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New Series:- Phase Compensated Stereo; revealing hidden qualities of stereo sound. The Herd Rides Again In Stereo; The Fourth Herd; Woody Herman Quartet: Swing Low Sweet Clarinet and Woody Hermans Big New Herd: At The Monterey Jazz Festival First up, the return of the Herd for The Herd Rides Again In Stereo ten or so years after the First Herd roared across America between the years 1945-1948. Original members like Chuck Jackson are joined by the likes of Bob Brookmeyer who had played with the Herd for 7 weeks way back in 1952 and other fine musicians like Billy Bauar, Nat Pierce, Al Cohn and Don Lamond. A year later and another reunion of sorts as The Fourth Herd stampede into town! This time, however, we have a band playing within a band!? That is, an octet featuring Woody Herman, Zoot Sims, Nat Adderley, Eddie Costa and the big band rhythm section all basking in the inspiring warmth of the big orchestra. All we do is try to create some kind of mood and hope somebody digs it
..theres nothing I can tell you really. So says Woody Herman in the original liner notes to our third selection, Swing Low Sweet Clarinet from 1960. In fact, there are a few things he can tell us as he goes on to be further quoted in the liner notes, catch this! Its the first time Ive played clarinet for more than eight bars in years
.Making this album was very much fun, all the way
.We had a ball
it is very well recorded
..the guys are the rhythm section thats been with me for quite a while
..we work well together. And to conclude with a timely quote that could be just as appropriate today as it was then
There is a need for a lot more, good, honest, uncomplicated, and uncompromising music. Weve got some of it here and its good to listen to whatever your mood. Its back to 1959 and Woody Hermans Big New Herd At The Monterey Jazz Festival. An impressive festival needed an impressive orchestra and that is exactly what it got with The Woody Herman Festival Orchestra, created both to accompany other performing artists and perform as a stand - alone jazz unit by itself. I wish I could take this band on the road cried Herman from the stage during one of his legendary Saturday performances. Everyone agreed it was one of the greatest bands Woody had ever stood before. And if that isnt enough proof, heres a quote from the guy who wrote the liner notes, one of the great American writers on jazz, Ralph J Gleason. Monterey 1959 was one of the greatest musical experiences of my life, and it would seem that of a lot of other people. Musicians like JJ Johnson, Mel Lewis and Woody Herman apparently felt the same way
CD1 1-12: The Herd Rides Again In Stereo 1. Northwest Passage 2. Caldonia 3. Wild Root 4. The Good Earth 5. Blowin Up A Storm 6. Its Coolin Time 7. I Cover The Waterfront 8. Crazy Rhythm 9. Sinbad The Sailor 10. Fire Island 11. Black Orchid 12. Bijou 13-24: The Fourth Herd 13. Panatela 14. Lament For Linda 15. Misery, Stay Way From My Door 16. In A Misty Mood 17. Catty Corner 18. The Thirteenth Instant 19. The Magpie 20. Blues For Indian Jim 21. The Devil And The Stoker 22. The Swing Machine 23. Summer Nights 24. Johnny On The Spot
CD2 1-12: Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet 1. Swing Low, Sweet Clarinet 2. Rose Room 3. Sweet Lorraine 4. Blue Moon 5. Begin The Beguine 6. Pee Wee Blues 7. Dont Be That Way 8. Someday Sweetheart 9. Mood Indigo 10. Summit Ridge Drive 11. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 12. Alexandra 13-18: At The Monterey Jazz Festival 13. Four Brothers 14. Like Some Blues Man 15. Skoobeedoobee 16. Monterey Apple Tree 17. Skylark 18. The Magpie |