(Part 2) Best swing jazz music according to redditors
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Unfortunately in their haste to flee the Kerbals neglected to shut down the nuclear reactor that powers the facility. Unless the control rods are lowered fast the reactor will go critical, and Minmus's famed ice skating facilities will become nothing more then a slushy memory.
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The song featured in this video is Paddlin' Madelin Home which was quite the hit in the 20s!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaAhE0UBuqE
The version used in the video comes from the wonderful Chaleston Chasers who have put out a very spirited rendition.
https://www.amazon.com/Steaming-South-Charleston-Chasers/dp/B000009D54
I'd also recommend giving Max Raabe a watch if you enjoyed the track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUc0p3iBdOQ
I don't own the rights to this recording, however it never fails to put a smile on my face. :D
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There's this compilation that's almost exactly what you're looking for for Frankie: https://smile.amazon.com/Really-Swingin-Frankie-Mannings-Favorites/dp/B000006FDD?sa-no-redirect=1
Honorable Mentions:
x. Elton John - One Night Only
x. Billy Joel - Innocent Man
The Muppets: The Green Album
Featuring:
Andrew Bird-It's Not Easy Being Green
Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to Shel Silverstein
Featuring: My Morning Jacket-Lullabies, Legends, and Lies
The Tallest Man On Earth-The Wild Hunt
Youtube Link: The Tallest Man On Earth-The Wild Hunt
Fleet Foxes-Fleet Foxes
Youtube Link: Fleet Foxes-White Winter Hymnal
Where The Wild Things Are: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Featuring: Karen O & The Kids-All Is Love
Breathe Owl Breathe-Magic Central
Youtube Link: Breathe Owl Breathe-Dragon
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire-Thrills
Youtube Link: Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire-Minor Stab
I highly recommend Andrew Bird & Fleet Foxes.
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Seeing as box sets seem acceptable is this thread:
Charlie Parker - Chasin' The Bird
Cecil Taylor - In Berlin '88
Duke Ellington - Complete Works 1924-1947
Miles Davis - Cellar Door Sessions
Ornette Coleman- Beauty Is A Rare Thing
He went big bandy not long after the era you are referring to, but there is a collection of small group sessions from the late 30's.
There's also this collection to check out.
My personal favorite is the Blanton-Webster band which is generally considered the best of his bands and some of his most adventurous writing. Here's a nice write up on this collection. While he had a big band line-up and sometimes did music that fit that mold, I personally find all of Duke's music to be far more complex and interesting than anything else considered big band. There's so much to bite into in even his most poppy arrangements that it's all very satisfying.
A freak soloist in these bands to keep your eye out for is Ray Nance, who sang as well as played trumpet and violin very well. He was quite a character.
Duke Ellington, “The OKeh Ellington” (Sony, 1991; tracks recorded 1927-31)
Duke Ellington, “Golden Greats” (Disky, 2002; tracks recorded 1927-48)
Ed Palermo. "Peaches and Regalia" is on his first (and best?) album of Zappa covers.
The Jones/Nestico CD has been out of print for a while, but it looks like Amazon has some used copies at reasonable prices (and some at unreasonable prices.)
As for Charlie Barnett, I only have a vinyl compilation of some sessions he did in 1949 (I wrote a long post about it a few months ago - check it out). It's excellent, but not available on CD. I have read that a lot of his stuff is high quality, with a bebop influence starting to show in the post WWII years. Cherokee was his biggest hit, so grab a greatest hits comp with that one on it and then branch out from there.
I would recommend that you start here. This is from the Ken Burns Jazz documentary and nicely highlights the Duke's catalog (with an emphasis on his earlier period). If you hear something you like I would use that as a jumping off point into his full discography.
My other favorite albums include Ellington at Newport, Mood Indigo, Caravan, and just about any of his live recordings. As with most music, there is nothing more electrifying than listening to the back and forth between outstanding musicians and the audience. Have fun exploring, there is a lot to choose from!
Definitely recomend this specific album: Bob Belden "Black Dahlia" (not to suggest that everything else Belden has done as falling into this genre).
(And I'll second the already recomended "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud" soundtrack, a.k.a. "Lift to the Scaffold" or "Elevator to the Gallows " -- with/by Miles Davis.)
Duke Ellington at Fargo
Basically, a kid showed up an recorded a live concert and radio spot in 1940. Captures Ellington at the height of his popularity (if you can pack a room in Fargo, North Dakota, you know you're popular). Many great songs. My favorite is "Harlem Airshaft".
Edward Scissorhands, Chocolat, or Lord of the Rings. Pretty much anything my Danny Elfman or Howard Shore
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|name|Squirrel Nut Zippers|
|about artist|Squirrel Nut Zippers are a big band/jazz/alternative rock band which formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States in 1993. They split in 2000 and reunited in 2007. They consist of Jim Mathus (vocals, guitar, trombone), Katharine Whalen (banjo, ukulele, vocals), Stuart Cole (bass), Je Widenhouse (cornet), Will Dawson (saxophone), Henry Westmoreland (saxophone) and Chris Phillips (drums). Former members of the band include Ken Mosher (guitar, saxophone), Stacy Guess (trumpet) and Tom Maxwell (guitar, saxophone, clarinet) ([more on last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Squirrel Nut Zippers))|
|album|Bedlam Ballroom, released Oct 2000|
|track|Bedbugs|
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|links|lyrics, wikipedia, official homepage, allmusic, discogs, youtube, myspace, twitter, facebook, track on amazon, CD on amazon|
|tags|jazz, swing, retroswing, folk, klezmer, soul|
|similar|Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Katharine Whalen, Atomic Fireballs, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Royal Crown Revue|
|metrics|lastfm listeners: 200,006, lastfm plays: 3,464,408, youtube plays: 51,910, radd.it score: 11|
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Resonance Records finds a lot of excellent but previously unreleased recordings and issues them in nice sets. For instance, they have this Thad Jones/Mel Lewis orchestra set as well as this Jaco Pastorius big band set.
For a more recent big bands/large ensemble recording, there's Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields.
If considering them, take a listen to the samples to see how it compares to what you know he likes. For instance, if his big band tastes are more in line with 30s/40s swing, these may not be a big hit.
Finally, I was mainly thinking of releases from the last few years to reduce tha chance he already has them. If you want a couple classic big band albums, there are The Complete Atomic Basie and Ellington at Newport.
Green Dolphin Street - Dick Hymen - Kingdom of Swing & Republic of Oop Bop Sh'Bam (can't find it streaming anywhere).
Well that's a very high level. 'I hear a rhapsody' is done in be-bop style.
I would get a really good local teacher that you have researched.
check out this..
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Place-Be-Benny-Green/dp/B000005GXQ
There is a book with transcriptions of some of the songs here...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Benny-Green-Collection-Transcriptions-1997-09-01/dp/0793556813/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1473715916&sr=8-4&keywords=benny+green+piano+book