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Tag Archives: swing

May 16, 2025

McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – The Detroit Band That Schooled The World

Jazz, music 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Cotton Pickers, Dave Wilborn, Don Redman, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, jazz, John Nesbitt, McKinney, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, music, swing 18 Comments J P
October 4, 2024

Two Records From 1940: How To Combine Social Criticism, A Good Sense Of Humor and First Rate Jazz Music.

Jazz, music Armstrong, Basie, blues, brothers, Count, jazz, Jesse Stone, Jimmy Rushing, Louis, Meet The People, Mills, Same Old, Satchmo, South, swing, W.P.A. 18 Comments J P
January 15, 2021

Nagasaki: Four Guys Named Mills Sing Some (Not Very) Japanese Jazz

Jazz, music 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, American, boys, Brunswick, CBS, Decca, Donald, four, guitar, Harry, jazz, John, Mills, Nagasaki, Ohio, Piqua, swing 16 Comments J P
December 4, 2020

Cab Calloway – Doing It All, From The Cotton Club To The Blues Brothers (With A Hi-De-Ho And A Wah-Dee-Dah)

Jazz, music Baltimore, Cab, Cabell, Calloway, Club, Cotton, Dance, Gong, Hi-De-Ho, jazz, Kickin, Minnie, Moocher, New York, rhythm, show, swing, voice, Waa-Dee-Waa 21 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
September 6, 2019

Coleman Hawkins (With Charlie Parker) – Bean & Bird Blend In A Ballad

Jazz, music 1950, Ballade, Bean, Brown, Buddy, Charlie, Coleman, Granz, Hank, Hawk, Hawkins, jazz, Jones, Norman, Parker, Ray, reed, rich, sax, saxophone, swing, tenor 14 Comments J P
July 12, 2019

How Jazz Got All Bixed Up (And Was Never The Same Again)

Jazz, music 1927, Adrian, Beiderbecke, Bix, brass, cornet, Eddie, Frank, Goldkette, I'm Coming Virginia, jazz, Lang, Rollini, swing, Three Blind Mice, Trumbauer, trumpet, Whiteman, Wolverine 13 Comments J P
June 21, 2019

Rose Room By The Benny Goodman Sextet – Meet Charlie Christian And His E-Lectric Guitar

Jazz, music 1939, 1941, 1944, Artie, Benny, Bernstein, Charlie, Christian, Columbia, electric, Fatool, Fletcher, Goodman, group, guitar, Hampton, Henderson, jazz, Jess, Lionel, Nick, quartet, Rose Room, sextet, small, Solo Flight, Stacey, swing, trio, vibes, vibraphone 14 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
June 16, 2017

The Comeback

Jazz, music, Uncategorized 1955, Basie, blues, Clef, Count, Foster, Frank, Freddie, Green, jazz, Joe, Memphis, music, sings, Slim, swing, swings, The Comeback, Verve, Wess, Williams 9 Comments J P

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