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Showing posts with label Year: 1996. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Year: 1996. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Roy Wiegand's big bands - ‘Stan: Big Sur’ & 'Whatever Floats Your (Boat) Bone'

Tuesday 25s, an album from 1999, or about a quarter-century ago.... 😉

"Trombonist Roy Wiegand’s ... big–band release ... is by far his best to date with radiant charts ... and intrepid blowing throughout by Wiegand and his companions." Jack Bowers/AllAboutJazz.  Wiegand invited several Stan Kenton / Woody Herman alumni, such as himself, and saxophonist Bill Perkins, trumpeters Mike Vax and Buddy Childers, bassist Don Bagley and drummer Chuck Flores. Album Discogs.


Roy released 4 albums in a career that began in ~1955 in NYC. He also played in bands for Kai Windig, CBS, The Jackie Gleason Show, and then moved to Los Angeles to play in many film scores. Roy's website.

The Roy Wiegand Jazz Orchestra, Stan - Big Sur, full album: YouTube ; Spotify

This is on the Jazz Best Albums 1999 playlist at Spotify/Jazz Todayish.

His 1996 album Whatever Floats Your Bone Boat is another fine album. Less-known players but they include Roy's son on trumpet. "This album ... may be the surprise big band release of the year, sporting virtuosic writing and soloing throughout..." Dan Weinstein/L.A. Jazz Scene. Album Discogs.

The Roy Wiegand Big Band, Whatever Floats Your Boat Bone, full album: YouTube ; Spotify 😎