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Avalon Cats: Four Feet to the Beat
by Dave Nathan
The Avalon Cats Orchestra was formed in June 1998 by drummer and leader Tom Campbell. Its members work in studios and in bands such as those of Horace Silver, Les Brown, and Gerald Wilson. These players are no neophytes, their big band jazz and swing credentials are unimpeachable.
The group's objective is to provide a high level of energy and excitement that characterized the big bands of yore, but with fewer players. The result is music that is both new ...
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