Contemporary Big Band CDs


Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Act Your Age Best Price: $10.00 This is great music. It's rare to find such talent on one CD. It takes me back to a place before...	Michael Bubl? - Michael Bubl? Best Price: $6.39 I know I'm a bit behind buying this album now when its been out for a few years, but I own the...	Max Raabe & Palast Orchester - Heute Nacht Oder Nie Best Price: $14.02 Heute Nacht Oder Nie (meaning "Tonight or Never") is a two-CD recording of Max Raabe...	Pink Martini - Sympathique Best Price: $11.78 I heard this CD at a friend's home and enjoyed it. My husband ordered it for me. I was very...	Michael Bubl? - Come Fly With Me (CD & DVD) Best Price: $8.43 This is one of the best CD and DVD's out there! I love it because this is a lost art of singing...



Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um Best Price: $6.72 An essential part of jazz history. The compositions and playing of this group, especially the...	Diana Krall - From This Moment On Best Price: $5.44 Bought it for my mother in law and she loves every bit of it. Great music and good quality...	Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller - Greatest Hits Best Price: $5.73 My husband, a WWII veteran, loves the big band music of his day. He really enjoys listing to...	Bob Mintzer Big Band - Swing Out Best Price: $12.60	The Only Big Band CD You'll Ever Need Best Price: $7.40 This disc is packed with some of the greatest hits of the big band era (great set list) but the...



Count Basie - The Complete Atomic Basie Best Price: $7.38 I've been on a big time big band kick of late, so after I got done pulling out (and putting...	Rene? Olstead - Renee Olstead Best Price: $10.63 Fantastic! One of my favorite CDs from the first time I listened to it. Excellent reception...	Ken Burns's Jazz: The Story of American Music Best Price: $30.50 When I discussed the Ric Burns documentary about the old West with an Amerindian acquaintance, I...	Michael Bubl? - Totally Bubl? Best Price: $5.36 While this CD may not be his best. It is what it is. Many up and coming artist regret earlier...	Benny Goodman - The Very Best of Benny Goodman Best Price: $6.78 I must warn you up front: tracks 2,10,11,15,16,17 and 18 are ALTERNATE TAKES, not the masters...

The Fabulous Swing Collection Best Price: $7.20 I was looking for some lively swing music, and this fits the bill exactly. I only wish there...	Ella Fitzgerald - The Best of the Song Books Best Price: $5.60 I've listened to the other songbooks and this CD is the only one I can listen to without...	Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - The Grand Wazoo Best Price: $7.61 Perhaps it was only nostalgia that made me purchase this CD, but I've never forgotten its jazzy...	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 4: Bachelor Pad Royale Best Price: $6.99 From the start of Nelson Riddle's "Theme from Route 66" this album jumps out @ the...	Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady Best Price: $7.72 This is probably the best jazz album of all time. Mingus, one of the great jazz composers and...

Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, Part One Best Price: $5.19 It is what exactly what it says it is. Nice jazz renditions of Christmas classics. Pour your...	Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit: The Master Takes Best Price: $7.00 If you like music, you'll like this. If you're curious about jazz, but have no idea where to...	Frank Sinatra - A Voice in Time: 1939-1952 Best Price: $29.94 It has so many songs, great songs. But.. the most popular one "NY NY" it's not in...	Carla Bley & Her Remarkable Big Band - Appearing Nightly Best Price: $12.11 "Carla Bley and her Remarkable Big Band", as the cover has it, in a resolutely...	16 Most Requested Polkas Best Price: $3.87 My mother, age 86, loved this CD. She got a CD player and wanted polka music to play while...

Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka Best Price: $7.50 Within Zappa's catalog, this recording doesn't seem to get the respect it should. Often...	Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, Pt. 2 Best Price: $5.20 Very enjoyable jazz style christmas songs. Perefect for your next Christmas cocktail party. Sets...	Gil Evans, Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess Best Price: $6.40 While the melodies are lovely, and the music is well played, there is something missing from...	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - XXL Best Price: $11.78 Without a doubt, this band is the TIGHTEST big band out there! They are just Incredible! If...	Duke Ellington - Ellington At Newport 1956 Best Price: $14.91 Frankly, I tend to agree with the reviewers who think there's simply too much ambiance noises...

