Kent Harian & Ted Mcnabb Echoes Of Joy + Big Band Swing for Sale

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Kent Harian & Ted Mcnabb Echoes Of Joy + Big Band Swing For Sale

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Kent Harian & Ted Mcnabb Echoes Of Joy + Big Band Swing:
$19.98

Personnel:

Kent Harian (lead), Nick Travis, Al Maiorca, Billy Butterfield(tp), Sonny Russo, Rex Peer, Ollie Wilson (tb), Tommy Mitchell (b-tb), AndyFitzgerald (cl, fl), Harvey Estrin (fl, as), Hal McKusick (as), Al Cohn, EddieWasserman (ts), Charlie O’Kane (bs), Buddy Neal (p, cel), Jerry Bruno (b), JoeVenuto (d), Jim Timmens, Bill Finegan, Gil Evans (arr), Marion Evans (arr,lead), Bernie Glow, Burt Collins, Doc Severinsen, John Bello (tp), Urbie Green,Sy Berger, Frank Rehak (tb), Dick Hixon (b-tb), Dick Meldonian, Gene Quill,Herb Geller (as), Zoot Sims (ts), Sol Schlinger (bs), Nat Pierce (p), BarryGalbraith (g), Milt Hinton, John Drew (b), Osie Johnson, Don Lamond (d)

Reference: FSRCD967

EAST COAST SERIES · Jazz & Swing Orchestras

Rare & Collectible Albums by Unsung Bandleaders

When the dust from the collapse of the Swing Era settled,there were few big bands left that had survived. Yet, because they loved theswinging drive of a full-on jazz orchestra, a series of adventurous and unsungbandleaders optimistically organized some fine, but short-lived big andmedium-sized orchestras that were packed with jazz and studio musicians,holding the flag of Swing high.

In 1956, a newcomer named Kent Harian assembled a blowinggroup; he handed them some clean arrangements, and produced a swinging dancerecord called Echoes of Joy. Jim Timmens did most of the arranging, with twocontributions by luminaries Bill Finegan and Gil Evans. Harian’s studio bandwas an exuberantly flagwaving outfit—and a joy to hear at that, playing thiscollection of unpretentious and swinging scores with plenty of solos spottedthroughout.

Although Big Band Swing by the Ted McNabb & Co. is oneof the most ebullient, crisply swinging and superbly performed big band albumsof the 50s, it is also one of the rarest and most obscure despite its dreampersonnel. What’s more: Ted McNabb was just the guy who raised the money. Hepaid for the charts by arranger Marion Evans, the musicians, and the studio.For him it was a dream come true; a big band in the Swing Era style, clean,precise and stomping, like the old Basie and Goodman bands, playing somestandards that hadn’t been overdone at the time.

Tracklisting:

01. Carioca (Vincent Youmans) 2:49

02. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Cole Porter) 2:46

03. Bernie's Tune (Bernie Miller) 2:57

04. I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) (Ellington-Webster)2:59

05. Nice Work If You Can Get It (G. & I. Gershwin) 2:32

06. Handy Andy (Jim Timmens) 3:07

07. Crazy Rhythm (Meyer-Kahn-Caesar) 2:31

08. April in Paris (Duke-Harburg) 3:03

09. Take the 'A' Train (Billy Strayhorn) 3:13

10. Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin) 3:06

11. Fascinating Rhythm (G. & I. Gershwin) 2:10

12. Jeepers Creepers (Warren-Mercer) 4:02

13. Miss Brown to You (Robin-Whiting-Rainger) 2:50

14. Mountain Greenery (Rodgers-Hart) 2:52

15. I’ll Never Say 'Never Again' Again (H.Woods) 2:40

16. Blue Moon (Rodgers-Hart) 2:06

17. Margie (Davis-Conrad-Robinson) 2:24

18. That Old Feeling (Brown-Fain) 2:38

19. Have You Met Miss Jones (Rodgers-Hart) 2:46

20. Lover (Rodgers-Hart) 2:19

21. You're My Thrill (Claire-Gorney) 3:20

22. It Had to Be You (Kahn-Jones) 2:33

23. Three Little Words (Kalmar-Ruby) 2:38

24. Spring Is Here (Rodgers-Hart) 3:30

25. Close As Pages in a Book (Fields-Romberg) 2:45

Sources:

Tracks #1-13,from the album “Echoes of Joy” (Caravan LP 15611)

Tracks #14-25,from the album “Big Band Swing” (Epic BN-588)

Personnel on “Echoesof Joy”: KENT HARIAN and His Orchestra

Kent Harian, leader & conductor; Nick Travis, AlMaiorca, Billy Butterfield, trumpets; Sonny Russo, Rex Peer, Ollie Wilson,trombone; Tommy Mitchell, bass trombone; Andy Fitzgerald, clarinet & flute;Harvey Estrin, flute & alto sax; Hal McKusick, alto sax; Al Cohn, EddieWasserman, tenor saxes; Charlie O’Kane, baritone sax; Buddy Neal, piano &celeste; Jerry Bruno, bass; Joe Venuto, drums. Arrangements by Jim Timmens,Bill Finegan (#8), and Gil Evans (#13).

Recorded in New YorkCity, December 1956

Personnel on “BigBand Swing”: TED McNABB & Co.

Bernie Glow, Burt Collins, Doc Severinsen, John Bello, JohnFrosk, Al deRisi, trumpets; Urbie Green, Sy Berger, Frank Rehak, trombones;Dick Hixon, bass trombone; Dick Meldonian, Gene Quill, Herb Geller, alto saxes;Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, tenor saxes; Sol Schlinger, baritone sax; Nat Pierce,piano; Barry Galbraith, guitar; Milt Hinton, John Drew, bass; Osie Johnson, DonLamond, drums.

Recorded in New YorkCity, November 19, 23 & 25 1959

Original recordingsproduced by Laurence Gould and Ted McNabb

Epic photos by DonHunstein

Liner notes:Jordi Pujol

This CD releaseproduced by Jordi Pujol

Mono / Stereo ·24-Bit Digitally Remastered

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Kent Harian & Ted Mcnabb Echoes Of Joy + Big Band Swing For Sale

Kent Harian & Ted Mcnabb Echoes Of Joy + Big Band Swing: $19.98

Kent Harian & Ted Mcnabb Echoes Of Joy + Big Band Swing:
$19.98