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The greatest Experimental Big Band songs of the 1980s, as voted by RYM/Sonemic users
Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd & Masahiko Sato 佐藤允彦. 1972. Experimental Big Band Free Jazz Modern Creative. Avant-Garde Jazz Jazz Fusion. 3.62 / 335 5. Eclipse / 侵蝕. Masayuki Takayanagi 高柳昌行 / New Direction Unit.
The Call. Horace Tapscott & The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. 1978. Experimental Big Band. Progressive Big Band Spiritual Jazz. 3.80 / 449 4. Liberation Music Orchestra. Charlie Haden. January 1970.
Experimental Big Band. Experimental big bands began to incorporate elements of free jazz and improvisation as early as the '60s, and fueled by the work of smaller avant-garde ensembles and classical composers, increased their scope in the following decades to embrace atonal music, discordance and increasingly complex structures.
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- Sex Pistols – ‘God Save The Queen’ Glen Matlock’s last appearance on a Sex Pistols record is, funnily enough, a bit overshadowed by all the other hoo-ha circling about.
- Fleetwood Mac – ‘Go Your Own Way’ Written by Lindsey Buckingham about his disintegrating relationship with bandmate and girlfriend Stevie Nicks, ‘Go Your Own Way’ channels desperation and heartbreak into one of rock’s most memorable choruses.
- The Clash – ‘London Calling’ The Clash always had a message to impart and what better than a bug-eyed apocalyptic warning? The “nuclear error” at Three Mile Island in the States could happen here too and Joe Strummer wanted us to know, driving the point home with those choppy guitars and vulpine howls.
- David Bowie – ‘Heroes’ Written by Bowie with Brian Eno, ‘”Heroes”‘ is a gorgeous, howling tribute to love in all its proud defiance – and specifically to the snog between producer Tony Visconti and his new, secret girlfriend.
Jun 6, 2023 · The Police - Roxanne. This was one of the Police's first songs, and gave them a headstart as one of the biggest new wave bands around in the late 1970s. Sting was inspired by the prostitutes he saw near the band's seedy hotel in Paris, where the Police were staying in October 1977 to perform at the Nashville Club.
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5 days ago · Ya Gotta Try. Buddy Rich. View on AMAZON. Filed under: Songs. Music. Fact-checked by: Over 1K music fans have voted on the 50+ Best Big Band Songs, Ranked. Current Top 3: In the Mood, Sing, Sing, Sing, Begin The Beguine.