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Taken from the 1959 “Basie Swings, Bennett Sings” Count Basie Orchestra Tony Bennett – vocal  
Album ” The Count Basie Story ” Disc 2 Count Basie and His Orchestra: EdLewis, Shad Collins, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison (tp); Dicky Wells, Benny [More]
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Take The A Train (1962) In the early 1960’s the Goodyear Tire Company commisioned 5 short jazz films. The [More]
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – And the Angels Sing One of the greatest recordings of the Big Band era, “And the Angels Sing”, was recorded [More]
“Tangerine” ~ Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra w/ Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell (1941) Decca #4123 – The flip side of, “Everything I Love” – [More]
Another track form the Early Years…This is another big band number where the singer is still regarded as an accessory. This would be 1940 and [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]
Charlie Barnet – bandleader, piano,  saxophone
“Sentimental Journey” is a popular song, published in 1944. The music was written by Les Brown and Ben Homer, and the lyrics were written by [More]
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]