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Lady Be Good 06:52
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Did You Call Her Today 05:07
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The Claw 06:56
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Azalea 04:10
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Them There Eyes 04:26
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I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me 07:00
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Tico Tico 06:08
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Jubilee 05:43
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Barney's Blues 05:03
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What a Little Moonlight Can Do 05:10
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Gone with the Wind 06:20
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Funkallero 07:21
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Tickle Toe 08:11
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Howard Alden is one of the guitar legends of our time. He is a great personality and his playing is impressive. "He may be the best of his generation," writes Owen Cordle in Jazz Times. Butch Miles is the top swing drummer today. He was the longtime (always hard swinging) drummer of the legendary Count Basie Big Band.

"The Best of the Year 1997" Cadence Magazine

Butch Miles has made relatively few recordings as a leader during his long career, especially when compared to the prolific output of co-leader Howard Alden during the 1980s and 1990s, but this very enjoyable concert in Hamburg's Amerika Haus is available again as a limited-edition reissue, following its initial issue in 1995. Miles clearly knows how to propel a band, having previously served with Count Basie and the Dave Brubeck Quartet while Alden was in the process of becoming one of the most in-demand guitarists of the 1990s because of his effortlessly inventive playing and encyclopedic knowledge of songs. Trumpeter Randy Sandke, tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, and bassist Frank Tate were frequently collaborators with Alden on recording dates or in touring packages of various editions of the George Wein All Stars. The guitarist's wife, Terrie Richards Alden, adds her flirty vocals to a swinging take of "Them There Eyes," coasts along with Tate's tasty bass introduction to "I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me," and takes a subtle approach to the brisk "What a Little Moonlight Can Do." Although the instrumental repertoire is primarily swing in nature, with imaginative treatments of warhorses like "Lady Be Good" and "Jubilee," they explore less familiar territory such as Duke Ellington's lovely "Azalea" (a delicious Alden-Sandke duet), Barney Kessel's "Barney's Blues" (a feature for the rhythm section alone), and Bill Evans' tricky "Funkallero" (which includes Alden's brief but humorous detour into Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse"). All of the musicians on this highly recommended CD are in top form throughout this memorable concert.

AllMusic Review by Ken Dryden

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released January 11, 2021

Butch Miles - drums
Howard Alden - guitar
Randy Sandke - trumpet
Harry Allen - tenor sax
Frank Tate - bass
Terrie Richards - vocals

Recorded live on November 26, 1995 at the Amerika Haus, Hamburg, Germany.

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Howard Alden Newport Beach, California

Howard Vincent Alden (born October 17, 1958) is an American jazz guitarist.
He studied jazz guitar at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood with Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, and Howard Roberts.
Alden moved to New York to play with Joe Bushkin, Joe Williams and Woody Herman.
He has recorded the guitar performances for Sean Penn's character Emmet Ray in Woody Allen's 1999 film Sweet and Lowdown. ... more

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