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Woody Herman?s Swingin? Herd

A commonly-heard phrase in late 1950s/early 1960s 
jazz parlance was, ?Will the big bands come back?
? Woody Herman, leader of the great 1940s 
orchestras the First and Second Herds, had a 
retort: ?Sure, next football season.? But there?s 
fresh, less sarcastic evidence at hand that a few 
did, with Herman?s among them: a new Mosaic Select 
set of the bandleader?s early-1960s recordings for 
the Philips label. This Herman collective featured 
the writing of pianist Nat Pierce and talented 
young soloists such as saxophonist Sal Nistico, 
trombonist Phil Wilson, and trumpeter Bill Chase, 
with bassist Chuck Andrus and drummer Jake Hanna 
engineering the band?s propulsive drive; old-guard 
critics like George Simon were moved to write, ?It 
has the almost-forgotten sort of pulsing ensemble 
sound that makes you want to cheer.? As the buzz 
about the Herman big band grew, its leader told 
Philips producer Jack Tracy, ?Don?t give this one 
a number. Just call it ?the Swingin? Herd.?? That?s 
a moniker Woody could?ve written a good-sized check 
on.

Many of the Swingin? Herd?s members had come out of
New England bandleader Herb Pomeroy?s orchestra, 
and they?d cultivated their cohesion and intensity 
through a longstanding gig at New York City?s 
Metropole Bar, where they were forced to play in a 
most uncomfortable formation--standing single-file 
behind the bar, gazing at their reflections on a 
mirrored wall directly across the floor from them. 
Well, what doesn?t defeat you makes you stronger 
and all that; the Metropole was where this particular 
Herman unit caught fire, slowly and then suddenly

Verzaamlde TV opnamens van Woody Herman & Orchestra

Regards Paul Gonsalves

Up loopt --- staat er 16.00 uur kompleet op

==Sorry overal staat 63-74 maar orgineel moet dit zijn 63-64
==foutje van mijn rechter middelvinger!!
maar het zal wel lukken denk ik