Sounds from the Road – The Mike Vax Big Band: featuring Alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra

Sounds from the Road – The Mike Vax Big Band: featuring Alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra
Catalog number: 518

Tracks:

01 Alex's Tune
comp: Dale DeVoe
02 Seascape
comp: Johnny Mandel
03 La Virgen de la Macarena
comp: Bernardino Monterede
04 Mr. Natural
comp: Steve Huffsteter
05 Pennies from Heaven
comp: A. Johnston, J. Burke
06 I'm Glad There is You
comp: Paul Madeira, Jimmy Dorsey
07 On a Slow Boat to China
comp: Frank Loesser
08 Boney
comp: Steve Huffsteter
09 Baubles, Bangles & Beads
comp: George Forrest, Robert Wright
10 Autumn in New York
comp: Vernon Duke
11 Variations on a Brazilian Folk Song
comp: Bennett Friedman
12 Oblivion
comp: Astor Piazzolla
13 Malaguena
comp: Ernesto Lecuona
14 All the Things You Are
comp: Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II

Featuring some of Bob Florence’s last recorded performances, Sounds from the Road represents a magical period on the bus for Mike Vax’s Big Band and Alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra…

“Big bands are dead. Really? To counter that argument, I would present as ‘Exhibit A’ the Mike Vax Big Band’s persuasive ‘Sounds from the Road.’ And with that I rest my case.” -Jack Bowers, allaboutjazz.com

‘All of the essentials of the Kenton sound are here… this band is carrying on (Kenton’s) legacy and one hopes he is somewhere smiling. All of the excitement that earmarked the original Kenton orchestra has been captured for a new generation.’ -allaboutjazz.com


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