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A common question is how to obtain
recordings by the Airmen of Note.
The following represent the various ways to obtain
Airmen of Note recordings:
Requesting
CDs From the USAF Band
Airmen
of Note Music Online
Commercially
Available Airmen of Note Recordings
Requesting CDs From
the USAF Band:
(Reprinted from the United
States Air Force Band website)
"The United States Air Force Band
produces and distributes compact disc recordings to complement its live performing
mission. These recordings are approved by the Department of the Air Force for
use in public service broadcasting, recruiting, educational activities, troop morale and retention. The Band's CDs are not for sale,
but are distributed to
radio stations, public libraries and educational institutions."
"If you are a librarian,
educator or public service broadcaster, we would be
delighted to send you a collection of recordings by The Air
Force Band. We only ask that you place them in your
organization's permanent holdings so that all in your
community may enjoy them for years to come. Please mail or
fax a request on your official organizational letterhead to:
The USAF Band
Office of Public Affairs
201 McChord Street
Washington, D.C. 20032-0202
Fax:(202) 767-6474
Please allow up to six weeks for delivery."
"Because our recordings are produced in limited
quantities, we are not able to honor requests for copies
from individuals wanting them for their personal collection.
Instead, we ask that you borrow the compact disc of your
choice from your local public library. If your library's
collection does not contain recordings by The United States
Air Force Band, simply ask the librarian to request them
from us. We will send a collection to be included in the
library's holdings. By requesting Air Force Band recordings
through your local library, you can help make the Band's
music available to everyone in your community."
Airmen
of Note Music Online:
In addition to the library of MP3 files
on this site, there are 18 good-quality
MP3s on the United
States Air Force Band website.
The following albums are available from Jim McKay's excellent
unofficial Airmen of Note website
:
A Holiday Note From Home ~ 2005
¡Tiempo Latino! - A Celebration of Latin Jazz ~ 2004
Let's Dance ~ 2000
50th Anniversary ~ 2000
Invitation ~ 1999
Christmas Time is Here ~ 1998
Legacy ~ 1997
Blues & Beyond ~ 1996
The Glenn Miller Tradition ~ 1994/1982
Children of the Night ~ 1993
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town ~ 1991
Jazz Heritage: Old, New, Borrowed & Blue ~ 1989
Somewhere Out There ~ 1986
Crystal Gardens ~ 1985
Bone Voyage ~ 1984
Better Than Ever ~ 1983
Noel ~ 1981
Just the Way We Are ~ 1980
Live From Mobile ~ 1979
Just in Time ~ 1978
Today! ~ 1978
New Spirit ~ 1977
Brothers in Blue ~ 1974
Airmen of Note and Sarah Vaughan ~ 1974
Come Out Swingin' ~ 1973
Two Sides of the Airmen of Note ~ 1973
With a Little Help From Our Friends ~ 1972
Rock Jazz ~ 1970
Here Come the Airmen of Note ~ 1968
Airmen of Note & Friends ~ 1968
In Concert Sound ~ 1967
Big Band Sound '67 ~ 1967
Surprising Sounds of the Airmen of Note ~ 1966
Additionally, Jim's site contains some rare broadcast sessions and videos of television appearances.
Jim's library of downloadable recordings represents the complete known collection of everything the Airmen of Note
has ever recorded from 1966 to the present. All of the tracks tracks are in MP3
format and presented at two levels of audio quality: low bit-rate (24 kb/sec) that
are bandwidth friendly and available to all, and CD-quality (192~224 kb/sec) that are
available to those who make a donation to to support his site.
Commercially
Available Airmen of Note Recordings:
At least six
Airmen of Note albums are commercially available from
unofficial sources.
1.
Altissimo! Recordings #7544225502, The Airmen of Note:
This contains all ten selections from the Note’s
1989-90 CD Jazz Heritage: Old, New, Borrowed, and
Blue, which features
contemporary arrangements of old big band classics.
2. Altissimo! Recordings
#7544225512, In the Glenn Miller Mood.
This contains twelve of the eighteen selections in
the Note’s Glenn Miller Tradition CD.
Nine of these numbers were originally recorded for a
1982 LP of the same name, and three were recorded in 1994
for the CD reissue. Most
are recreations of the original Miller charts, but two are
new vocal charts written for Bobbie McCleary by Gil Cray.
3.
Sea Breeze Records SB-2091, The
Glenn Miller Tradition.
This contains all eighteen selections from the Glenn
Miller Tradition CD,
including all four 1994 recordings and all three of Gil
Cray’s vocal charts for Bobbie, as well as Gil’s
arrangement of Too
Little Time
featuring trombonist Dave Steinmeyer.
4.
Sea Breeze Records SB-2096, Santa Claus is Coming to Town.
This is a reissue of the Note’s 1991 CD of the same
name, which features twelve Mike Crotty arrangements of
Christmas songs.
5. Summit Records DCD-240, Flying
High. This
CD was released under Vaughn Nark’s name.
Vaughn was a member of the Note’s trumpet section
for fifteen years, and this CD is a collection of eleven
Airmen of Note recording featuring his trumpet.
Most of the arrangements are by Mike Crotty.
6. Panda Digital PNDA216.2, Let’s
Swing. This
is a reissue with 14 of the 20 tracks from the Note’s 2000
CD Let’s Dance.
These are selections from the band’s dance book
rather than concert jazz numbers.
Altissimo! Recordings:
http://www.militarymusic.com/
(click on U.S. Air Force)
Sea Breeze Records:
http://www.seabreezejazz.com/home.html
(click on Sea Breeze Jazz Catalog)
Summit Records:
http://www.summitrecords.com/
(search for Vaughn Nark)
Panda Digital:
http://www.pandadigital.com/
(click on Swing)
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