Latest big band tracks
Harry James - From Dogs To Ducks
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Gil Evans - Las Vegas Tango
The Listening Post BlogFollow “I dare say many of you will have heard of Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans, a.k.a Gil Evans, such is his…” on Mar 16th, 2025 →
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Ballicki Bone
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Step in time to a musical tradition as ancient as it is contemporary. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Feb 28th, 2025 →
Severino Araujo E Sua Orquestra Tabajara - Capoeira Na Pituba (1959)
The Listening Post BlogFollow “Dedicating most of his life in music, Severino Araújo de Oliveira was a Brazilian musician, composer, conductor and clarinetist. His…” on Nov 17th, 2024 →
Kalaha - Bolværksmatrosens Blues
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Tredici Bacci - The Future Is Forever
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Harry James - Circles of Circumstance
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Artie Shaw - Nightmare
The Listening Post BlogFollow “If the soundtrack to every nightmare I had sounded like this, I’d take horror dreams every night! This is tremendously…” on Jan 6th, 2024 →
Liz Cass - Map Of A Human Heart
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Liz Cass - Too Hot
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Artie Shaw - Gloomy Sunday
The Listening Post BlogFollow “There is something so exquisite and delicious about this song and, indeed, this whole era of music! Though the story…” on Jul 5th, 2023 →
Sammy Kay - Waiting
Adobe and TeardropsFollow “Earlier this winter, I stuffed myself into an oddly-shaped room in a former Bushwick warehouse. The room was, at best,…” on May 22nd, 2023 →
Harry James - the diminisher
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Fred Pallem & le Sacre du Tympan - L'AMOUR DU DISQUE
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Ghost Funk Orchestra - Scatter
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Ghost Funk Orchestra - Your Man's No Good
The Listening Post BlogFollow “It’s been a fair few years since I featured the glowing sounds of New York’s Ghost Funk Orchestra and it…” on Nov 30th, 2022 →
Duke Ellington - Black And Tan Fantasy
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Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade
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