Jingle Cats

With The Alleycats! swingin' holiday classics with big band arrangements.
This oldies quartet formed in 1987 while attending Fullerton College in California. Inspired by 1950s doo-wop sounds, The Alley Cats - Royce Reynolds (bass), Todd Dixon (baritone), Andre Peck (tenor), and Armando "Mando" Fonseco (baritone) - landed their first singing job at Disneyland as part of Disney's "Blast to the Past" show in 1988 and 1989. John O'Campo and Terron Brooks joined the group in 1997 after the departure of founding members Peck and Dixon. The group went on to do television and radio appearances, including a promotional gig with Sunkist Paradise Fruit Juice and a performance on the Arsenio Hall Show…

Maynard Ferguson - The Complete Roulette Recordings Of The Maynard Ferguson Orchestra (1958-1962) {10CD Set Mosaic MD10-156}
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© 1958-62, 1994 Roulette / Mosaic Records / Capitol | MD10-156
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Trumpet

Trumpeter Maynard Ferguson led his greatest big band during the years that he was signed to Roulette and all of the music from his 13 Roulette LPs (plus 11 previously unissued selections) are included on this deluxe limited-edition ten-CD box set. Although three of the LPs were originally recorded as dance records (and stick close to the melodies), this box as a whole finds Maynard at his peak and with an orchestra that includes such talented soloists as trombonists Slide Hampton and Don Sebesky (both of whom contributed arrangements), altoist Lanny Morgan, the tenors of Carmen Leggio, Willie Maiden, Joe Farrell, and Don Menza, pianists Jaki Byard and Joe Zawinul, and drummer Rufus Jones in addition to the leader. The music is very jazz-oriented and contains more than its share of classic moments, particularly the sessions that resulted in A Message From Newport and Newport Suite. It's highly recommended.

Brian Setzer is one of the leaders of the big-band swing revival, and this program presents a terrific one hour and 40-minute Christmas concert in its entirety, featuring fun hits like "This Cat's on a Hot Tin Roof", "Jump Jive an' Wail", and "Run Rudolph Run", plus behind the scenes b-roll footage, including a first-time look at Brian Setzer and his orchestrator composing a chart from scratch. Filmed December 18, 2004 at L.A's sold-out Universal Amphitheatre, its is easily the best video presentation of the Brian Setzer Orchestra ever.