Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd live at Berliner Jazztage 1973

Woody Herman (cl)

Bill Byrne, Tony Klatka, William Stapleton, David Stahl, Craig Andrews (tp)
James Polh, Steven Bacher, Harold Garrett (tb)
Gary Anderson (ts), Frank Tiberi (ts, fl), Gregory Herbert (fs, fl), Jan Konopasek (bs)
Andrew Laverne (p), Charles Jackson (b), Ronald Davis (dr)

recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin, November 3, 1973

1. Adam's Apple
2. Four Brothers
3. Giant Steps
4. NN

As one of only four surviving jazz-oriented bandleaders from the swing era (along with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Stan Kenton) who was still touring the world with a big band, Woody Herman welcomed such new talent in the 1970s as Greg Herbert, Andy Laverne, Joe Beck, Alan Broadbent, and Frank Tiberi. He also recorded with Chick Corea, had a reunion with Flip Phillips, and celebrated his 40th anniversary as a leader with a notable 1976 Carnegie Hall concert.
Woody Herman returned to emphasizing straight-ahead jazz by the late '70s. By then, he was being hounded by the IRS due to an incompetent manager from the 1960s not paying thousands of dollars of taxes out of the sidemen's salaries. Herman, who might very well have taken it easy, was forced to keep on touring and working constantly into his old age.