Tag Archives: Big Band

SONG OF THE DAY Les Brown, Jr – Drum’s Safari

Posted on March 27, 2024 by The Listening Post Blog

If ever an adventure could indulge upon the most perfect terrain, it would be that of a drum safari!! The swanky march of these monster beats hit hard as their swagger dominates this sonic skyline like rhythmic boulders This tune … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Joe Lutcher – Ojai

Posted on March 24, 2024 by The Listening Post Blog

I’m not sure today’s offering is the most relaxing way to finish off a Sunday evening (it makes me want to dance and jump about like a loon) but, oh my, what a song!! Gloriously heavy on the rhythm, its … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Dennis Farnon – South Bound

Posted on March 8, 2024 by The Listening Post Blog

It took something new to lead me to something old, but by no means was this material unknown to me! Producers like MF DOOM, Prince Paul and Madlib have all partook (and pioneered) the use of library music in hip-hop … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Artie Shaw – Nightmare

Posted on January 6, 2024 by The Listening Post Blog

If the soundtrack to every nightmare I had sounded like this, I’d take horror dreams every night! This is tremendously lovely!! Nightmare is a stunning piece of suspenseful sonic drama, created in 1936 by the superb bandleader and clarinetist, Artie … Continue reading →

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(🎄Christmas Countdown No2⛄) SONG OF THE DAY June Christy, Stan Kenton & His Orchestra – Ride On Santa, Ride On

Posted on December 22, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

I really, really love this song and am so excited to be sharing it with you on this Winter Solstice evening! I’m not completely sure of its exact release date, but it was towards the middle-to-late 1940’s I believe? The … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Artie Shaw – Gloomy Sunday

Posted on July 5, 2023 by The Listening Post Blog

There is something so exquisite and delicious about this song and, indeed, this whole era of music! Though the story behind this is quite interesting and when Billie Holliday covered it in 1947 it was actually banned by the BBC … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY Bobby Christian – Yeah Yeah

Posted on December 13, 2019 by The Listening Post Blog

A few days ago the marvellous Numero Group released this addictive, jazzy little number onto their youtube page.  A lively instrumental with drums galore, Yeah Yeah was originally released in 1967 and thanks to Numero it has now been reissued. … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY The Andrew Sisters – Bei Mir Bist Du Shein

Posted on August 5, 2018 by The Listening Post Blog

‘Bei Mir Bistu Shein’ was originally constructed to be part of a Yiddish operetta called I Would If I Could and was written in 1932 by Abraham Bloom with music by Secunda and lyrics by his writing partner, Jacob Jacobs. Translated as “To Me You’re … Continue reading →

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SONG OF THE DAY David McCallum – House Of Mirrors

Posted on January 11, 2017 by The Listening Post Blog

Following on from yesterdays Dark Days sample sources comes the second of two tracks that DJ Shadow cleverly weaved into his song.  Alongside Bill Osborn’s great Bamboo and Rice , Shadow also mixed David McCallum’s House Of Mirrors and the fusion is superb. As well as … Continue reading →

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