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Friday, August 16, 2013

George Gee & His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra - Swingin' Live

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 59:00
Size: 135.1 MB
Label: Swing 46
Styles: Big Band, Swing
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[5:38] 1. Come On In
[4:53] 2. Blues For Stephanie
[5:20] 3. Down For The Count
[2:30] 4. Let The Good Times Roll
[4:57] 5. Where Or When
[6:27] 6. Shiny Stockings
[5:19] 7. Four-Five-Six
[4:26] 8. Street Of Dreams
[5:09] 9. April In Paris
[4:23] 10. Here's That Rainy Day
[6:37] 11. Wailin' Caylen
[3:17] 12. Splanky

Principally recorded live at Irving Plaza, New York, New York on January 26, 1997. Includes liner notes by George Gee. This is the first recording by THE GEORGE GEE BIG BAND (formerly known as The Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra) recorded live at a big band swing dance for The New York Swing Dance Society in January of 1996 at Irving Plaza in New York City. Features selections arranged by legendary jazz writer Frank Foster and two songs sung by 1999 Grammy-nominee jazz vocalist Carla Cook.

George Gee (leader); Carla Cook (vocals); Cleave Guyton (piccolo flute, alto saxophone); Ed Pazant (alto saxophone); Lance Bryant, Marshall McDonald, Benny Russell (tenor saxophone); Al Acosta (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Dave Stahl, Kenny Rampton, Walt Szymanski, Irvin Stokes (trumpet); Charles Stephens, Eddie Bert, Joe Fiedler (trombone); Wayne Coniglio (bass trombone); Richard Liberson (guitar); Jon Cowherd, Sara Jane Cion (piano); Daryl Hall (bass); Dave Gibson (drums).

Swingin' Live