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This recording puts together the best soloist and bandsmen nxt to each other. Sandoval, Marienthal, Brecker, Finley, Rangell, Scott, Mintzer, Pattituci, Grusin, just to name a few. Some of the best solo work I have ever heard.

One of the best modern big band executions to date. Plenty of energy and lots of brief and exciting solos. Will get you jumping with the complex rythms and improvisations. World class collection of musicians make this one of my very favorite CDs in any category.

The GRP Big Band is amazing. This album has the added benefit of being made live. It is one thing to get it right in the studio. It is quite another to be as tight and hot as these guys. Cherokee is simply amazing.

The album is full of great tunes played well. It is a great album for fans of big bands. This is a MUST have album.

For big band lovers, this is it ! A very beautiful collection of professional musicians at the peak of their art with Gary Burton as a bonus. Excellent atmosphere, excellent choice of material and excellent sound. A must. Enjoy !

I don't know how or why I missed this for the last several years but I now have it and know it well as it has become a daily listening experience.
This band was a timely and special gathering of marvelous players that was recorded that we might have something amazing to hear for years to come. The fire, spirit, enthusiasm, balls, perfection, energy and sheer expertise these guys brought to the concert stage is beyond compare. Every ingredient for a monumental and history-making musical event is on this record!
Even the engineering is great! But the music....!!!! WOW! If you are a big band fan and you don't have this CD, you are missing one of the best ever!
These guys are all stars in their own right and for them to come together and do this was simply fabulous! Thank them!

I highly recommend this album who wants to hear the sound of greats from Duke, Count, Satchmo, Miles, Quincy, Wynton, Coltrane, Bird, Mingus, Billie or Lady Day, Ella, etc.

This albums has everybody from Arturo Sandoval, Randy Brecker, Tom Scott, Dave Grusin, Chuck Findley, Eric Marienthal, Nelson Rangell, George Bohannon, the late Kenny Kirkland, Eddie Daniels, the list goes on and on.

I still have it on tape but ready to cop it CD. I still have the 1st one they put out which was awesome but I still lost the tape but ready to get it on CD too for example.

I love this record to death. It brings back good memories from the jazz era.

This is my inspirations I grew up as a interest in jazz and other genres in the music area.