{"id":6335,"date":"2015-06-17T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T18:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=6335"},"modified":"2015-06-25T19:00:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T19:00:39","slug":"a-discography-exploring-the-jazz-orchestras-wilds-and-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=6335","title":{"rendered":"A discography: Exploring the jazz orchestra’s wilds and wonders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During research for my jazz orchestra article,\u00a0I put together this discography, which\u00a0attempts to trace the recorded development of modern jazz orchestra in roughly chronological order. It begins at the transition point from bebop, represented by Dizzy Gillespie, who often thought of the bop combo concept in larger terms. The key breakthrough is Birth of the Cool<\/em>, the album by Miles Davis which introduced most listeners to the arranging talents of Gil Evans, though Stan Kenton more widely turned a new college generation onto the jazz orchestra’s excitement and possibilities. \"birth-of-cool\" But Evans had an important developing ground. One can hope that, in the future, appreciable CD recordings emerge by The Claude Thornhill’s\u00a0orchestra from the 1940s-50s. Evans began his ambitious and fast-forming apprenticeship with the Thornhill orchestra. Those early recordings, not listed here, are contemporary to some of the rough-cut gems of brilliance that Ryan Truesdell has uncovered and polished up for the Gil Evans Project. The reassertion of Evans’ centrality is one of the most significant developments in what may be a new golden age of jazz orchestra.\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FoU1drxfdYM<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a selected discography of the modern jazz orchestra (Roughly in chro<\/strong>nological order from first noteworthy recording. Subsequent recordings listed for single bands may be quite a few years later, eg. first Liberation Music Orchestra<\/em> is 1969 and the third listed, Not in Our Name<\/em> is 2006, during The Iraq War):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Live at Newport\u00a0<\/em>Dizzy Gillespie (with Mary Lou Williams performing from her \u201cZodiac Suite.\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birth of the Cool\u00a0<\/em>Miles Davis with Gil Evans<\/strong><\/p>\n

Live at Newport,<\/strong>\u00a0His Mother Called Him Bill, Far East Suite\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Digital Duke\u00a0<\/em>Duke Ellington Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Space is the Place, Live at Montreux\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> Sun Ra Myth-Science Arkestra<\/strong> \"sketches\" Sketches of Spain,<\/strong>\u00a0Porgy and Bess, Miles Ahead\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Miles Davis\/ Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (<\/em>all with Miles Davis),The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions, Out of the Cool\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Individualism of Gil Evans\u00a0<\/em>Gil Evans Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Magic Touch\u00a0<\/em>Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra<\/strong> \"Stan_Kenton's_West_Side_Story_CD_cover\"West Side Story<\/em> and\u00a0Adventures in Jazz<\/em>\u00a0Stan Kenton Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Africa\/Brass\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Ascension<\/em>\u00a0John Coltrane<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thelonious Monk Big Band and Quartet in Concert<\/em>\u00a0Thelonious Monk with Oliver Nelson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Continuum\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Live at The Village Vanguard\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Big Swing Face,<\/strong>\u00a0Mercy Mercy\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Live at Buddy\u2019s Place \u201876<\/em>\u00a0The Buddy Rich Big Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Electric<\/p>\n

A Long Time Comin\u2019<\/em>\u00a0 The Electric Flag<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Electric Bath<\/em>\u00a0Don Ellis Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, Dreamkeeper<\/em>, and Not in Our Name,<\/em> Liberation Music Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brand New<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0(with Michael Bloomfield),<\/strong> and Giant Steps<\/em> Woody Herman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blood, Sweat and Tears<\/em>\u00a0 Blood, Sweat and Tears<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Resurrection of Pig Boy Crabshaw\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0In My Own Dream\u00a0<\/em>Paul Butterfield Blues Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chicago Transit Authority\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Chicago II \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n

Walking in Space\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux<\/em> Quincy Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n

