Tag: Woody Herman

From the Record Shelves #329 – Lover Come Back to Me – I once watched a master class of tuba playing where the teacher scaled it down to, ”There are only two types of songs: pirate songs and love songs!” This could represent the two sides of a tenor sax player: the hard-swinging, often riff-based playing and (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #312 – Woody’n You – In this tune from December 1947, we hear an inspired Dizzy Gillespie put life with his trumpet into an already very lively arrangement. He originally wrote it for Woody Herman’s Orchestra, and it was released under the title Algo Buono (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #29 – Someday Sweetheart. I found this record not so long ago. Since I collect records with clarinet plus rhythm section, to listen, enjoy and eventually learn something, I was glad to find this one by a man mostly known for his big band work (…) read more and listenread more and listen