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This is a somewhat odd record. Manny Albam arranged 11 selections for an orchestra (16 strings, six brass, two reeds, guitar, bass and drums) plus [More]
The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at Carnegie Hall, in New York [More]
April in Paris is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra, his first released on the Verve label, recorded in 1955 and 1956. [More]
Track listing: A1 Japanese Sandman A2 A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody A3 Sugar Foot Stomp A4 Thou Swell A5 It Ain’t Right A6 [More]
Possibly inspired by Count Basie’s renewed activity at Verve Records in the mid-’50s, Columbia raided its vaults to assemble this thematic album, consisting of a [More]
Rosemary Clooney‘s success as a singles artist with a string of hits, including the chart-toppers “Come On-A My House” and “Half as Much,” convinced Columbia [More]
Big Band Machine is a jazz album recorded by Buddy Rich and released on the Groove Merchant Record label in 1975. “Recorded in 1975, this [More]
The Chairman of the Board is a 1959 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra. AllMusic Review by John Bush: Although it appeared at [More]
3 Shades of Blue is the final album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1970 with vocalist Leon Thomas and [More]
Woody Herman–1963 is a 1963 studio album by Woody Herman and his big band. The album peaked at 136 on the Billboard 200. Track listing: [More]