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Artie Shaw – Re-Creates His Great ’38 Band
Artie Shaw – Re-Creates His Great ’38 Band
It’s 1938 band that was recreated in stereo in 1968 by Capitol Records, with Shaw conducting and producing, though not playing. Shaw’s clarinet part is [More]
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Stan Kenton – Kenton/Wagner
Stan Kenton – Kenton/Wagner
Kenton – Wagner is an album by the Stan Kenton Orchestra performing jazz arrangements of Richard Wagner’s compositions, recorded in 1964 and released by Capitol [More]
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Gil Evans – The Individualism Of Gil Evans
Gil Evans – The Individualism Of Gil Evans
The Individualism of Gil Evans is an album by pianist, conductor, arranger and composer Gil Evans originally released on the Verve label in 1964. It [More]
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Willie “The Lion” Smith – The Chronological Classics 1925-1937
Willie “The Lion” Smith – The Chronological Classics 1925-1937
“Willie “The Lion” Smith, one of stride piano’s Big Three of the 1920s (along with James P. Johnson and Fats Waller), recorded a lot less [More]
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Jimmy Heath – Little Man Big Band
Jimmy Heath – Little Man Big Band
Little Man Big Band (also written Little Man, Big Band) is a Grammy-nominated album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring performances recorded in 1992 and released [More]
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Ray Anthony – Dream Dancing In The Latin Mood
Ray Anthony – Dream Dancing In The Latin Mood
Track listing: 1 Yesterday I Heard The Rain 2 What A Difference A Day Makes 3 Amapola 4 Perfidia 5 Besame Mucho 6 Green Eyes [More]
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Artie Shaw – The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions
Artie Shaw – The Complete Gramercy Five Sessions
“Many swing big-band leaders featured small groups out of their orchestra as added attractions, particularly Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey with his Clambake Seven, and Bob [More]
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Woody Herman – Thundering Herd
Woody Herman – Thundering Herd
Of all the big-band leaders of the swing era, Woody Herman went the most out of his way to interpret current material and keep his [More]
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Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Masterpieces by Ellington
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Masterpieces by Ellington
Masterpieces by Ellington is the first LP album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington, recorded for the Columbia label in 1950. The AllMusic [More]
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Benny Goodman – On The Air (1937-1938)
Benny Goodman – On The Air (1937-1938)
This two-CD set was originally issued as a deluxe multi-disc set in Columbia’s Masterwork series and was intended as a companion piece to Goodman’s best-selling [More]
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