Are Ten Enough?

The boys have been at this podcasting game for ten years now (plus a few “bonus” episodes) and celebrate with a tenth anniversary show dedicated to–what else?–tentets. And yes, spell-check, “tentet” is a real word. We journey from the 1950’s to the right-now’s in quest of ensembles too big to be a combo, too small to be a “big” band, and generally like what we find.Playlist Discussion of Gerry Mulligan‘ album Gene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet (GRP) 6:20 Discussion of Teddy Charles‘ album Teddy Charles Tentet (Atlantic) 19:35 Discussion of Jim McNeely‘s album Group Therapy (Omnitone) 32:52 Discussion of Anat Cohen‘s album Happy Song (Anzic) 48:43 Discussion of Uptown Jazz Tentet‘s album What’s Next (Irabbagast Records) 1:05:22 Pop Matters 1:21:45 … [ read more ]