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Tag Archives: band

October 31, 2025

Sidemen In The Spotlight – Four Classic Jazz Performances Where The Leader Defers To A Featured Soloist

Jazz, music 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945, Artie Shaw, band, bandleader, Benny Goodman, big, Charlie Christian, cornet, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, leader, Lester Young, Rex Stewart, Roy Eldridge, saxophone, side men, sideman, trumpet 16 Comments J P
February 14, 2025

Glenn Miller And The Army Air Force Band Of 1943-44: The Major Goes Out At The Top Of His Game

Jazz, music 1943, 1944, Air Corps, Air Force, Army, band, Glenn Miller, jazz, Jerry Gray, Mel Powell, Ray McKinley, Trigger Alpert 21 Comments J P
June 7, 2024

The Making of Ella Fitzgerald

Jazz, music 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, band, Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, jazz, vocal 10 Comments J P
March 13, 2020

Artie Shaw – So Easy. Except When It Isn’t

Jazz, music 1949, 1950, AL, Artie, band, bebop, big, bop, clarinet, Cohn, Dameron, easy, jazz, Orchestra, RCA, record, Shaw, So, Tadd, Thesaurus, transcription 20 Comments J P
October 4, 2019

Duke Ellington – Main Stem

Jazz 1942, 1944, band, Ben, big, Duke, Edward, Ellington, Hodges, jazz, Johnny, Main Stem, music, Orchestra, Rex, Stewart, swing, Victor, Webster 7 Comments J P
February 1, 2019

Battle Of The Bands – Miller vs. Goodman and Two Strings Of Pearls

Jazz, music 1941, 1942, 78, band, Benny, big, Columbia, Glenn, Goodman, Gray, jazz, Jerry, Mel, Miller, music, Of, Orchestra, Pearls, Powell, radio, record, rpm, String, Victor 15 Comments J P
September 15, 2017

The Swinging Life – 1936 Style

Jazz, music 1935, 1936, band, Benny, clarinet, Dance, drums, Fletcher, Gene, Goodman, Harry, Henderson, James, jazz, Jimmy, King, Krupa, Let's, Mundy, music, swing 18 Comments J P
January 20, 2017

Progressive Nostalgia

Jazz 1976, 1977, 76, Artistry, band, big, Creative, Decoupage, Hank, jazz, Kenton, Levy, music, progressive, school, Stan, World 10 Comments J P
January 13, 2017

My Night As A Bigshot

music, Uncategorized Bailey, band, Barnum, bigshot, boys, Bros, brothers, cancel, cease, children, circus, Cleave, dad, earth, elephant, end, father, final, greatest, important, kids, lion, Mark, music, pops, Ringling, show, sons, trumpet, Van 7 Comments J P
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