Woody Herman - 50th Anniversary Tour (1986)

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Title: 50th Anniversary Tour
Year Of Release: 1986
Label: Concord[CCD-4302]
Genre: Jazz, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 48:25
Total Size: 314 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Ellington-Mills) - 6:47
02. What's New (Haggart-Burke) - 5:11
03. Pools (Grolnick) - 6:52
04. Blues for Red (Fedchock) - 6:06
05. Conga (Garcia) - 5:47
06. Central Park West (Coltrane) - 5:42
07. Fried Buzzard (Donaldson) - 6:17
08. Epistrophy (Monk-Clarke) - 5:43

personnel :

Woody Herman - clarinet, soprano saxophone
Frank Tiberi - lead tenor saxophone
Dave Riekenberg - tenor saxophone, flute
Jerry Pinter - tenor saxophone
Mike Brignola - baritone saxophone
Roger Ingram - lead trumpet and flugelhorn
Les Lovitt, Mark Lewis, Ron Stout, Bill Byrne - trumpet and flugelhorn
John Fedchock - lead trombone
Paul McKee - trombone
Mark Lusk - bass trombone
Brad Williams - piano
Lynn Seaton - acoustic and electric bass
Jim Rupp - drums

This set, which is the best of the Woody Herman Orchestra's Concord recordings, celebrates his 50th year as a bandleader, quite an accomplishment. No guest stars are needed for this set, which shows just how strong a big band he still had. With tenor-saxophonist Frank Tiberi gradually taking over leadership duties (today he leads the ghost Woody Herman Orchestra) and trombonist John Fedchock contributing the arrangements, the band was in fine shape even if the leader was aging. Whether it be "It Don't Mean a Thing," John Coltrane's "Central Park West" (a great arrangement) or Don Grolnick's "Pools," every selection is excellent.~Scott Yanow