• Spaniola Joseph T Escapade

    Escapade

    Catalog #: BR8957

    Release Date: June 28, 2019

    21st Century
    Chamber
    Clarinet
    Large Ensemble
    Trombone

    As a composer, Joseph T. Spaniola has written works for band, chamber ensembles, orchestra, solo instruments, voice, choir, and electronic tape. That astonishing versatility is on full display on ESCAPADE, his first release with Big Round Records. ESCAPADE opens with its title track, performed by The US Air Force Academy Band, which launches into an unrestrained musical exploration inspired by the composition’s first four pitches.

  • Berl Olswanger and the Olswanger Beat

    Berl Olswanger and the Olswanger Beat

    Catalog #: BR8969

    Release Date: May 28, 2021

    20th Century
    Jazz
    Piano
    Trombone
    Trumpet

    Blues and big band lovers are in for a swingin' treat with Big Round Records' new archival recording of BERL OLSWANGER AND THE OLSWANGER BEAT, the label’s third released recording by “Mr. Music of Memphis." Olswanger, whose musical career spanned over a half-century, could easily be called a jack-of-all-trades: a popular bandleader, a prolific composer of swing music, a serial entrepreneur, and a wildly successful teacher bringing the art of music-making to the masses.