The Swiss Jazz Scene – Big Bands (MH 60/1977)
The Swiss Jazz Scene. Big Bands.
Programme Contents:
1. Teddy Stauffer and his original Teddies: Jitterbug’s Idea (B. Bertinat).
Recorded 1940 in Basel. From “ELITE SPECIAL SJLP 6306”.
2. Roby Seidel Bigband: Black, Brown and Beautiful (O. Nelson). Soloist: Peter Candiotto, sax. Recorded live in 1975 in Epalinges.
3. Bigband of the Swiss-German Radio.
Soloist: Benny Bailey, trumpet. Francy Boland, conductor. Recorded at the 1973 International Jazz Festival, Zurich.
4. The Band (The Alpine Power Plant): The Tango (G. Gruntz).
Co-leaders: George Gruntz, piano. Flavio Ambrosetti, sax. Franco Ambrosetti, trumpet.
Soloists: Benny Bailey, trumpet. Howard Johnson, baritone sax. Niels Henning Oersted Pedersen, bass. Privately recorded live in 1976 in Zurich.
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