Big Band Bash

Bob Keane And His Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Del-Fi Records
• ASIN: B000001JK4
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,701 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #88 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Swing Jazz

Track Listings

1. Dancing on the Ceiling

2. Mimi

3. They Didn't Believe Me

4. Begin the Beguine

5. It Ain't Necessarily So

6. Flying Home

7. The Lady Is a Tramp

8. Isn't It Romantic?

9. Dancing Tambourines

10. It's Easy to Remember

11. Boogie for a Nickel

12. Jugstop

13. Lilly's Back

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Band as it should be, July 9, 1999

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This review is from: Big Band Bash (Audio CD)

The swing movement of the 90's has brought some refreshing new sounds that have ALMOST been able to reach the high standards of the greats of jazz. I am convinced that the Bob Keane Orchestra matches the Dorsey orchestra, Glenn Miller's band; even Benny Goodman has been matched by Bob Keane in the quality of this music. This CD sound as if it is recorded in a large concert hall and you feel as if they are sitting in the back and they are playing just for you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Billy May Band With Some Twists, December 21, 2003

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Tad Ulrich (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Band Bash (Audio CD)

This album was originally released by Gene Norman Presents as a 10 inch record back in 1955 not 1951 as is stated in the description section here. It was subsequently released by GNP Records as an lp. And believe it or not there is a BIG difference in the conception and sound of a 1951 jazz orchestra and one that was recorded in 1955.

What you get here is a band led by clarinetist Bob Keene and composed primarily of members of the Billy May band ie, Milt Bernhardt, Si Zentner, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Joe Mondragon, Alvin Stoller, etc. But with arrangements by Bill Holman, Paul Villipique, Johnny Thompson, Shorty Rogers and May himself, the band is anything but a May clone. The arrangements give the band a distinctive and outstanding driving sound all its own. The impeccable musicianship gives this band an unusual cohesiveness. And Keene is a remarkably fluent and capable front line soloist.

The performances are so uniformly excellent that it's hard to pick out any one selection as a high point. But I guess if you want I high point, check out Shorty Rogers' driving "Jug Stop." Also you get a bonus track in "Lilly's Back."

For those who like modern, beautifully performed, driving big band jazz this is definitely a cd for you.

5.0 out of 5 stars Maynard in the Trumpet Section, December 22, 2010

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Allan "Trumpet Fan" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Big Band Bash (Audio CD)

An excellent addition for all Maynard Ferguson collectors. The recording quality an CD art work is excellent. I didn't get into the clarinet playing, as it is not my type of instrument. Benny Goodman is my preferred option. Maynard sounds great in the trumpet section up in the high register. Great arrangements and musicians in the Big Band (Billy May's Big Band line up). Get the CD now as it be hard to find when it goes out of print.