Classic Jazz is foundation jazz from the 1920s to the 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... Let's listen!


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The Bebop Boys (2 LPs) [Vinyl]

Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie

$49.99
The Best of Louis Armstrong [Vinyl]

Louis Armstrong

$44.99
The Big Apple [Vinyl]

Mezz Mezzrow, Frankie Newton

$39.99
The Big Band Sound [Vinyl]

Rusty Dedrick

$32.99
The Cotton Club Legend [Vinyl]

Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, The Missourians

$39.99
The Count in England - The Great 1959 Band In Concert [Vinyl]

Count Basie, Count Basie & His Orchestra

$32.99
The Early Forties [Vinyl]

Benny Carter

$39.99