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Hanssler Classics is known more for its classical recordings than its occasional jazz releases, but when they feature a visiting American jazz all-star with the SWR Big Band, they make one wonder why they don't do more jazz. Frank Foster is their special guest, leading the band through a series of his charts and a few by another Count Basie alum, the late Thad Jones, though many of these compositions deserve to be more widely known. The band swings while sounding a bit more modern than Basie's recordings of these charts, which should come as no surprise as the original recordings were made decades earlier by a very different lineup. Foster remains a formidable soloist, particularly in Jones' "Mean What You Say," though there are a number of fine soloists with the band, including tenor saxophonists Andi Maile and Peter Weniger, trombonist Ian Cumming, trumpeter/flügelhornist Don Rader, flügelhornist Karl Farrent, and pianist Klaus Wagenleiter, to name a few.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
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Counter Block (Thad Jones)
Thad Jones, Composer - Frank Foster, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Mean What You Say (arr. F. Foster) (Thad Jones)
Thad Jones, Composer - Frank Foster, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Ode to Joe Newman (Frank Foster)
Frank Foster, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Winners (Frank Foster)
Frank Foster, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Love Handles (Frank Foster)
Frank Foster, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Basic-Ally Yours (Thad Jones)
Thad Jones, Composer - Frank Foster, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Victorious Blues (Frank Foster)
Frank Foster, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Now That She's Away (Frank Foster)
Frank Foster, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
The Biddle-De-Bop Samba (Thad Jones)
Thad Jones, Composer - Frank Foster, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Lady in Lace (Frank Foster)
Frank Foster, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
A Fresh Taste of the Blues (Frank Foster)
Frank Foster, Composer, Artist, MainArtist - SWR Big Band, Orchestra
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
Album review
Hanssler Classics is known more for its classical recordings than its occasional jazz releases, but when they feature a visiting American jazz all-star with the SWR Big Band, they make one wonder why they don't do more jazz. Frank Foster is their special guest, leading the band through a series of his charts and a few by another Count Basie alum, the late Thad Jones, though many of these compositions deserve to be more widely known. The band swings while sounding a bit more modern than Basie's recordings of these charts, which should come as no surprise as the original recordings were made decades earlier by a very different lineup. Foster remains a formidable soloist, particularly in Jones' "Mean What You Say," though there are a number of fine soloists with the band, including tenor saxophonists Andi Maile and Peter Weniger, trombonist Ian Cumming, trumpeter/flügelhornist Don Rader, flügelhornist Karl Farrent, and pianist Klaus Wagenleiter, to name a few.
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:48
- Main artists: Frank Foster SWR Big Band
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: SWR Classic
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2006 SWR Classic (P) 2006 SWR Classic
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