Art Pepper + Eleven, “Modern Jazz Classics,” 1960 on Contemporary Records
Classic west coast jazz from Contemporary Records - sometimes just gets call Art Pepper + Eleven, sometimes Modern Jazz Classics. Not sure if 12 people counts as a big band - Wikipedia says "a small big band." Marty Paich did the arranging. Songs composed by Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, and Sonny Rollins among others. A must have for people (like me) who are fans of the west coast "cool jazz" and the late big band era. My copy—via private sale—is the […]https://goatless.org/2026/05/03/art-pepper-eleven-modern-jazz-classics-1960-on-contemporary-records
Lush Latin & Cool by The Marty Paich Piano Quartet, released on RCA in 1961.
Martin Louis Paich (January 23, 1925 – August 12, 1995)[1] was an American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor. As a musician and arranger he worked with jazz musicians Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Kenton, Al Hirt, Art Pepper, Buddy Rich, Ray Brown, Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Ray Charles and Mel Tormé. His long association with Tormé included one of the singer's earliest albums, Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette. Over the next three decades he worked with pop singers such as Andy Williams and Jack Jones and for film and television. He is the father of David Paich, a founding member of the rock band Toto. - Wikipedia
Music To Fill A Void - Eight By Eight by the Don Fagerquist Octet, released on Mode Records in 1957.
Donald Alton Fagerquist (February 6, 1927 – January 23, 1974) was a small group, big band, and studio jazz trumpet player from the West Coast of the United States.
Despite high demand for his services as a lyrical soloist, he recorded only twice as a leader: a half-date for Capitol in 1955 (reissued as part of the Dave Pell Octet CD I Had the Craziest Dream) and a complete project for Mode in 1957 (Music to Fill a Void) - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht4SkWtN4h4&list=RDht4SkWtN4h4&start_radio=1
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The Rock-Jazz Incident Review by Mark Deming
...Paich takes a handful of well-known pop tunes of the day (which in this case was 1966) along with a few originals and dresses them up with contemporary big-band arrangements, dominated by horns, keyboards, and a tight, well-mannered rhythm section..The real oddity is a honking sax workout on "Yesterday" that makes Paul McCartney's tale of lost love sound like something Ace Cannon cut on his lunch hour, but most of the pop numbers survive the transition quite well, and originals like "The Proud Camel" and "Gotta Go" reveal just a bit more swing, and on these selections Paich gives his musicians a little more room to color the surroundings..Paich does turn in 29 minutes of intelligent, well-crafted pop music that nods to both genres without ever taking sides, and it's an amusing curiosity in his catalog.
Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway is a 1962 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., arranged by Marty Paich
Sam does show tunes, of which the best by far for me is Lost in the Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hruqTiuyU&list=OLAK5uy_lumkGDeFrt5wPBxte_2sY5yklPqv-Rz6U
#sammydavisjr #showtunes #lostinthestars #kurtweill #martypaich
Something Else By Johnny Richards released on Bethelem Records in 1956.
Marc Myers wrote for Jazz Wax:
"...the album features Richards compositions and arrangements and a band that will make West Coast jazz fans gasp.
Waltz Anyone featured Pete Candoli, Buddy Childers and Maynard Ferguson (tp); Stu Williamson (tp,v-tb); Tommy Pederson, Frank Rosolino and Milt Bernhart (tb); John Cave (fhr); Albert Pollan (tu); Charlie Mariano (as); Richie Kamuca (ts); Ronnie Lang (bar,pic); Bill Holman (bassax); Marty Paich (p); Buddy Clark (b); Stan Levey (d); Lou Singer (perc) and Johnny Richards (arr,cond)...
..The arrangements are fresh and spectacular, and the solos are sterling."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Lg3jRaOzo&list=PLEbR7gIJfzeNamIFDyYhYYv95I5d7YBif&index=1
#johnnyrichards #bigbandjazz #swing #westcoastjazz #charliemariano #martypaich #frankrosolino #maynardferguson #1956 #50smusic
The Wham of Sam is a 1961 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., arranged by Marty Paich and Morty Stevens.
The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer awarded the album four stars and said that Davis' "untouchable sense of rhythmic flair unleashes some lighthearted interaction between the vocalist and hard-driving instrumentalists." Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBq_AdLSBB0&list=OLAK5uy_lyl9Myh8VqhkcfXoLQdOGxJAqG3UIBvaA
#sammydavis #martypaich #bratpack #vocaljazz #budshank #buddycollette
Big Bands only: Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette (Tokyo - 1988) [2/2]
https://bigbandsonly.blogspot.com/2024/02/mel-torme-and-marty-paich-dektette_0504467128.html
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