Artie Shaw – Live At The Blue Room – 1938 – Past Daily Downbeat
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Category: Big Band Jazz
Duke Ellington – Cavalcade Of Bands – Dumont TV -1950 – Past Daily Downbeat
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Cavalcade Of Bands – Dumont TV – July 18, 1950 – Jim Stephenson Collection – Duke Ellington in what is most probably a drop-dead rarity – if not in performance then certainly in sound. About a week ago, my friend and colleague Jim
Carla Bley – Steve Swallow – HR Big-Band – Live In Frankfurt – 1999 – Past Daily Downbeat
Carla Bley – Steve Swallow – with the HR Big Band – October 24, 1999 – Frankfurt Radio – Kick in if you can: Become a Patron! Carla Bley and Steve Swallow along with the HR Big Band live at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt on October 24, 1999.
Harry James And His Orchestra – 1945 – Past Daily Downbeat
Harry James and his Orchestra – July 20, 1945 – Armed Forces Radio Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Do what you can to support our website: Become a Patron! Harry James during one of his many appearances at camps and hospitals during World War 2. Recorded at The
Gerry Mulligan Big Band – Live At North Sea Jazz 1982 – Past Daily Downbeat
Gerry Mulligan – Big Band – Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague – July 16, 1982 – VPRO Sorry to bug you, but . . .Become a Patron! Gerry Mulligan this weekend. With big band, recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague on July
Claude Hopkins -Dorothy Donegan – Stuff Smith – On The Air – 1944 – Past Daily Downbeat
Claude Hopkins – Dorothy Donegan – Stuff Smith Trio – Jubilee Program – October 16, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – We got bills – we got pressure – we got patrons: Become a Patron! Back over to some Big Band of the 1940s this week. This one from
Artie Shaw Swings Camp San Luis Obispo – 1945 – Past Daily Downbeat
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Louis Armstrong, Theresa Harris, Red Callender, Sonny Woods – On The Air – 1943 – Past Daily Downbeat
Jubilee – Armed Forces Radio – May 24, 1943 – Louis Armstrong, Theresa Harris, Red Callender, Sonny Woods – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jumping into some wartime Big Band this weekend with a broadcast via Armed Forces Radio of the legendary Jubilee program from 1943. This one featuring the
Four By Christian Garros – Jazz From Paris – 1957 – Past Daily Nights At The Round Table
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Benny Goodman On The Air – 1939 – Past Daily Downbeat
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