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| The Thundering Herds 1945-1947 |
| Woody Herman |
| első megjelenés éve: 1945 |
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| (2008)
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| 2.901 Ft
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| 1. | Woodchopper's Ball
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| 2. | Apple Honey
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| 3. | Goosey Gander
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| 4. | Northwest Passage
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| 5. | The Good Earth
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| 6. | A Jug of Wine
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| 7. | Your Father's Moustache
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| 8. | Bijou
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| 9. | Wildroot
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| 10. | Panacea
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| 11. | Back Talk
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| 12. | Non-Alcoholic
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| 13. | The Blues Are Brewin'
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| 14. | The Goof and I
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| 15. | Four Brothers
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| 16. | Blue Flame
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Jazz
Woody Herman - Clarinet, Leader, Main Performer, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Vocals
Al Porcino - Trumpet
Allen Weinberg - Artwork, Design
Amy Herot - Coordination
Bernie Glow - Trumpet
Bill Harris - Trombone
Billy Bauer - Guitar
Bob Peck - Trumpet
Bob Swift - Trombone
Buddy Rich - Drums
Cappy Lewis - Trumpet
Carl Warwick - Trumpet
Charles Frankhauser - Trumpet
Chubby Jackson - Bass (Upright), String Bass
Chuck Petersch - Trumpet
Chuck Wayne - Guitar
Conrad Gozzo - Trumpet
Conte Candoli - Trumpet
Dave Tough - Drums
Don Lamond - Drums
Earl Swope - Trombone
Ed Kiefer - Trombone
Ernie Royal - Trumpet
Flip Phillips - Sax (Tenor)
Fred Otis - Piano
Gene Sargent - Guitar
George Kanzler - Liner Notes
Herbie Steward - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Irv Lewis - Trumpet
Irwin "Marky" Markowitz - Trumpet
Jimmy Rowles - Piano
Joe Mondragon - Bass (Upright), String Bass
John LaPorta - Sax (Alto)
Larry Keyes - Digital Engineer, Digital Restoration, Engineer, Restoration
Marjorie Hyams - Vibraphone
Michael Berniker - Coordination
Michael Brooks - Digital Producer
Mickey Folus - Sax (Tenor)
Neal Hefti - Trumpet
Neal Reid - Trombone
Ollie Wilson - Trombone
Pete Candoli - Trumpet
Pete Mondello - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
Ralph Burns - Arranger, Piano
Ralph Pfiffner - Trombone
Ray Linn - Trumpet
Ray Wetzel - Trumpet
Red Norvo - Vibraphone
Sam Marowitz - Sax (Alto)
Sam Rubinwich - Sax (Baritone)
Serge Chaloff - Sax (Baritone)
Shorty Rogers - Trumpet
Skippy de Sair - Sax (Baritone)
Sonny Berman - Trumpet
Stan Fishelson - Trumpet
Stan Getz - Sax (Tenor)
Tony Aless - Piano
Walter Yoder - Bass (Upright), String Bass
Zoot Sims - Sax (Tenor)
Since the definitive three-LP box set Thundering Herds is out-of-print, this single CD is the best place for listeners to go first when starting to explore the music of Woody Herman. There are 16 selections from what was arguably his best band, his First Herd, and two numbers (including the original version of "Four Brothers") by The Second Herd. A few rarities (such as "A Jug of wine" and "The Blues Are Brewing") are mixed in with such classics as "Apple Honey," "Northwest Passage," "Your Father's Mustache" and a new version of "Woodchopper's Ball," but there is unavoidably a lot missing from this single disc, a set which will have to suffice until a more complete reissue series comes along.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Woody Herman
Active Decades: '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s
Born: May 16, 1913 in Milwaukee, WI
Died: Oct 29, 1987 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Cool, Swing
A fine swing clarinetist, an altoist whose sound was influenced by Johnny Hodges, a good soprano saxophonist, and a spirited blues vocalist, Woody Herman's greatest significance to jazz was as the leader of a long line of big bands. He always encouraged young talent and, more than practically any bandleader from the swing era, kept his repertoire quite modern. Although Herman was always stuck performing a few of his older hits (he played "Four Brothers" and "Early Autumn" nightly for nearly 40 years), he much preferred to play and create new music.
Woody Herman began performing as a child, singing in vaudeville. He started playing saxophone when he was 11, and four years later he was a professional musician. He picked up early experience playing with the big bands of Tom Gerun, Harry Sosnik, and Gus Arnheim, and then in 1934, he joined the Isham Jones orchestra. He recorded often with Jones, and when the veteran bandleader decided to break up his orchestra in 1936, Herman formed one of his own out of the remaining nucleus. The great majority of the early Herman recordings feature the bandleader as a ballad vocalist, but it was the instrumentals that caught on, leading to his group being known as "the Band That Plays the Blues." Woody Herman's theme "At the Woodchopper's Ball" became his first hit (1939). Herman's early group was actually a minor outfit with a Dixieland feel to many of the looser pieces and fine vocals contributed by Mary Ann McCall, in addition to Herman. They recorded very frequently for Decca, and for a period had the female trumpeter/singer Billie Rogers as one of its main attractions.
