Need some recommendations - hard driving big band


Hi...Been trying to get into jazz... seems the only thing that works for me is "hard bob." I'm just starting to realize that I might prefer the big band stuff! I always thought Big Band was old fogey music...but lately it seems to me to have more fire and energy than the jazz I've been listening to. Maybe this is what I've been missing?

What I'm looking for: The best I can describe is that (like everyone) I love Duke's (fake or real) Diminuendo in Blue.... Give me a few albums of that type of stuff and I'll never leave the house!

I'm thinking Count Basie? But I I have no idea where to start.

Again, I want it hard driving/rocking or the slow building to a boil stuff..not melodic noodling.

Does this even make sense?
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"Hard Bob"? I think you're confusing the jazz term with the name of an actor in one of your DVDs.
@Chayro ... Stupid autocorrect!! Odd though...looks like you're the first to notice (or at least the first compelled to comment). Not that there's anything wrong with that Chayro... I say live and let live ; )
To everyone else not looking for typos: ) Thank you all so very much...some awesome suggestions....did a bunch of sampling on Amazon.... For one, the Microscopic Septet sounds extremely promising.

What's this "Pandora" that you speak of? Does that have something to do with the Google or the Interweb? ; )
Hey totally forgot that you should get into Carla Bley big band albums. It's extreamly addictive!
Indigo Swing's albums and their singer Johnny Boyd's solo efforts are fun as well.

And don't forget Sinatra. You can occasionally pick up Sinatra box sets on Ebay pretty cheap.