Benny Goodman Orchestra “Sing, Sing, Sing” Gene Krupa – Drums from “Hollywood Hotel” film (1937)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra – In the Mood (1941) Glenn Miller -thrombone, bandleader
Lionel Hampton – Flying Home (1957) Watch Lionel Hampton and his band perform Flying Home Broadcast on American Television in 1957. Lionel Hampton – vibraphone,
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(Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin’ Jive (Calloway-Froeba-Palmer) by Cab Calloway & his Orchestra. Purported to have been a million-selling disc, this was one of Calloway’s most popular
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Harry James – bandleader, trumpet Helen Forrest – vocal
Charlie Barnet – bandleader, piano, saxophone
Fats Waller – piano, vocal
Artie Shaw’s classic recording of Hoagy Carmichael’s standard “Stardust.” The most famous of big band era “Star Dust” versions, arranged by Lennie Hayton and featuring
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Duke Ellington’s big band Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
The styles of jazz that were popular from the late teens through the late 1920s were usually played with rhythms with a two beat feel,
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