The Blues Is Everybody's Business - CORAL
Released: Sep 9, 1957
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Released: Sep 9, 1957
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Written during the summer of 1957, Manny Albam's ambitious jazz suite The Blues Is Everybody's Business attempts to tell a story in instrumental form. It represents a visit to the fictional...
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Brass on Fire
Released: Apr 26, 1966
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Released: Apr 26, 1966
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Manny Albam focuses on brass while omitting reeds and piano entirely from this mid-'60s big-band LP. Albam's arrangements of the dozen standards are still fresh decades later, whether alternating...
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The Drum Suite
Released: Mar 5, 1956
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Released: Mar 5, 1956
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No doubt written to exploit the hi-fi craze in full swing during Ike's presidency, Manny Albams' and Ernie Wilkins' The Drum Suite took the unprecedented step of including parts for four drummers....
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Jazz Goes to the Movies
Released: Jan 12, 1962
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Released: Jan 12, 1962
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Manny Albam arranged nine movie themes from films of the late '50s and early '60s for an all-star big band including Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Johnny Coles, Urbie Green, Oliver Nelson, Jim Hall,...
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The Jazz Greats of Our Time, Vol. 1
Released: Apr 2, 1957
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Released: Apr 2, 1957
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Manny Albam's decision to quit playing and stick exclusively to arranging, composing, and leading large ensembles produced many fine records during the 1950s and 1960s, though most of them, such as...
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Jazz Workshop
Released: Dec 24, 1955
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Released: Dec 24, 1955
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As an arranger and bandleader, the works of Manny Albam seem better appreciated by jazz musicians than by record labels and the jazz-buying public. This RCA Victor LP collects three separate octets...
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