator first. He consistently pushed the musical envelope with writing, instruments and the power of sound. Featuring: Dalton Smith (trumpet) Bob Curnow (trombone) Peter Erskine (drums) Dick Schearer (trombone) Dee Barton (drums) Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - COMPLETE SOLID STATE RECORDINGS (5 disc set) (1994) 42 different charts recorded from 1966 to Featuring: Mel Lewis, Richard Davis and Sir Roland Hanna. SUITE FOR POPS ( ) This album is written as a complete tribute to Louis Armstrong. Featuring: George Mraz (bass) Mel Lewis (drums) Thad Jones (trumpet) Ron Bridgewater (tenor sax) Janice Robinson (trombone) and John Faddis (trumpet) Rob McConnell The Boss Brass- BIG BAND JAZZ (1977) PRESENT PERFECT (1979) Also released as Brass My Soul. Featuring: Gene Amaro (flute), Sam Noto (trumpet) Arnie Chycoski and Terry Clarke (drums) Don Menza - BURNIN Louis Bellson and Big Band Explosion- NOTE SMOKING (1978) Duke Ellington called him World s Greatest Musician. Bellson wrote over 1,00 pieces; 12 percussion books and played on 200+ albums over his 70 year career. He was the pioneer of the Double Bass Drum and often quoted/replicated the head of a song in his solo. Featuring: Don Menza (tenor sax) Tommy Newsom (tenor sax) Michael Brecker (saxes) Chuck Findley (trumpet) DYNAMITE AIRMAIL SPECIAL

20 Woody Herman - 40 th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (1976) MY KIND OF BROADWAY (1964) One of the HARDEST and best Swinging albums ever created! Woody commissioned Dizzy Gillespie to write for him in the 1940 s to help him change with the times from swing to bop. Featuring: Ronnie Zito (drums), Chuck Andrus (bass) Bill Chase (trumpet) Don Rader (trumpet) Phil Wilson (trombone) Andy McGhee (tenor sax) and Woody Hermann (reeds) 50 th ANNIVERSARY TOUR (1986) Recorded live at Great American Music Hall. Featuring: Roger Ingram (trumpet) Frank Tiberi (tenor sax) Mark Lewis and Ron Stout (trumpet) and John Fedchock and Paul McKee (trombone) Bob Curnow - BIG BAND MUSIC of PAT METHANY/LYLE MAYS (1994) Curnow was staff arranger and Lead Trombone for Stan Kenton Orchestra. First Circle was the first arrangement and tested/recorded originally by the Cal State University Lab Band. Considered a prime example in the art of arranging for large jazz band in a contemporary setting release of 2 nd volume had rave reviews. Featuring: Wayne Bergeron (trumpet), Bobby Shew (trumpet) Bob Florence Limited Edition Big Band- EARTH (1996) One of the finest post bop albums ever created. Florence began lessons at age of 5 and wanted to be a concert pianist. His recordings are considered the highest level of musicality humanly possible. Florence had 14 Grammy nominations and 2 Emmy s during his life. Featuring: Steve Huffsteter (flugelhorn) and Carl Saunders (trumpet), Trey Henry (bass) and Gregg Fields (drums) LIVE AT CONCERTS BY THE SEA (1980) Maria Schneider - EVANESCENCE COMING ABOUT

21 John Fedchock and the New York Big Band - ON THE EDGE (1997) Fedchock was director/arranger and Lead Trombone for Woody Herman Orchestra Featuring: Barry Ries, Tim Hagans and Greg Gisbert and Tony Kadleck (trumpet), Lynn Seaton, Dave Ratajcak and Joel Weiskopf. Maynard Ferguson - COMPLETE ROULETTE RECORDING (10 disc set)(1994 release) MF Horn 45 (LIVE AT JIMMY S) (1974) Jimmy s is on West 52 nd St. in NYC Recorded with CBS executives as the audience. Best Jazz oriented recording for Columbia Records. Hard Bop inspired big band considered one of the greatest. Featuring: Bruce Johnstone (bari sax) Liv Biviano (trumpet) Maynard Ferguson (trumpet), Don Menza (sax) Don Rader and Don Ellis (trumpet) Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band- ALL SMILES (1961) 12 years and 15 albums this United Nations band this album even features John Philip Sousa! Featuring: Eddie lockjaw Davis (tenor sax) Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, Billy Mitchell, Kenny Clarke and Francy Boland. Neal Hefti - NEAL HEFTI AND HIS POPS ORCHESTRA (1962) Represents the timelessness of great writing and playing. Featuring: Pete Conte Candoli, Joe Maini, Earl Palmer and Shelly Manne. Bill Holman - BILL HOLMAN BAND (1987) Recorded live to two-track. Featuring: Carl Saunders (trumpet) Frank Szabo (trumpet) Jeff Hamilton (drums) Don Rader and Bob Summers (trumpet)

22 Phil Collins Big Band - A HOT NIGHT IN PARIS ( ) Arrangements written by Sammy Nestico and John Clayton, Jr. Collins was a member of Genesis in the 1970s as drummer and the lead vocals after Peter Gabriel left the group. He never learned to read music, only rudiments and played left handed. Featuring: Gerald Albright (alto sax) Phil Collins (drums) Chris Collins (tenor sax) Antonio Garcia (trombone) and Harry Kim (trumpet) Harry Connick, Jr. - SONGS I VE HEARD COME BY ME Featuring: Harry Connick, Jr. (piano) Dan Miller and Roger Ingram (trumpet)