Big Bands del jazz clásico, swing y bebop.
DUKE ELLINGTON DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS KENTUCKY CLUB ORCHESTRA
– New York, November 29, 1926 East St. Louis Toodle-oo, Birmingham breakdown
Bubber Miley, Louis Metcalf (tp) Joe Nanton (tb) Edgar Sampson (as) Otto Hardwick (as,sop,bar) unknown (cl,ts) Duke Ellington (p) Fred Guy (bj) Mack Shaw (tu) Sonny Greer (d)
EARL HINES AND HIS ORCHESTRA
– Chicago, IL, February 15, 1929 Beau-Koo Jack
Shirley Clay, George Mitchell (cnt) William Franklin (tb,vcl) Lester Boone (cl,as,bar) Toby Turner (cl,as) Cecil Irwin (ts,cl,arr) Earl Hines (p,vcl) Claude Roberts (bj,g) Hayes Alvis (tu,vcl,arr) Benny Washington (d,vib) Alex Hill (arr)
FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA – New York, c. January 12, 1925 I’ll see you in my dreams, Why couldn’t it be poor little me ? Elmer Chambers, Louis Armstrong, Howard Scott (tp) Charlie Green (tb) Buster Bailey, Don Redman (cl,as,arr) Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts,c-mel,bassax) Fletcher Henderson (p) Charlie Dixon (bj) Ralph Escudero (tu) Kaiser Marshall (d)
CHICK WEBB AND HIS ORCHESTRA
– New York, March 30, 1931 Dog bottom, Jungle Mama
Shelton Hemphill, Louis Hunt (tp) Louis Bacon (tp,vcl) Jimmy Harrison (tb) Benny Carter (cl,as,arr) Hilton Jefferson (cl,as) Elmer Williams (cl,ts) Don Kirkpatrick (p) John Trueheart (bj,g) Elmer James (tu,b) Chick Webb (d,celeste,bells)
COUNT BASIE COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
– New York, January 21, 1937 Honeysuckle rose, Pennies from heaven (jr vcl)
Buck Clayton, Joe Keyes, Carl Smith (tp) George Hunt, Dan Minor (tb) Caughey Roberts, Jack Washington (as) Herschel Evans, Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p,arr) Claude Williams (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) Jimmy Rushing (vcl) Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman, Buster Smith (arr)
BENNY GOODMAN BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
– Hollywood, CA, July 7, 1937 Roll ’em, When it’s sleepy time down south
Harry James (tp, arr) Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin (tp) Red Ballard, Murray McEachern (tb) Benny Goodman (cl) Hymie Schertzer, George Koenig (as) Arthur Rollini, Vido Musso (ts) Jess Stacy (p) Allan Reuss (g) Harry Goodman (b) Gene Krupa (d) Frances Hunt (vcl) Fletcher Henderson (arr)
ARTIE SHAW AND HIS ORCHESTRA
– Hollywood, CA, November 23 & 24, 1944 Lady Day, Jumpin’ on the merry-go-round
Roy Eldridge, Ray Linn, Jimmy Pupa, George Schwartz (tp) Ray Conniff (tb,arr) Harry Rogers, Pat McNaughton, Skip Morr (tb) [ Skip Morr (tb) ] Artie Shaw (cl,arr) Les Clarke (as) [ Les Goldberg (as) ] Tom Mace (as) Jon Walton, Herbie Steward (ts) Chuck Gentry (bar) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Barney Kessel (g) Morris Rayman (b) Lou Fromm (d)
WOODY HERMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
– New York, April 12, 1939 Woodchopper’s ball, Blues in the Night (wh vcl)
Clarence Willard, Steady Nelson, Mac MacQuordale (tp) Neal Reid (tb) Joe Bishop (fhr,arr) Woody Herman (cl,as,vcl) Joe Denton, Ray Hopfner (as) Maynard “Saxie” Mansfield, Pete Johns (ts) Tommy Linehan (p) Hy White (g) Walter Yoder (b) Frank Carlson (d)
DIZZY GILLESPIE “AND HIS ORCHESTRA – CONCERT “CIVIC AUDITORIUM”
– Pasadena, CA., July 19, 1948 Manteca
Dizzy Gillespie (tp,vcl) Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Willie Cook (tp) Jesse Tarrant, William Shepherd (tb) John Brown (as,vcl) Ernie Henry (as) James Moody, Joe Gayles (ts) Cecil Payne (bar) James “Hen Gates” Foreman (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Chano Pozo (cga,vcl)
