For the First Time is a 1974 studio album by Count Basie, with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Louie Bellson. Throughout hіѕ саrееr, Count Basie [More]
“ … fine introduction to Williams’ iconic pianism” (Thom Jurek, AllMusic). Track listing: 00:00 A1 Titoros (Wild Bill Davis) 03:03 A2 They Can’t Take That [More]
The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert is a live album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. It documents a live concert recorded in Carnegie Hall [More]
Track listing: 1.) Medley 0:00 My Melancholy Baby Moon Love Stompin’ At The Savoy Blue Moon 2.) Medley 4:06 Long, Long Ago The Music Stopped [More]
Scott Yanow, writing for Allmusic, notes that “Trumpeter Harry James is in good form … but every song on this set would have benefited from being [More]
“Why Don’t You Do Right?” (Joseph “Kansas Joe” McCoy). “Why Don’t You Do Right?” (originally recorded as “Weed Smoker’s Dream”) is an American blues- and [More]
Track listing: A1 Don’t Be That Way (Benny Goodman / Mitchell Parish / Edgar Sampson) 0:00 A2 What A Shuffle 2:34 A3 Blue Lou (rving [More]
“Begin the Beguine” (Cole Porter). A Beguine was originally a Christian lay woman of the 13th or 14th century living in a religious community without [More]
It іѕ оftеn wrіttеn thаt Rubу Brаff wаѕ born too lаtе, thаt he wоuld hаvе bееn mоrе at home if hе еntеrеd thе jаzz ѕсеnе [More]
“Perfidia” (Alberto Dominguez / Milton Leeds). Personnel: Helen Forrest – vocals Benny Goodman Orchestra ___________________ Label: Columbia 35962 Recorded: January 28, 1941