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C. Cioe: "Backbeat: Widespread Jazz – No Longer
Depressed!",
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Gary W. Kennedy, "Widespread
Depression Jazz Orchestra".
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592:J. S. Wilson: "Jazz: Depression Quintet",
610:J. S. Wilson: "A New Big Band Identity",
382:Diego Francesco Donaldo Bianco, tenor sax
46:Initially, the group played 1950s style
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574:W. R. Stokes: "Uplifting Depression",
583:W. R. Stokes: "The Little Big Band",
391:Jake Epstein, clarinet, sax, arranger
105:, was produced by Dr. George Butler.
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18:Widespread Depression Jazz Orchestra
542:, Minkler, Braugham, Wells, Ellis,
640:Musical groups established in 1972
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506:— Grey, Jordan Sandke, Masters,
74:in 1978 under the leadership of
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29:Widespread Depression Orchestra
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478:, Nicyper, Lillie, Holtzman,
442:, Nicyper, Little, Holtzman,
397:Jim Masters, trombone, vocals
35:ensemble founded in 1972 at
635:Musical groups from Vermont
470:— Jordan Sandke, Atherton,
438:— Jordan Sandke, Atherton,
394:Billy Grey, trumpet, vocals
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458:— Conway replaces Flanigan
316:Mark Minkler, double bass
203:Widespread Jazz Orchestra
99:Widespread Jazz Orchestra
313:Bill Conway, double bass
630:American jazz ensembles
388:Paul Suihkonen, trumpet
385:Michael Caplin, manager
331:Charlie Braugham, drums
492:Time to Jump and Shout
456:Boogie in the Barnyard
352:(born 1955), tenor Sax
268:Tim Atherton, trombone
182:Time to Jump and Shout
137:Boogie in the Barnyard
494:— same except Nicyper
418:John Dwight, arranger
355:Ronnie Wells, vocals
328:, drums, arrangement
70:. The unit moved to
504:Swing is the Thing
379:, alto sax, guitar
209:Swing is the Thing
538:, Shull, Lillie,
526:— Jordan Sandke,
510:, Shull, Lillie,
468:Rockin' in Rhythm
446:, Flanigan, Ellis
308:James Wimpfheimer
154:Rockin' in Rhythm
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296:Mike LeDonne
284:David Lillie
278:Dean Nicyper
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341:Dan Barrett
280:, tenor sax
229:Paris Blues
109:Discography
103:Paris Blues
87:Let's Do It
60:Count Basie
624:Categories
561:Grove Jazz
553:References
415:, arranger
409:, trombone
343:, trombone
326:John Ellis
302:Roy Gerson
169:PHONT 7527
158:Phontastic
50:and early
645:Big bands
424:By record
403:, trumpet
347:Tad Shull
265:, trumpet
546:, Dwight
365:Bob Zuck
361:, vocals
256:At large
245:12400344
239:(1984);
237:FC 40034
233:Columbia
218:(1982);
191:(1981);
177:16909745
171:(1980);
143:(1980);
126:(1979);
564:online.
544:Ecklund
540:LeDonne
532:Helleny
480:LeDonne
444:LeDonne
322:, drums
304:, piano
298:, piano
292:, piano
251:Members
224:9797724
216:AD 5015
213:Adelphi
197:8246038
149:8007049
132:6360561
82:group.
48:R&B
37:Vermont
536:Hashim
512:Gerson
508:Hashim
476:Hashim
472:Wilber
440:Hashim
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189:ST 212
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66:, and
186:Stash
141:Stash
124:Stash
95:swing
80:bebop
350:(de)
241:OCLC
235:Col
220:OCLC
193:OCLC
173:OCLC
161:(nl)
145:OCLC
128:OCLC
33:jazz
27:The
165:Swd
39:'s
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