Little Band Big Jazz

Little Band Big Jazz
Studio album by Conte Candoli All Stars
Released	1960
Recorded	February 3, 1960
Studio	Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	28:42
Label	Crown CLP 5162/CST 190
Producer	Red Clyde
Conte Candoli chronology
Mucho Calor (1957) Little Band Big Jazz (1960) Conversation (1973)
Alternate cover
1964 reissue as Vince Guaraldi and the Conte Candoli All-Stars

Little Band Big Jazz is an album by trumpeter Conte Candoli's All Stars recorded in 1960 and released on Crown Records. ^{[1] [2]}

Following the success of pianist Vince Guaraldi's album, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962), Crown reissued Little Band Big Jazz as Vince Guaraldi and the Conte Candoli All-Stars in 1964. New cover art featured a painting of Guaraldi in place of the group photo used on the original release. ^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Five Cents Please	[3]

AllMusic critic Scott Yanow noted: "While the solos are excellent, trumpeter Conte Candoli's six originals (two co-written with pianist Vince Guaraldi) are not particularly memorable. Their chord structures are comfortable for the musicians but none of the melodies will be remembered". ^[4] Guaraldi biographer and historian Derrick Bang commented, "All in all, this is an engaging album, if in the old Big Band style." ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Conte Candoli, except where noted.

Side One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Muggin' the Minor"	4:04
2.	"Mambo Diane"	4:58
3.	"Countin' the Blues"	5:02

Side Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Zizanie"		3:58
5.	"Macedonia"	Conte Candoli, Vince Guaraldi	5:08
6.	"Little David"	Conte Candoli, Vince Guaraldi	5:32
Total length:			28:42

Personnel

• Conte Candoli – trumpet
• Buddy Collette – tenor saxophone
• Vince Guaraldi – piano
• Leroy Vinnegar – double bass
• Stan Levey – drums

References

1. Callahan, M., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Neely, T. Crown Album Discography, Part 2: CLP-5101/CST-133 to CLP-5199/CST-219 (1959-1961) accessed October 25, 2016
2. Conte Candoli Discography accessed October 25, 2016
3. Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: Little Band, Big Jazz". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
4. Yanow, Scott. Little Band, Big Jazz – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 25, 2016.