Pony Boy All-Star Big Band The Pony
Boy All-Star Big Band is a conglomeration of the best professional musicians in the Seattle area. Led by drummer and
arranger Greg Williamson, this collection of musicians
is truly All-Star. The 17 members have played with The Glenn Miller
Orchestra, Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd, Harry James Orchestra, Count Basie,
Natalie Cole, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Diana Krall, Steve Allen, Ernestine
Anderson... recently backing up Don Rickles and Joan Rivers. From New York to LA to around the world, the list goes on
and on. They have pulled together an amazing library of arrangements
dating back to the original swing hits of the 40’s - all the way
up to todays large jazz ensemble orchestrations. As well as being an
arranger himself, Greg has led many smaller groupings, releasing many
CDs on his own label, Pony Boy Records, which serves as the moniker
for this large swinging unit. The All-Stars:
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Pony
Boy "MINI" Big Band
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MEDIA AND RECOURCES Songlist
from the Library of Arrangements: PDF MP3 AUDIO CLIPS: live
@ Fred Hutch Auction "Charlie
May & All Star Big Band Play Gaylord Jones" |
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Pony Boy Orchestra Claude Thornhill's "Real Birth of the Cool" Jim Wilke's "Jazz Northwest" - KPLU FM88.5 Earshot's Art of Jazz Series In the late 1940's, Big Band leader and pianist Claude Thornhill commissioned young Gil Evens and Gerry Mulligan to write smooth bop influenced charts for his big band. Slightly ahead of it's time, this rare music is the precursor to the more famous Miles Davis/Gil Evans recording, several years later. Most notable is the size of the orchestra - an expanded band with two french horns, and an army of clarinets and bass clarinets. Music almost-lost has been researched, edited and readied for publication by Dr. David Deacon-Joyner, director of Jazz Studies at Pacific Lutheran University, who will be conducting the Pony Boy Orchestra, led by drummer and composer Greg Williamson.
Concurrently
Consecutive Antiphonal Sonic Sculpture
Earshot
Jazz Festival Oct 20 - Nov 6, 2005 |
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