Swr Big Band A Fresh Taste Of Thad Jones & Frank Foster (2006)

It's 50 years since Paul Carrack wrote How Long and the record came out to huge success so it seemed like a good time to reflect on his career as a whole and put together a collection of his most successful recordings - 50 years is a long time so it's quite a long list that we have whittled down to fit on a single CD - I hope you enjoy the choices and some new recordings of old favourites - It's been fun - There is an extensive celebratory UK tour in Sept & Oct and we look forward to seeing you then! - Peter Van Hooke

Greatest Hits Of The 70's album for sale was released Jan 01, 2006 on the Disky label. This is a GREAT collection with tons of big hits and some wonderful rarities.

Two stars of international jazz, an amazing orchestra, a truly fresh repertoire and outstanding arrangements developed for a unique event to take place: the meeting of Antonio Sanchez on drums, Vince Mendoza as conductor and arranger and the WDR Big Band. Two invaluable CDs packed with everything you may dream)when you are about to listen to such a stellar Big Band that is conducted by a genius like Mendoza and plays music by an undisputed giant like Sanchez.

American Dreamers: Voices of Hope, Music of Freedom is a studio album by the John Daversa Big Band and produced by Kabir Sehgal and Doug Davis, released on September 21,2018. The album was recorded with more than 50 singers and musicians who entered America as children. Daversa intended the album as a message to politicians to protect immigrants. The album has been described as "invigorating" and "one of, if not the most, important musical statements across several genres this year aimed at bringing unity and healing divisiveness".

In the latter half of the '90s, Phil Collins' career hit a bit of a sales slump, and instead of shamelessly chasing after another number one single, he decided to change pace and try something different. Returning to the drums, he assembled the Phil Collins Big Band, reviving the sound of such idols as Buddy Rich and Sonny Payne, but largely sticking with his original material. After a brief European tour in 1996 (which happened to feature Quincy Jones as conductor and Tony Bennett as vocalist), he created a new version of the band featuring several accomplished jazz and studio musicians in support – notably alto saxophonist Gerald Albright, but also guitarist Daryl Stuermer, tenor saxophonist James Carter, and pianists George Duke and Brad Cole, among many others, in varying roles.