{"id":1658,"date":"2009-03-20T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2009-03-20T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T08:05:00","slug":"for_his_advanced_composing_and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2009\/03\/for_his_advanced_composing_and\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirchner’s List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Thumbnail<\/a><\/span>For his advanced composing and arranging students, saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator Bill Kirchner<\/a> recently compiled a list of recommended big band CDs recorded since 1955. Kirchner teaches at The New School and Manhattan School of Music in New York City and New Jersey City University. Bill agreed to let me share the list with Rifftides<\/em> readers, who may find some of their favorites but not others.<\/p>\n

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RECOMMENDED BIG BAND CDs, 1955-PRESENT–Bill Kirchner<\/div>\n

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\nMuhal Richard Abrams: The Hearinga Suite<\/em> (Black Saint)
\nCount Basie: April in Paris<\/em>, Frankly Basie<\/em> (both Verve), Chairman of the Board<\/em> (Roulette)
\nCarla Bley: Big Band Theory<\/em> (Watt)
\nBob Brookmeyer: New Works–Celebration<\/em> (Challenge)
\nMiles Davis-Gil Evans: Miles Ahead<\/em>, Porgy and Bess<\/em>, Sketches of Spain<\/em> (all Columbia)
\nDuke Ellington: The Far East Suite<\/em>, …and His Mother Called Him Bill<\/em> (both RCA\/Bluebird)
\nDon Ellis: Tears of Joy<\/em> (Columbia\/Wounded Bird)
\nGil Evans: The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions<\/em> (Blue Note), The Individualism of Gil Evans<\/em> (Verve)
\nClare Fischer: Thesaurus<\/em> (Atlantic\/Koch)
\nStan Getz: Big Band Bossa Nova<\/em> (arr. Gary McFarland), Change of Scenes<\/em> (w\/ the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band) (both Verve)
\nJoe Henderson: Joe Henderson Big Band<\/em> (Verve)
\nWoody Herman: Giant Steps<\/em> (Fantasy\/Original Jazz Classics)
\nThad Jones-Mel Lewis: Consummation<\/em> (Blue Note)
\nStan Kenton: Contemporary Concepts<\/em> (Capitol)
\nJoe Lovano (with the WDR Big Band arr. by Mike Abene): Symphonica<\/em> (Blue Note)
\nCharles Mingus: Let My Children Hear Music<\/em> (Columbia)
\nMingus Big Band: The Essential Mingus Big Band (Dreyfus)
\nGerry Mulligan: Verve Jazz Masters 36<\/em> (Verve)
\nOliver Nelson: Verve Jazz Masters 48<\/em> (Verve)
\nBuddy Rich: The New One<\/em>, Mercy, Mercy<\/em> (both Pacific Jazz)
\nMaria Schneider: Evanescence<\/em> (Enja)
\nVanguard Jazz Orchestra: Up From the Skies<\/em> (arr. Jim McNeely), Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard<\/em> (both Planet Arts)
\nKenny Wheeler: Music for Large and Small Ensembles<\/em> (ECM)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suggested to Kirchner that, despite Bill Holman’s splendid work on the Kenton Contemporary Concepts<\/em> album, one of Holman’s own CDs should be on the list. He replied,<\/p>\n

As much as I respect what he’s done on his own, I think that the Kenton CC<\/em> album shows him at his very best–and is for students the best introduction to Holman’s work. (In the same way that Stravinsky did great things all during his career, but never wrote anything “better” than The Rite of Spring<\/em>.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you submit a suggested addition to Bill’s list, kindly give a musical justification. For our purposes, “I like it” is not justification. Please use the Comments<\/strong> link at the end of the item. When we receive enough replies, we’ll post a followup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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