40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert

Woody Herman (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000008B8B
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,211 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Track Listing 1. Introduction 2. Woody's Theme (Blue Flame) 3. Apple Honey 4. Sweet and Lovely 5. Four Brothers 6. Brotherhood of Man 7. Early Autumn 8. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 9. Everyehere 10. Bijou 11. Cousins 12. Blue Serge 13. Blue Getz Blues 14. Caldonia What Makes Your Head So Hard(Finale) Track Listing 1. Introduction 2. Woody's Theme (Blue Flame) 3. Apple Honey 4. Sweet and Lovely 5. Four Brothers 6. Brotherhood of Man 7. Early Autumn 8. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 9. Everyehere 10. Bijou 11. Cousins 12. Blue Serge 13. Blue Getz Blues 14. Caldonia What Makes Your Head So Hard(Finale) Track Listing 1. Introduction 2. Woody's Theme (Blue Flame) 3. Apple Honey 4. Sweet and Lovely 5. Four Brothers 6. Brotherhood of Man 7. Early Autumn 8. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 9. Everyehere 10. Bijou 11. Cousins 12. Blue Serge 13. Blue Getz Blues 14. Caldonia What Makes Your Head So Hard(Finale) About this title: To celebrate his 40th anniversary as a bandleader, Herman had a celebrated concert at Carnegie Hall. For the first half of the program he welcomed back many of his alumni including such veterans as tenors Flip Phillips, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Giuffre and Al Cohn, the Candoli brothers, trombonist Phil Wilson and singer Mary Ann McCall. Overall, the concert served as a loving tribute to a major jazz figure. The only major flaw was Herman's tendency to call out soloist's names before they finished playing, pretty much ruining this version of "Four Brothers." It was originally available as a two-LP set although the first half has since been reissued on this

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!, April 25, 2003

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Van M. Claypool (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful CD. However, I was disappointed by the decision to cut some of the tunes from the original double LP. Three of those tunes (She's Gone, Fanfare for the Common Man, and Blues in the Night) were among my favorites.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the price yet, February 5, 2008

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Nor Olegnad "Nor" (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert (Audio CD)

The best chart by far on the original record of this concert was Alan Broadbent's treatment of Blues in the Night, which featured many different genres of music masterfully juxtaposed. Some real ear candy, with great lead trumpet work by Allen Vizzutti and solos trumpet by Dennis Dotson. Why is this missing? What were the producers of this CD thinking?

Plus, no CD in the world is worth $49 (not including shipping)...

Please re-release the entire album for real.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Why the Edit, January 29, 2008

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W. Garrity "jazz buff" (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert (Audio CD)

I learned about Woody Herman in high school when I discovered the new young "herd". This LP was my first exposure as a young student of jazz to the great musicians who made up the early herds, such as Getz, Zoot, Don Lamond, Phil Wilson, etc. This is a fun session to be sure with great peformances by Getz on Early Autumn, Phil Wilson on Bijou, and the Four Brothers, Getz, Sims, Guiffre and Flip Phillips. One of the cool things about this session was to hear some great numbers by the young herd at the close of the set which have inexplicably been omitted on the CD.Still a great collection, but disappointingly incomplete.