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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Teddy Wilson In Tokyo

Teddy Wilson

$39.99

Terry (on Jasmine)

Terry Gibbs

$34.99

The All Stars In Philadelphia 1948-1949

Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard

$34.99

The Atomic Period

Count Basie

$36.99

The Bebop Boys (2 LPs)

Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie

$49.99

The Best of Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

$44.99

The Big Apple

Mezz Mezzrow, Frankie Newton

$39.99

The Big Band Sound

Rusty Dedrick

$32.99

The Complete Robichaux (2 LPs)

Joseph Robichaux

$49.99

The Cotton Club Legend

Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, The Missourians

$39.99

The Count in England - The Great 1959 Band In Concert

Count Basie, Count Basie & His Orchestra

$32.99

The Duke At Cornell Volume One

Duke Ellington

$39.99

The Early Forties

Benny Carter

$39.99