Infrequent use of passing chords and the lead trumpet being doubled an octave lower are characteristics of Sammy Nestico’s arrangements for this bandleader. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this bandleader who collaborated with Nestico on an album titled [this artist] Straight Ahead. This musician, who recorded a signature big-band version of “April in Paris,” is called the Atomic in the title of a 1958 album.
ANSWER: Count Basie [or William James Basie; accept Basie Straight Ahead; accept The Atomic Mr. Basie]
[10h] This musician established the arrangement style of the Count Basie Orchestra in the late 1950s through albums like The Atomic Mr. Basie. This musician arranged Woody Herman’s “Woodchopper’s Ball” and composed the original Batman theme.
ANSWER: Neal Hefti [or Neal Paul Hefti]
[10m] This 1937 song by Basie makes use of a “head arrangement” developed during an improvised jam session. This song, which opens with a long F major piano solo, is allegedly titled for the hour of the morning that it was first broadcast.
ANSWER: “One O’Clock Jump”
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