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“Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet” Composed by Don Ray and Gene De Paul; probably arranged by Roland Shaw. Recorded by Roland Shaw in 1975 for Decca in London, England. Roland Shaw directing: Personnel unknown – [..]
“Takin’ My Time” Composed and arranged by Benny Carter. Recorded by Benny Carter and His Orchestra for RCA Bluebird on November 19, 1940 in New York. Benny Carter, alto saxophone, directing: Russell “Pop” Smith, first [..]
“Sorghum Switch” (*) (Later known as “Cole Slaw”) Composed by Jesse Stone; probably arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra for Decca on June 2, 1942 in New York. Jimmy Dorsey, [..]
“I’ve Got the World on a String” Composed by Harold Arlen; arranged by Johnny Keating. Recorded by Ted Heath and His Music for Decca in October of 1957 in London, England. Ted Heath, directing: Bobby [..]
“Ingie Speaks” Composed and arranged by Dave Matthews. Recorded by Woody Herman and His Orchestra for Decca on March 29, 1944 in New York.(*) Woody Herman, clarinet, directing: Ray Wetzel, first trumpet; Neal Hefti, Bobby [..]
“Swingin’ and Jumpin’” Composed and arranged by Horace Henderson. Recorded live in performance by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra from Manhattan Center in New York City on September 29, 1939. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Jake [..]
“I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me” Composed by Clarence Gaskill and Jimmy McHugh; arranged by Jerry Gray. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Bluebird on July 24, 1938 in New [..]
“My Isle of Golden Dreams” Composed by Walter Blaufuss; arranged by Bill Finegan and Glenn Miller. Recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra for Bluebird on August 18, 1939 in New York. Glenn Miller, first [..]
“Chavala” Composed by Sheldon Harnick (lyric) and Jerry Bock (music); arranged by Allyn Ferguson. Recorded by Buddy Rich and his Band for World Pacific Jazz on July 7, 1968 at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. [..]
“Lester’s Dream” Composed by Count Basie and Lester Young; informal head arrangement by Benny Goodman and Count Basie. Recorded by Benny Goodman for Columbia on October 28, 1940 in New York.(*) Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: [..]
“The Right Idea” Composed and arranged by Skip Martin. Recorded by Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra for Bluebird on October 9, 1939 in Hollywood. Charles D. “Charlie” Barnet, alto and tenor saxophones, directing: John Owens, [..]
“An Occasional Man” Composed by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin; arranged by Ralph Sharon. Recorded by the Ralph Sharon Quartet for DRG Records on August 14, 2001 in New York. Ralph Sharon, piano, Gray Sargent, [..]
“Interlude” Composed and arranged by Pete Rugolo. Recorded by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra for Capitol on December 22, 1947 in Hollywood. Stan Kenton, piano, directing: Milt Bernhart, first trombone; Harry Forbes, Eddie Bert and [..]
“Davenport Blues” Composed by Bix Beiderbecke; arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Men for Victor on November 30, 1938 in New York. Bunny Berigan, first and solo trumpet, directing: Irving Goodman, [..]
“Just a-Settin’ and a-Rockin’” Composed and arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn . Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Victor on June 5, 1941 in Hollywood. Duke Ellington, piano, directing: Wallace Jones, [..]
“Here We Go Again” Composed and arranged by Jerry Gray. Recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra for Victor on July 14, 1942 in Chicago. Glenn Miller, first trombone, directing: R.D. “Mickey” McMickle, first trumpet; [..]
“Ambiance” Composed by Marian McPartland; arranged by Jerry Dodgion. Recorded by the Thad Jones – Mel Lewis Orchestra for Philadelphia International Records in June of 1974 in Philadelphia. Thad Jones, flugelhorn, directing: Jon Faddis, first [..]
“125th Street Prophet” Composed by Phil Moore; arranged by Neal Hefti. Recorded by Woody Herman and His Orchestra from a CBS Old Gold radio show rehearsal on September 13, 1944 in New York.(*) Woody Herman, [..]
“Blue (Because of You)” Composed by Quinn Wilson, Louis Dunlap and Charlie Carpenter; arranged by Quinn Wilson. Recorded by Earl Hines and His Orchestra for Decca on February 12, 1935 in New York. Earl Hines, [..]
“Lady Day” Composed and arranged by Jimmy Mundy. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for Victor on November 23, 1944 in Hollywood. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: Ray Linn, first trumpet: Jimmy Pupa, George Schwartz [..]
“I’m in a Dancing Mood” Composed by Al Hoffman, Al Goodheart and Maurice Sigler; probably arranged by Paul Wetstein (Weston) or Dick Jones. Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra for Victor on November 24, [..]
“Southern Scandal” Composed and arranged by Stan Kenton. Recorded by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra for Capitol on May 4, 1945 in Chicago. Stan Kenton, piano, directing: Buddy Childers, John Carroll, Mel Green, Gene Roland [..]
“It’s Always You” Composed by Jimmy Van Heusen (music) and Johnny Burke (lyric); arranged by Axel Stordahl. Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra for Victor on January 15, 1941 in New York. Tommy Dorsey, [..]
“Intermezzo (A Love Story)” Composed by Heinz Provost; arranged by Bill Finegan. Recorded live by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra on their CBS Chesterfield radio show on June 24, 1941 in Chicago.(*) Glenn Miller, first [..]
“It’s All in the Game” Composed by Charles Gates Dawes (music) and Carl Sigman (lyric); arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Recorded by Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins for Decca on November 28, 1951 in Los Angeles. [..]
“I’m a Ding Dong Daddy (from Dumas)” Composed by Phil Baxter; head arrangement by the Benny Goodman Quartet. Recorded live from a CBS Camel Caravan radio show from the stage of the Palace Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin on [..]
“Autumn Nocturne” Composed by Josef Myrow; arranged by Claude Thornhill. Recorded by Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra for Columbia on October 6, 1941 in New York. Claude Thornhill, piano, directing: Conrad Gozzo, first trumpet; Lyle [..]
“Countless Blues” Composed by Milt Gabler; arranged by Eddie Durham. Recorded by The Kansas City Six for Commodore Records on September 8,(*) 1938 in New York. Eddie Durham, electric guitar, directing: Lester Young, clarinet; Wilbur [..]
“Idiot’s Delight” Composed and arranged by Eddie Sauter. Recorded by Ray McKinley and His Orchestra for RCA Victor on December 29, 1947 in New York. Ray McKinley, drums, probably allowing Eddie Sauter to direct his [..]
“You Go to My Head” Music composed by J. Fred Coots; probably arranged by Earle Hagen or Herbert Spencer. The story: The ultimate sideman in the Hollywood recording, movie and television studios through the 1950s [..]