Big band jazz : from the beginnings to the fifties

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Label

Big band jazz : from the beginnings to the fifties

Title remainder

from the beginnings to the fifties

Contributor

• Williams, Martin, 1924-1992
• Casa Loma Orchestra,
• Missourians,
• Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971,
• Barnet, Charlie,
• Basie, Count, 1904-1984,
• Carter, Benny,
• Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956,
• Eckstine, Billy,
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974,
• Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993,
• Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986,
• Hampton, Lionel,
• Hawkins, Erskine, 1914-1993,
• Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952,
• Herman, Woody, 1913-1987,
• Hines, Earl, 1903-1983
• James, Harry, 1916-1983,
• Kenton, Stan,
• Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992,
• Lawrence, Elliot, 1925-
• Lunceford, Jimmie,
• McKinney, William, 1895-1969,
• Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944,
• Moten, Bennie, 1894-1935,
• Raeburn, Boyd, 1913-1966,
• Russell, Luis,
• Schuller, Gunther
• Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004,
• Stone, Jesse,
• Thornhill, Claude,
• Webb, Chick,
• Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967,

Performer

• Kenton, Stan,
• Eckstine, Billy,
• Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992,
• Lawrence, Elliot, 1925-
• Missourians,
• Lunceford, Jimmie,
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974,
• McKinney, William, 1895-1969,
• Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944,
• Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993,
• Moten, Bennie, 1894-1935,
• Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971,
• Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986,
• Raeburn, Boyd, 1913-1966,
• Barnet, Charlie,
• Russell, Luis,
• Hampton, Lionel,
• Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004,
• Stone, Jesse,
• Hawkins, Erskine, 1914-1993,
• Thornhill, Claude,
• Basie, Count, 1904-1984,
• Webb, Chick,
• Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952,
• Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967,
• Casa Loma Orchestra,
• Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956,
• James, Harry, 1916-1983,
• Herman, Woody, 1913-1987,
• Carter, Benny,

Subject

• Jazz
• Big band music
• Sound recordings

Genre

• Sound recordings
• Jazz

Language

eng

Accompanying matter

• bibliography
• biography of performer or history of ensemble
• historical information

Cataloging source

IAS

Date time place

Big band music, originally recorded between 1924 and 1956, selected and annotated by Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams

Form of composition

jazz

Format of music

not applicable