Big Band Jazz - Various Artists

Advantages: Great live act.
Disadvantages: Don't play enough gigs

...93Feet have been doing the rounds on the small gig tour for the lasst year and I hope you have been lucky enough to catch them live. Currently in the studio recording material, this band are already being spied on by various record company scouts and are getting a good reputation. Their style is funky guitar, pounding beats - a mish mash of funk soul acid jazz. Guitar player Harvey is extremely apt at what he loves doing and gives a great performance. Drummer JJ looks insane while he's playing but doesn't miss a beat. Singer Craig can croon with the best of them. The band have hit some high profile venues - once even playing at the Groucho Club in London to an impressed audience. You'll find them in the Milton Keynes area, and about Bedfordshire at the moment but catch them before they are signed. This band is the next big thing - make... Read review

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Advantages: Some really good tracks
Disadvantages: Some are "so-so"

...is also by Benny Goodman and his Quartet, which is a little slower and more really for dancing. Perhaps that was were the Savoy came in to the title? Benny Goodman and his Quartet next give us Moonglow, which starts with some sophisticated piano, which is soon joined by Goodman and the rest of his band. The style is somewhat muted. And, I suppose if you consider the jazz of the 1920s as being like bright sunlight, then, yes, I would guess that you could call this tune an example of Moonglow. Pretty, though not as bright as real jazz. Benny Goodman and his Quartet are featured again with a song called Body and Soul. Re Again, it is more "sophisticated" and is best described as lift music for the more discerning type of building. Louis Armstrong (thank God! We are back to some real jazz!) is next with I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man. Strange... Read review

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Advantages: Original, exciting
Disadvantages: None

...Phil collins, former member of Genisis and former solo artist, formed what came to be known as the phil collins big band. The Cd, titled a hot night in Paris, portrays the phil collins big band as an up beat big band. Recorded in Paris in 1999, the 20 piece big band, made up of fine musicians from around the globe, recorded this fantastic album. The tracks include: 1. Sussudio 2. That's All 3. Invisible Touch 4. Hold On My Heart 5. Chips & Salsa 6. I Don't Care Anymore 7. Milestones 8. Against All Odds 9. Pick Up The Pieces 10. Los Endos Suite You dont have to be a jazz fanatic to enjoy this CD as it appeals to everyone. The drumming, laid down by Phil Collins, is tight and precise, producing an overall fantastic sound. The CD is quite hard to get hold of but it is worth getting if you can find it. A great CD and passion for Jazz. I... Read review

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