“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]
Carnival is the 11th album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson on Columbia Records.     Track listing: Maynard Ferguson: Trumpet solos on all tracks [More]
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]
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]
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]
Art Blakey Big Band (also called Art Blakey’s Big Band and Art Blakey and his Drivin’ Big Band) is an album by drummer Art Blakey [More]
Q’s Jook Joint is an album by Quincy Jones, released in 1995 by Qwest Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard jazz albums [More]
The Complete Persuasive Trombone Personnel: Drums – Don Lamond Guitar – Barry Galbraith Piano – Dave McKenna, Nat Pierce Reeds – Ed Wasserman, Gene Allen, [More]
The Original American Decca Recordings (also released as The Complete Decca Recordings) is a 1992 compilation 3-CD set of sessions led by jazz bandleader Count Basie recorded for the Decca label between 1937 [More]