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In The Mood (Joe Garland) Recorded back in August 1939, the most recognizable track of the Swing Era eventually emerged to spend three months of [More]
Lionel Hampton – Flying Home (1957) Watch Lionel Hampton and his band perform Flying Home Broadcast on American Television in 1957. Lionel Hampton – vibraphone, [More]
(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 [More]
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 [More]
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, [More]
The big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz, a style of music which became popular during the Swing Era from the [More]