By 1943, the Woody Herman Orchestra was beginning to take its first steps into becoming the Herd (later renamed the First Herd). Herman had recorded an advanced Dizzy Gillespie arrangement ("Down Under") the year before, and during 1943, Herman's band became influenced by Duke Ellington; in fact, Johnny Hodges and Ben Webster made guest appearances on some recordings. It was a gradual process, but by the end of 1944, Woody Herman had what was essentially a brand new orchestra. It was a wild, good-time band with screaming ensembles (propelled by first trumpeter Pete Candoli), major soloists in trombonist Bill Harris and tenorman Flip Phillips, and a rhythm section pushed by bassist/cheerleader Chubby Jackson and drummer Dave Tough. In 1945 (with new trumpeters in Sonny Berman and Conte Candoli), the First Herd was considered the most exciting new big band in jazz. Several of the arrangements of Ralph Burns and Neal Hefti are considered classics, and such Herman favorites entered the book as "Apple Honey," "Caldonia," "Northwest Passage," "Bijou" (Harris' memorable if eccentric feature), and the nutty "Your Father's Mustache." Even Igor Stravinsky was impressed, and he wrote "Ebony Concerto" for the orchestra to perform in 1946. Unfortunately, family troubles caused Woody Herman to break up the big band at the height of its success in late 1946; it was the only one of his orchestras to really make much money. Herman recorded a bit in the interim, and then, by mid-1947, had a new orchestra, the Second Herd, which was also soon known as the Four Brothers band. With the three cool-toned tenors of Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, and Herbie Steward (who a year later was replaced by Al Cohn) and baritonist Serge Chaloff forming the nucleus, this orchestra had a different sound than its more extroverted predecessor, but it could also generate excitement of its own. Trumpeter/arranger Shorty Rogers and eventually Bill Harris returned from the earlier outfit, and with Mary Ann McCall back as a vocalist, the group had a great deal of potential. But, despite such popular numbers as Jimmy Giuffre's "Four Brothers," "The Goof and I," and "Early Autumn" (the latter ballad made Getz into a star), the band struggled financially. Before its collapse in 1949, such other musicians as Gene Ammons, Lou Levy, Oscar Pettiford, Terry Gibbs, and Shelly Manne made important contributions.
Next up for Woody Herman was the Third Herd, which was similar to the Second except that it generally played at danceable tempos and was a bit more conservative. Herman kept that band together during much of 1950-1956, even having his own Mars label for a period; Conte Candoli, Al Cohn, Dave McKenna, Phil Urso, Don Fagerquist, Carl Fontana, Dick Hafer, Bill Perkins, Nat Pierce, Dick Collins, and Richie Kamuca were among the many sidemen. After some short-lived small groups (including a sextet with Nat Adderley and Charlie Byrd), Herman's New Thundering Herd was a hit at the 1959 Monterey Jazz Festival. He was able to lead a big band successfully throughout the 1960s, featuring such soloists as high-note trumpeter Bill Chase, trombonist Phil Wilson, the reliable Nat Pierce, and the exciting tenor of Sal Nistico. Always open to newer styles, Woody Herman's bop-ish unit gradually became more rock-oriented as he utilized his young sidemen's arrangements, often of current pop tunes (starting in 1968 with an album titled Light My Fire). Not all of his albums from this era worked, but one always admired Herman's open-minded attitude. As one of only four surviving jazz-oriented bandleaders from the swing era (along with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Stan Kenton) who was still touring the world with a big band, Herman welcomed such new talent in the 1970s as Greg Herbert, Andy Laverne, Joe Beck, Alan Broadbent, and Frank Tiberi. He also recorded with Chick Corea, had a reunion with Flip Phillips, and celebrated his 40th anniversary as a leader with a notable 1976 Carnegie Hall concert.
Woody Herman returned to emphasizing straight-ahead jazz by the late '70s. By then, he was being hounded by the IRS due to an incompetent manager from the 1960s not paying thousands of dollars of taxes out of the sidemen's salaries. Herman, who might very well have taken it easy, was forced to keep on touring and working constantly into his old age. He managed to put on a cheerful face to the public, celebrating his 50th anniversary as a bandleader in 1986. However, his health was starting to fail, and he gradually delegated most of his duties to Frank Tiberi before his death in 1987. Tiberi continued to lead a Woody Herman Orchestra on a part-time basis but it never had the opportunity to record. Fortunately, Herman was well documented throughout all phases of his career, and his major contributions are still greatly appreciated.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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