Mike Barone: 14 Big Band Arrangements

Yesterday, I posted an e-interview I conducted with composer-arranger and trombonist Mike Barone. Today, I want to share a sampling of his big band arranging and composing over the years. [Photo above of Mike Barone, courtesy of Mike Barone]

Let's dig 14 examples of Mike's scoring prowess on albums under his leadership...

Here's Peachy from Class of '68...

Peachy

Here's Waltz This! from Class of '68...

Waltz This!

Here's Baubles, Bangles and Beads, with a Herb Alpert feel, from Trombones Unlimited Vol. 2 (1968)...

Baubles Bangles And Beads

Here's Beef Stew from Mike and Gary Barone's Blues and Other Happy Moments (1981)...

Beef Stew

Here's Easy Does It from Flight of the Bumblebee (2009)...

Easy Does It

Here's Friends from Live 2005! Redux...

Friends

Here's Grand Central from Live 2005! Redux...

Grand Central

Here's I Won't Dance from Metropole (2006)...

I Won't Dance

Here's Elkhart from By Request (2007)...

Elkhart

Here's Something in Your Smile from Alright, Okay, You Win (2011)...

Something in Your Smile

Here's Indian Summer from Birdland (2012)...

Indian Summer

Here's Blue Memories from The Vamp! Turquoise (2014)...

Blue Memories

Here's Cactus Sam from La Fiesta (2015)...

Cactus Sam

And here's One Note Samba from La Fiesta (2015)...

One Note Samba

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