HutchFan Posted August 12 Report Share Posted August 12 (edited) Which jazz big band/orchestra recordings since 2000 would you recommend? Any style: Retro to Avant. Even "jazz-adjacent" is fine. Big tent. Any number of recordings: One or five or whatever number you feel led to share. Not necessarily the best or most important. Just music that has brought you some measure of enjoyment. I'm all ears. Edited August 13 by HutchFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted August 12 Report Share Posted August 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted August 13 Author Report Share Posted August 13 Nice list! Thanks Ken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 Maria Schneider, Michael Gibbs, Mike Westbrook. Everything they've done this century. Archie Shepp's "I Hear the Sound". Does 7 or 8 instruments count? If so, Leila Olivesi's "Astral". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 * Gerald Wilson on Mack Avenue. Any/All of them. * Ryan Truesdell Gil Evans project. * Mark Masters. * Mark de Clive-Lowe: https://markdeclivelowe.bandcamp.com/album/take-the-space-trane * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted August 13 Author Report Share Posted August 13 Good stuff! Thanks, gents! 6 minutes ago, JSngry said: * Gerald Wilson on Mack Avenue. Any/All of them. He was my first thought too. I'm especially partial to In My Time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 I'll 3rd Maria Schneider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 The Uptown Jazz Orchestra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasimado Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra "27 East" - 20 piece BB with Dave Pietro etc. CD recorded 2003 on Lasheda Records Daughter of Ted ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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soulpope Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 ICP Orchestra .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 Lots of good ones already. I fourth the Schneiders, and second the Truesdell Gil Evans Project and then might add, Steve Lehman & Orchestra National de Jazz - 'Ex Machina' Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit -'Erta Ale' Barry Guy's Blue Shroud Band, especially 'all this this here' Martin Kuchen's Angles 10 - 'Today Is Better Than Tomorrow' Fire! Orchestra - especially 'Echoes' And everything by Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 Here's my list: Jemeel Moondoc and the Jus Grew Orchestra Spirit House Bob Belden Black Dahlia Dave Douglas Witness Dave Holland Big Band What Goes Around Barry Guy New Orchestra Inscape: Tableaux Michael Philip Mossman Meta Physical Mambos - The Orisha Suite David Murray Latin Big Band Now Is Another Time Malachi Thompson and Africa Brass with Gary Bartz and Billy Harper Blue Jazz Paul Dunmall Moksha Big Band I Wish You Peace Either / Orchestra (Russ Gershon) Ethiopiques 20: Live In Addis Gerald Wilson Orchestra In My Time Christopher Dell The World We Knew Brian Lynch / Eddie Palmieri Project Simpatico Angles Every Woman Is a Tree Carla Bley, Steve Swallow and the Partyka Brass Quintet Carla's Christmas Carols Fight The Big Bull featuring Steven Bernstein All Is Gladness In the Kingdom Steve Lehman Octet Travail, Transformation and Flow Bill Dixon Tapestries for Small Orchestras Orchestre National de Jazz, Artistic Direction: Daniel Yvinec, Arrangements: Gil Goldstein Piazzolla! Martin Archer Blue Meat, Black Diesel and Engine Room Favourites Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra The Reason Why Vol. 2 Steve Lehman Octet Mise en Abime Angles 9 Injuries Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus The Distance Orchestra National de Jazz, Olivier Benoit Europa Berlin Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse Morphogenesis Taylor Ho Bynum Enter the Plustet David Virelles Igbo Alakorin (The Singer's Grove) Vol 1 and 2 Amir ElSaffar's Rivers of Sound Orchestra Not Two Sun Ra Arkestra (Marshall Allen) Swirling Alexander Hawkins Togetherness Music Natural Information Society Community Ensemble with Ari Brown (Joshua Abrams) Since Time Is Gravity Eve Risser Red Desert Orchestra Eurythmia If you're doing a research thing then I guess the likes of Snarky Puppy, Clayton / Hamilton, Beats and Pieces, and Maria Schneider ought to be considered too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 I am just trying to wrap my head around the new Louis Cole album Nothing, featuring the Metropole Orkest... Big tent but also a very large ensemble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted August 13 Author Report Share Posted August 13 6 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: Here's my list: [...] That's an awesome list! Thank you, Rab!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 I need to get to that Barry Guy stuff. What I've heard has been wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 (edited) 14 hours ago, JSngry said: * Ryan Truesdell Gil Evans project. This. 8 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: Bob Belden Black Dahlia This. Edited August 13 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 8 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: Here's my list: Jemeel Moondoc and the Jus Grew Orchestra Spirit House Bob Belden Black Dahlia Dave Douglas Witness Dave Holland Big Band What Goes Around Barry Guy New Orchestra Inscape: Tableaux Michael Philip Mossman Meta Physical Mambos - The Orisha Suite David Murray Latin Big Band Now Is Another Time Malachi Thompson and Africa Brass with Gary Bartz and Billy Harper Blue Jazz Paul Dunmall Moksha Big Band I Wish You Peace Either / Orchestra (Russ Gershon) Ethiopiques 20: Live In Addis Gerald Wilson Orchestra In My Time Christopher Dell The World We Knew Brian Lynch / Eddie Palmieri Project Simpatico Angles Every Woman Is a Tree Carla Bley, Steve Swallow and the Partyka Brass Quintet Carla's Christmas Carols Fight The Big Bull featuring Steven Bernstein All Is Gladness In the Kingdom Steve Lehman Octet Travail, Transformation and Flow Bill Dixon Tapestries for Small Orchestras Orchestre National de Jazz, Artistic Direction: Daniel Yvinec, Arrangements: Gil Goldstein Piazzolla! Martin Archer Blue Meat, Black Diesel and Engine Room Favourites Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra The Reason Why Vol. 2 Steve Lehman Octet Mise en Abime Angles 9 Injuries Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus The Distance Orchestra National de Jazz, Olivier Benoit Europa Berlin Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse Morphogenesis Taylor Ho Bynum Enter the Plustet David Virelles Igbo Alakorin (The Singer's Grove) Vol 1 and 2 Amir ElSaffar's Rivers of Sound Orchestra Not Two Sun Ra Arkestra (Marshall Allen) Swirling Alexander Hawkins Togetherness Music Natural Information Society Community Ensemble with Ari Brown (Joshua Abrams) Since Time Is Gravity Eve Risser Red Desert Orchestra Eurythmia If you're doing a research thing then I guess the likes of Snarky Puppy, Clayton / Hamilton, Beats and Pieces, and Maria Schneider ought to be considered too. Some on there I definitely need to check out, some I need to revisit too. Great list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 13 minutes ago, JSngry said: I need to get to that Barry Guy stuff. What I've heard has been wonderful. I've amassed a decent amount and it's always delivered. I thought of posting Guy, but don't consider myself enough of a "big band expert" to pontificate. I'll also second the ICP and Moondoc recs above. Probably some William Parker releases qualify, but he makes so many records that I can't keep them straight in my head. 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooter_phx Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 Simply a fabulous album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Bivins Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 Threadgill has a couple dynamite large ensemble records over the last 20. Also, don't think Darcy James Argue has made the lists yet. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 (edited) Yes and yes to those two The large ensemble disc of Anna Webber's 'Idiom' is very good. As is this also featuring Webber https://webbermorrisbigband.bandcamp.com/album/both-are-true Edited August 13 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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