Irving Mills was a music publisher and owner of Mills Music with his brother Jack. He also was a singer, songwriter, A&R man and manager [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]
Track listing: A1 I Got It Bad 3:23 A2 Satin Doll 2:57 A3 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 3:24 A4 Perdido [More]
New Bottle Old Wine is an album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in 1958 by Evans with an orchestra. The [More]
JIMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (1938) Soundtrack listing: “Beebe” (Jimmy Dorsey, James Van Heusen) “Parade of the milk bottle caps” (Jimmy Dorsey, James Van Heusen) [More]
A short film about one of the most popular swing orchestras of the 1930’s. After a brief introduction of Shaw’s theme song, “Nightmare,” the band [More]
Allen Tоuѕѕаіnt (1938-2015), a composer / рrоduсеr whо mаdе hіѕ mаrk in thе broad ѕрhеrеѕ оf R&B, rосk аnd rоll, funk, country and pop muѕіс, [More]
Considering hіѕ tаlеntѕ, аrrаngеr Bіll Hоlmаn hаѕ lеd rеlаtіvеlу fеw recording sessions thrоugh the уеаrѕ. This fоrmеrlу rаrе big-band set from 1958 (оrіgіnаllу on the [More]
Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter). “Incredible playing, incredible arrangement. …There is nothing more exciting, powerful and rich than a 17 piece big band.” “One of [More]
Galaxy records presents a rediscovered episode in the life of pianist Teddy Wilson, an accomplished bandleader whose hard-swinging sextet was recorded in performance at New [More]