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Little Band Big Jazz

Little Band Big Jazz is an album by trumpeter Conte Candoli's All Stars recorded in 1960 and released on Crown Records.[1][2]

Following the success of pianist Vince Guaraldi's album, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962), Crown reissued Little Band Big Jazz as Vince Guaraldi and the Conte Candoli All-Stars in 1964. New cover art featured a painting of Guaraldi in place of the group photo used on the original release.[3]

Reception

AllMusic critic Scott Yanow noted: "While the solos are excellent, trumpeter Conte Candoli's six originals (two co-written with pianist Vince Guaraldi) are not particularly memorable. Their chord structures are comfortable for the musicians but none of the melodies will be remembered".[4] Guaraldi biographer and historian Derrick Bang commented, "All in all, this is an engaging album, if in the old Big Band style."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Conte Candoli, except where noted

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Callahan, M., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Neely, T. Crown Album Discography, Part 2: CLP-5101/CST-133 to CLP-5199/CST-219 (1959-1961) accessed October 25, 2016
  2. ^ Conte Candoli Discography accessed October 25, 2016
  3. ^ a b c Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: Little Band, Big Jazz". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Little Band, Big Jazz – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2016.