Escalator Over the Hill<\/em>\u00a0Carla Bley Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back to Oakland\u00a0<\/em> Tower of Power<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let My Children Hear Music\u00a0<\/em>Charles Mingus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Creative Music Orchestra 1976<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Creative Orchestra 1978<\/em>\u00a0(Koln)<\/em>\u00a0Anthony Braxton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mingus Big Band 93: Nostalgia in Times Square<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Live in Tokyo at the Blue Note<\/em> Mingus Big Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Tales of a Courtesan,<\/em>\u00a0Insights\u00a0<\/em>and Carnegie Hall Concert<\/em> (with Freddie Hubbard a\/o) Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band\/Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Case You Missed It\u00a0<\/em>Charli Persip Superband II<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fly with the Wind\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Song for My Lady\u00a0<\/em>McCoy Tyner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winged Serpents (Sliding Quadrants)<\/em>\u00a0Cecil Taylor Orchestra of Two Continents<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Murray Big Band conducted by Lawrence\u201cButch\u201dMorris\u00a0<\/em>David Murray Big Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe Henderson Big Band\u00a0<\/em>Joe Henderson Big Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

With All the Bells and Whistles\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Live at Concerts by the Sea\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Bob Florence Big Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

1997: The new golden age begins?:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blood on the Fields (Pulitzer Prize winner)\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0A Love Supreme\u00a0<\/em>Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monterey Moods\u00a0<\/em>Gerald Wilson Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overtime\u00a0<\/em>Dave Holland Big Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time\u2019s Mirror\u00a0<\/em>Tom Harrell<\/strong> \"joni Jazz Pana\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Vince Mendoza w\/ Arif Mardin,<\/strong>\u00a0Epiphany<\/em>\u00a0w\/ London Symphony Orchestra<\/strong>, and\u00a0Both Sides Now<\/em>\u00a0w\/ Joni Mitchell<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Works Celebration<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Music for String Quartet and Orchestra<\/em>\u00a0Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Live at the Miramar\u00a0<\/em>Gary Christensen\u2019s All-Star Superband<\/strong><\/p>\n

Habitat\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Treelines\u00a0<\/em>Christine Jensen Orchestra<\/strong> \"sky Produced by Ryan Truesdell, “Sky Blue”<\/b>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>Maria Schneider<\/a>\u00a0was nominated for two <\/span><\/em>2008\u00a0<\/span>Grammy Awards<\/a>\u00a0for “Best Large Jazz Ensemble” and “Best Instrumental Composition” (for ‘Cerulean Skies’).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Concert in the Garden<\/em>,\u00a0<\/strong>Sky Blue\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Thompson Fields<\/em>\u00a0Maria Schneider Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Centennial\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Lines of Color:Live at the Jazz Standard<\/em>\u00a0Ryan Truesdell presents The Gil Evans Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Live at Dizzy\u2019s Club Coca-Cola\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Infernal Machines,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Brooklyn Babylon<\/em>\u00a0Darcy James Argue\u2019s Secret Society<\/strong><\/p>\n

Revelator, Everybody\u2019s Talkin\u2019 (live)\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Made-Up Mind\u00a0<\/em>Tedeschi-Trucks Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jazz is Politics?<\/em> and Just Say Yes<\/em>, Chicago Yestet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"zenon\"<\/p>\n

amazon.com<\/p>\n

Identities are Changeable\u00a0<\/em>Miguel Zenon Quartet and \u201cIdentities\u201d Big Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fly!<\/em>\u00a0 Mitch Shiner and the Blooming Tones Big Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

The L.A. Treasures Project\u00a0<\/em>Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project\u00a0<\/em>Rufus Reid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Live: I Hear The Sound\u00a0<\/em>Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Offense Of The Drum\u00a0<\/em>Arturo O\u2019Farrell & The Latin Jazz Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overtime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer\u00a0<\/em>The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Imaginary Cities<\/em>\u00a0Chris Potter Underground Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inside Voices\u00a0<\/em>Kenosha Kid<\/strong><\/p>\n

E<\/em>ast of the Sun<\/em>\u00a0ICP Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Blessing, The Eternal Interlude\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Songs We Like A Lot\u00a0<\/em>(to be released June 23) John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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