Where Swing is King!
“High Society” Composed by Porter Steele and Walter Melrose; arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded on September 13, 1938 by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor in New York City. Roland B. “Bunny” Berigan, first [..]
“Loose Lid Special” Composed and Arranged by Sy Oliver. Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra for Victor Records July 15, 1941 in New York. Tommy Dorsey, first and solo trombone, directing: Chuck Peterson, first trumpet; [..]
“Boogie Woogie” Composed by Clarence “Pinetop” Smith; arranged by Deane Kincaide. Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra for Victor on September 16, 1938 in New York. Tommy Dorsey, first and solo trombone, directing: Charlie [..]
“Moten Swing” Composed by Bennie and Buster Moten; arranged by Ray Conniff. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra live from a broadcast over WABC-New York from Roseland Ballroom in New York City in October [..]
“Sobbin Blues” Composed by Art Kassel and Vic Berton; arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor on November 22, 1938 in New York. Bunny Berigan, trumpet, directing: Johnny Napton, [..]
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” African-American spiritual arranged by Deane Kincaide. Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra for Victor on February 17, 1941 in New York. Tommy Dorsey, first trombone, directing: Ziggy Elman, solo trumpet [..]
“Pyramid” Composed by Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol; arranged by Duke Ellington. Recorded by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra for Brunswick on June 7, 1938 in New York. Duke Ellington, hand drum, directing: Wallace Jones, [..]
“Rosalie” Composed by Cole Porter; arranged by Al Avola. Recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra for RCA Bluebird on January 17, 1939 in New York. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: John Best, first trumpet; Chuck [..]
“Basically Blues” Composed and arranged by Phil Wilson. Recorded live in performance by the Buddy Rich Big Band for Pacific Jazz in Hollywood, California on September 29, 1966. Buddy Rich, drums, directing: Bobby Shew, John [..]
“In the Mood” Composed by Joe Garland; arranged by Glenn Miller, with input from Eddie Durham and Chummy MacGregor. Recorded live in performance from a CBS Chesterfield radio show by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra [..]
“The Minor Goes Muggin’” Composed and arranged by Sy Oliver. Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra for Victor on May 14, 1945 in New York. Thomas F. Dorsey, Jr., first and solo trombone, directing: [..]
“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. [..]
“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, [..]
“New Blues” Composed and arranged by Donall Piestrup. Recorded by the Buddy Rich Big Band on June 15, 1967 for Pacific Jazz/Liberty in Hollywood. Buddy Rich, drums, directing: Ollie Mitchell, Chuck Finley, John Scottile and [..]
“The Chant” Composed and arranged by Artie Shaw. Recorded from a CBS Melody and Madness radio broadcast on March 12, 1939. