Woody Herman And His Third Herd. Profile: American jazz ensemble, active from until June In April , after dissolving Woody Herman & The Second Herd due to internal problems (e.g. some of the members were addicted to drugs), Woody Herman & The Second Herd founded his third herd, keeping the 'Four Brothers-Sound' by four saxophonists. .

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of Four Brothers on Discogs. Label: That's Jazz - TJ • Format: CD • Country: Europe • Genre: Jazz • Style: Big Band Woody Herman - Four Brothers (CD) | Discogs5/5(1).

The recordings of 'Four Brothers' and 'The Goof and I' were among their greatest hits. This CD compiles a number of the bands' greatest highlights. 25 tracks. Definitive.

Additional recordings on MGM from January, March and June of , and more from May and September of , feature what became know as The Third Herd, offering different takes on the blues and model examples of a one of Woody's signature motifs - unison lines that suddenly explode into a fan of harmonic exuberance.

This six-CD collection contains allthe recordings made by Woody Herman & the Second Herd beginning in and ends with the Woody Herman Orchestra (the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Herds) in As a record of Herman's activity and accomplishments, it far outweighs what the First Herd was able to pull off in the swing era. That band ended in

Unfortunately, family troubles caused Woody Herman to break up the big band at the height of its success in late ; it was the only one of his orchestras to really make much money. Herman recorded a bit in the interim, and then, by mid, had a new orchestra, the Second Herd, which was also soon known as the Four Brothers band.

Find Woody Herman discography, albums and singles on AllMusic. The Third Herd: MGM Music for Tired Lovers: Membran Woody Herman Presents, Vol. 2: Four Others: Concord Jazz / Concord Live at Concord Jazz Festival () Concord Jazz.

Four Brothers is a jazz standard in AABA format written by Jimmy Giuffre in , based on the chord changes of 'Jeepers Creepers'. [citation needed] The song was written for the "Four Brothers" saxophone section of Woody Herman's second band, and has since been covered by many proxhencelerlipo.skipciaseiraitantilinasapanrige.coings. Woody Herman recorded it on December 27, for Columbia records with his second Herd.