Recommend a funky big band jazz type LP

[Knitwearfan]

Originally Posted by babycart

i thought the difference was that big band musicians do a lot more standing up and sitting down, whereas the trumpets in orchestras never stand up and sway from side to side as they parp their bit.

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[Dr Rubberfunk]

Originally Posted by BestDressedChicken

Well, it's not foreign, but would this be the sort of thing that you mean:



?
Even if not - TOP LP

Yes, keep meaning to get a copy of this - loved what I've heard ...
And whilst we're talking of Louie Bellson, why go foreign when the 'Louie In London' LP has all the funkiness you could want from a Big Band!? I pretty much buy everything I find from him, and am very rarely disappointed. Same goes for Mel Lewis (with or without Thad Jones )

+1 on Daly Wilson too

[soulful-illusion]

i have virtually nothing of this stuff but one lp i would get is SOM 3 "s/t" on odeon brazil , even though there is a couple of tracks with just the 3 of them there are about 3 - 4 big band funky numbers inc. a nice cover of california soul

[Stoneface]

Was doing some diggin in my own collection (you know, time to thin the herd) and came across this one:



Buddy Rich and His Big Band Machine - Speak No Evil

Lot' O funky stuff on here including 'Fight the Power', 'Yearnin' Learnin', Sophisticated Lady, Sneakin' Up Behind You etc