Tommy Dorsey - Tommy Dorsey - Greatest Hits [RCA] Best Price: $6.13 The warmth and feeling of this kind of jazz are never reached in the more modern styles of jazz.	Glenn Miller - The Essential Glenn Miller Best Price: $12.26 I am new to big band music, and I think this is a great collection of Glenn Miller. This album...	A Perfect Place Best Price: $11.26 ...but an admirable foray into the realm of motion picture soundtracks. There aren't any real...	Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Ultimate Collection: Recorded Live Best Price: $12.90 From the moment when the MC announces "Brian Setzer and his 17-piece big band" on...	Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II Best Price: $13.31 This CD would have been perfection except for the inclusion of two songs by Betty Hutton...

Quincy Jones - The Dude Best Price: $6.58 if i'm correct, 'the dude' followed quincy jones' 1977 'sounds'. and the results are equally...	Songs That Got Us Through WW2, Vol. 2 Best Price: $11.99 This album and its companion Vol.1 are exellent to own for those who like the music during the...	Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth Best Price: $5.90 Known more for his arranging and composing than his playing, Oliver Nelson demonstrates here...	Nellie McKay - Obligatory Villagers Best Price: $7.50 Great music and lyrics. Nellie McKay has phenomenal insight and style. Her music is diverse,...	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Best Price: $7.62 Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever is a solid installment in this CD series of lounge music...

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - The Phat Pack Best Price: $8.25 Gordon Goodwin headlined with our district's middle school and high school band recently. This...	"Kein Schwein Ruft Mich An" Best Price: $13.23 Magnific item. When you love that kind of music it is the item to have. Brings you back in a...	Summon the Heroes Best Price: $7.96 The music you hear on the NBC Olympic broadcasts is pretty much all on this disc. One problem...	Thelonious Monk - The Essential Thelonious Monk Best Price: $6.67 This is a great CD to really get a sampling of Monk. Has a good mix of tunes. I usually prefer...	Count Basie - Count Basie's Finest Hour Best Price: $7.00 Count Bassie's stylistic refinement was perhaps his ace of Aces. His astonishing ability to...

Night and Day: The Cole Porter Songbook Best Price: $6.79 The performances on this CD are uniformly great, from the rockin' to the sultry. Someone at...	Barry Manilow - Singin' with the Big Bands Best Price: $1.96 Until I attended his concert in LV, I didn't know this album existed -- fool is me! This is...	Raymond Scott - The Music of Raymond Scott: Reckless Nights & Turkish Twilights Best Price: $2.41 Honestly, I purchased this CD after someone played "Powerhouse" and I recognized the...	Verve Presents: Very Best of Christmas Jazz Best Price: $5.88 No Christmas should be without this CD! I had heard many of the songs before, but there were a...	Frank Sinatra - My Way: The Best Of Frank Sinatra (2CD) Best Price: $14.95 Definitely this double album is one of the best compilations of an artist. This double CD...

Buddy Rich - Big Swing Face Best Price: $6.79 "Big Swing Face" is one of Buddy's more popular albums. I would certainly describe it...	Artie Shaw - The Essential Artie Shaw Best Price: $10.05 I was amazed at the clarity and fidelity of this CD. Artie Shaw was and is one of the finest...	Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Swingin' for the Fences Best Price: $11.43 Without a doubt, this band is the TIGHTEST big band out there! They are just Incredible! If...	Spike Jones - Spike Jones - Greatest Hits Best Price: $6.65 Another madcap collection - old favourites plus some I'd never heard before - so just proves...	Duke Ellington - The Very Best of Duke Ellington Best Price: $6.68 Duek Ellington was my first introduction to Jazz Music and in truth after him and no offense to...

Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - The Unrecorded Stan Kenton Best Price: $12.19 This is the worst CD I've ever heard. Terrible recording quality. Not the best Kenton band...

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