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“Rhapsody in Blue” Debut from the film “Rhapsody in Blue” (1945). “Rhapsody in Blue” is a 1945 fictionalized screen biography of the American composer and [More]
“I Love Corny Music” (Don Raye and Gene de Paul). From the MGM musical, “Broadway Rhythm” (1944). Personnel: Charles Winninger – vocals Tommy Dorsey – [More]
[amazon box=B0000017UC”] Track Listings: 1 Stardreams (Theme) – Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra – Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra 2 Mean to Me – Charlie [More]
Dance Session is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1953 and became Basie’s first 12-inch LP when it was originally released on the [More]
Big Band Bossa Nova is a 1962 album by saxophonist Stan Getz with the Gary McFarland Orchestra. The album was arranged and conducted by Gary [More]
Goin’ Home is a studio album by American saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Horace Parlan. After their respective work in the avant-garde jazz movement of [More]
Urbie Green is backed by an orchestra for this ballad-dominated album, recorded over three sessions in December 1957 and featuring arrangements by either Al Cohn [More]
AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow: Other than a set in 1957, this long-out-of-print LP was guitarist Jim Hall’s debut as a leader. The 29-year-old Hall [More]
Ellington called these concerts (Sacred Concert) “the most important thing I have ever done”. He said many times that he was not trying to compose [More]
Cuban Fire! is an album by Stan Kenton and his orchestra released in 1956 by Capitol Records. This was Stan Kenton’s big band’s first full-length [More]