Monday, July 21, 2014

Ted McNabb & Co. - Big Band Swing

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 33:04
Size: 75.7 MB
Styles: Swing
Year:1984/2012
Art: Front

[2:55] 1. Mountain Greenery
[2:43] 2. I'll Never Say Never Again Again
[2:07] 3. Blue Moon
[2:26] 4. Margie
[2:40] 5. That Old Feeling
[2:49] 6. Have You Met Miss Jones
[2:22] 7. Lover
[3:22] 8. You're My Thrill
[2:36] 9. It Had To Be You
[2:41] 10. Three Little Words
[3:32] 11. Spring Is Here
[2:46] 12. Close As Pages In A Book

One of the finest (and rarest) big band recordings of the late 1950s is Ted McNabb & Co. for Columbia's Epic label. Arranged and conducted by Marion Evans, the session was recorded over three days in November 1959 and featured the cream of the New York studio scene.

On the date were Burt Collins, Bernie Glow, Doc Severinsen, John Bello (tp); Sy Berger, Frank Rehak, Urbie Green, Dick Hixson (tb); Dick Meldonian, Gene Quill (as); Al Cohn, Zoot Sims (ts); Sol Schlinger (bar); Nat Pierce (p); Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b) and Osie Johnson (d). When a few musicians couldn't make it for the second and third dates, Al Derisi and John Frosk (tp), Herb Geller (as), John Drew (b) and Don Lamond (d) stepped in. Not too shabby.

But who exactly was Ted McNabb? The notes on the reverse side of the LP simply say that McNabb had long-time ambitions to record such an album and as a youngster had studied piano, clarinet and drums. Not only isn't McNabb listed anywhere else on the album, he isn't listed in any jazz discography. Hmmm. A pseudonym?

Big Band Swing

2 comments:

  1. He was a businessman who commisioned the recording dates as a vanity project for his girlfriend to sing on, trouble was, she couldn't sing - the musicians more or less laughed her out of the studio, and the recordings took place without her - He passed away at age 40.....
    http://www.jazzwax.com/2012/02/marion-evans-on-ted-mcnabb.html
    This is a great album!

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  2. Thank you Mat Tiggas for this terrific album, just a glance at the musicians involved tell you a lot, where on earth did you find this one?

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