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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'34/'35 Fats Waller

Fats Waller

$36.99

1940 The Bands Of Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Andy Kirk And Jimmie Lunceford

Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Andy Kirk, Jimmie Lunceford

$39.99

52nd St. Scene

Tony Scott

$39.99

52nd Street - Volume 1

Tony Scott, Slam Stewart, Don Byas

$39.99

52nd Street - Volume 2

Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Don Byas

$36.99

A Demonstration of Swing - 1936

Bunny Berigan's All Stars

$39.99

Adrian Rollini 1929-1934 (2 CDs)

Adrian Rollini

$34.99

African Ripples

Fats Waller

$36.99

After Hours Jazz

Jonah Jones

$34.99

Art Tatum on the Air

Art Tatum

$44.99

Art Tatum Solos 1937

Art Tatum

$34.99

At The Movies

Louis Armstrong

$39.99

Back Again - Live at the Concorde Club, Southampton

Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank, Vic Lewis

$39.99

Barrelhouse and Blues

Sam Price, Kaycee Stompers

$29.99

Benny Carter & His Orchestra

Benny Carter

$39.99

Big Band Bounce - Capitol Jazz Classics Vol II

Benny Carter, Cootie Williams

$34.99

Big Beautiful Band

Urbie Green

$36.99

Big Little Bands

Jimmy Rushing, Don Redman, Russell Jacquet

$39.99

Big Sound Tenors

Julian Dash, Al Sears, Eddie Chamblee

$39.99

Big T & The Condon Gang

Jack Teagarden

$39.99

Big Yank Is Here! Yank Lawson

Signed Yank Lawson, Bob Haggart

$79.99

Black California Vol. 2 - Anthology (2 LPs)

Kenny Clarke, Helen Humes, Slim Gaillard

$39.99