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New England Jazz Ensemble: ...A Cookin' Christmas
New music for 16-person jazz big band and innovative arrangements of jazz standards.
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Count Basie,
Duke Ellington,
Stan Kenton.
Fletcher Henderson: 1924-1936
One of the greatest names in the "big band" jazz scene; played with Coleman Hawkins, Louis Armstrong, arranged music for Benny Goodman...
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Benny Goodman,
Bix Beiderbecke,
Count Basie.
Eddie Condon: 1927-1943
Bandleader, banjo and guitar player, worked with many other great names in jazz, from Louis Armstrong to Billie Holiday, from Jack Teagarden to Fats Waller.
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Freeman,
Louis Armstrong and Jack Teaga.
Eddie Condon: 1930-1944
Bandleader, banjo and guitar player, worked with many other great names in jazz, from Louis Armstrong to Billie Holiday, from Jack Teagarden to Fats Waller.
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Freeman,
Louis Armstrong and Jack Teaga.
Count Basie: 1937-1943
Count Basie was among the most important bandleaders of the swing era. With the exception of a brief period in the early '50s, he led a big band from 1935 until his death almost 50 years later, and the band continued to perform after he died.
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Benny Goodman,
Fletcher Henderson,
Neal Hefti.
Ted Unseth and the Americana Classic Jazz Orchestra: 20th Anniversary Concert with Benny Waters
Special Guests for this album: 91 year-old Benny Waters--he blew everyone away. Also the best Stride Piano specialist ever, Butch Thompson; and Duke Ellington Orchestra alumna, Shirley Witherspoon. Unique repertoire, found nowhere else in the world.
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Duke Ellington,
Fletcher Henderson,
Jimmie Lunceford.
Alan Hartwell Big Band featuring COZY COLE on DRUMS: 24 Cozy Cole Hits
Famous for his Drum solos on "Topsy 2", "Caravan" and "Bad" with the Alan Hartwell Big Band, (which are included in this CD) Drummer Cozy Cole has feature solos on all 24 tracks of this CD. Called the "swingest Drummer of them all"
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Buddy Rich,
Gene Krupa,
Joe Morello,
Mann,
Shelly.
George St. Kitts: A Lot Of Livin To Do
Jazz - Big Band glory with the best of the best
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Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr,
Michael Bublé.
Paquito D'Rivera: A Night In Englewood
This is Paquito D'Rivera at his best. After Dixzzy Gillespie passed away, Paquito took over the direction of his United Nations Orchestra. In this CD the Orchestra is reenforced with Byron Sterling as lead trumpet, Conrad Herwig on the trombone and Mario