On Wednesday I posted my top-10 favorite big band albums from 1958—a magical year in which phonograph technology and fidelity improved and big bands were in demand by labels to show off the wider sound. For those who thought I had exhausted the genre, not a chance. Here are 10 more—let's call them 11 through 20. Again, the month of recording is in parenthesis...
11. The Music From Peter Gunn—Henry Mancini (September)
12. Basie Plays Hefti—Count Basie (April)
13. Jimmy McHugh in Hi Fi—Urbie Green (May)
14. Cat on a Hot Tin Horn—Cat Anderson (August)
15. In a Jazz Orbit—Bill Holman (February)
16. Chubby Takes Over—Chubby Jackson (August)
17. New York, N.Y.—George Russell (September)
18. Back to Balboa—Stan Kenton (January)