Classic Jazz
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!
![The Uncollected Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy - 1944 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04550-100x100.jpg "The Uncollected Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy - 1944 [Vinyl]")
![The Uncollected Benny Carter And His Orchestra -1944 - Live at the Trianon Ballroom [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04548-100x100.jpg "The Uncollected Benny Carter And His Orchestra -1944 - Live at the Trianon Ballroom [Vinyl]")
![The Uncollected Henry Busse and His Orchestra, 1935 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL05366-100x100.png "The Uncollected Henry Busse and His Orchestra, 1935 [Vinyl]")
![The Uncollected Jimmie Lunceford - Live At Jefferson Barracks, Missouri 1944 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04549-100x100.jpg "The Uncollected Jimmie Lunceford - Live At Jefferson Barracks, Missouri 1944 [Vinyl]")
The Uncollected Jimmie Lunceford - Live At Jefferson Barracks, Missouri 1944 [Vinyl]
Jimmie Lunceford
![The Uncollected Vol. 6 - Stan Kenton [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL05780-100x100.png "The Uncollected Vol. 6 - Stan Kenton [Vinyl]")
![The Unheard and Seldom Heard Benny Goodman Volume Five - Small Groups - 1939-1959 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04358-100x100.jpg "The Unheard and Seldom Heard Benny Goodman Volume Five - Small Groups - 1939-1959 [Vinyl]")
![The Unheard Benny Goodman - Volume Four [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04356-100x100.jpg "The Unheard Benny Goodman - Volume Four [Vinyl]")
![The Unheard Benny Goodman - Volume Three [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04354-100x100.jpg "The Unheard Benny Goodman - Volume Three [Vinyl]")
![The Unheard Benny Goodman Volume Seven 1941-1942 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04360-100x100.jpg "The Unheard Benny Goodman Volume Seven 1941-1942 [Vinyl]")
![The Unheard Benny Goodman Volume Six 1939-1945 - Classic Small Group Performances [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04359-100x100.jpg "The Unheard Benny Goodman Volume Six 1939-1945 - Classic Small Group Performances [Vinyl]")
![The Unheard Harry James [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04357-100x100.jpg "The Unheard Harry James [Vinyl]")
![The Unknown Band 1939; The Sideman 1931-1933 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04773-100x100.jpg "The Unknown Band 1939; The Sideman 1931-1933 [Vinyl]")
![The Unusual Ellington [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04566-100x100.png "The Unusual Ellington [Vinyl]")
![The Vibes Are On [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04366-100x100.jpg "The Vibes Are On [Vinyl]")
![The World's Greatest Jazz Band of Hank Lawson and Bob Haggart Plays Rodgers & Hart [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL02082-100x100.jpg "The World's Greatest Jazz Band of Hank Lawson and Bob Haggart Plays Rodgers & Hart [Vinyl]")
The World's Greatest Jazz Band of Hank Lawson and Bob Haggart Plays Rodgers & Hart [Vinyl]
Yank Lawson, Bob Haggart
![Then and Now [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL03519-100x100.jpg "Then and Now [Vinyl]")
![Thomas Morris with his Seven Hot Babies & New Orleans Blue Five [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04818-100x100.jpg "Thomas Morris with his Seven Hot Babies & New Orleans Blue Five [Vinyl]")
![Those Kenton Days [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04365-100x100.jpg "Those Kenton Days [Vinyl]")
![Thundering Third [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04486-100x100.jpg "Thundering Third [Vinyl]")
![Town Hall Jazz Concert 1945 (2 LPs) [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04342-100x100.jpg "Town Hall Jazz Concert 1945 (2 LPs) [Vinyl]")
![Traditional Jazz [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL06111-100x100.png "Traditional Jazz [Vinyl]")
![Transcriptions - IAJRC-10 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04576-100x100.jpg "Transcriptions - IAJRC-10 [Vinyl]")
![Trav'lin' Light (2 LPs) [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04774-100x100.jpg "Trav'lin' Light (2 LPs) [Vinyl]")
![Tribute from Sweden - Charlie Christian & Wardell Gray [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04492-100x100.jpg "Tribute from Sweden - Charlie Christian & Wardell Gray [Vinyl]")
Tribute from Sweden - Charlie Christian & Wardell Gray [Vinyl]
Charlie Christian, Wardell Gray
![Tribute To Count Basie - Nice Jazz Festival 1974 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04825-100x100.jpg "Tribute To Count Basie - Nice Jazz Festival 1974 [Vinyl]")
Tribute To Count Basie - Nice Jazz Festival 1974 [Vinyl]
Wallace Davenport, Ruby Braff, Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis
![Trios & Bands [CD]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YC13809-100x100.png "Trios & Bands [CD]")
![True Blue [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04339-100x100.jpg "True Blue [Vinyl]")
![Tuxedo Junction II - Take The A Train [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL03523-100x100.png "Tuxedo Junction II - Take The A Train [Vinyl]")
![Uncollected [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04157-100x100.png "Uncollected [Vinyl]")
![Unissued Bean & Ben Takes 1944 - Walter Thomas & His All Stars [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04544-100x100.jpg "Unissued Bean & Ben Takes 1944 - Walter Thomas & His All Stars [Vinyl]")
Unissued Bean & Ben Takes 1944 - Walter Thomas & His All Stars [Vinyl]
Walter Thomas, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster
![V.I.P. - Rare Live Performances [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL06040-100x100.png "V.I.P. - Rare Live Performances [Vinyl]")
![Vibe Boogie - 1944-1946 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04368-100x100.jpg "Vibe Boogie - 1944-1946 [Vinyl]")
![Vibebrations [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04495-100x100.jpg "Vibebrations [Vinyl]")
![Vital Savage Horizons [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04334-100x100.jpg "Vital Savage Horizons [Vinyl]")
![Wailin' At The Trianon [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04396-100x100.jpg "Wailin' At The Trianon [Vinyl]")
![Wardell Gray And The Big Bands [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04732-100x100.jpg "Wardell Gray And The Big Bands [Vinyl]")
![We Called it Music - Eddie Condon and his Orchestra [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04308-100x100.jpg "We Called it Music - Eddie Condon and his Orchestra [Vinyl]")
![What A Wonderful World [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04662-100x100.jpg "What A Wonderful World [Vinyl]")
![Where Did The Magic Go? [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL00284-100x100.jpg "Where Did The Magic Go? [Vinyl]")
![Wild About Eubie [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL05676-100x100.png "Wild About Eubie [Vinyl]")