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Woody Herman - Woodchopper's Ball |
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Pioneering clarinetist-bandleader Woody Herman was one of a kind. From the '40s to the '80s, his big bands encompassed everything from swing to bebop and beyond. Woodchopper's Ball presents different versions of his "Thundering Herds" from the '70s and '80s. With a down-home and urbane clarinet sound, Herman's versions of the jazz standards "Woodchopper's Ball," "April in Paris," and "Four Brothers" swing in the tradition. Herman's takes on Don Grolnick's "Pools" also highlights his keen ear, which was open to new forms of jazz-fusion. Woody Herman was one of a kind, a musician who looked at musical styles as different modes of expression, not barriers. That trait made him and his music the miracle that it is. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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