Classic Jazz is foundation jazz from the 1930s, 40s & 50s - linking the traditional roots to bebop, cool, fusion and beyond.  It includes the big swing bands of Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey; smaller combos of Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Jonah Jones & Jack Teagarden as well as soloists like Fats Waller and Art Tatum.  I'm constantly amazed by the stuff that pops up on these recordings - melodies, harmonies, rhythms that are as modern as today; brilliant-but-forgotten performers with immense talent who take your breath away; lyrics that hit home in any era... Listen!


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Giants of Jazz: Earl 'Fatha' Hines

Earl 'Fatha' Hines

$29.99

Grand Piano - Virtuoso Duets

Willie The Lion Smith

$39.99

Hail to the Duke

Duke Ellington

$36.99

Harlem Jump and Swing

Pete Brown Sextet, Jonah Jones Sextet

$39.99

Henry 'Red' Allen from Central Plaza

Henry 'Red' Allen, Willie 'The Lion' Smith

$19.99

Here Tis

Fats Waller

$34.99

Hesitatin' Blues

Muggsy Spanier

$34.99

Hey There

Carol Sudhalter

$49.99

I Love Jazz

Harry James, Buddy Rich

$34.99

I'll Be Around

Curtis Peagler

$36.99

Immortal Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins

$39.99

In Concert - Coleman Hawkins with Roy Eldridge & Billie Holiday

Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday

$39.99

In the Bag!

Lionel Hampton

$34.99

In the Groove

Chick Webb

$34.99

It's Wonderful

Maxine Sullivan

$24.99

Jack & Max

Jack Teagarden, Max Kaminsky

$34.99

Jazz Arranger Volume 1

Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Eddie Sauter

$19.99

Jazz Original

Jack Teagarden

$24.99

Jealousy & Other Great Standards

Yehudi Menuhin, Stephane Grappelli

$22.99

Jelly Roll Morton 1938, 1940

Jelly Roll Morton

$29.99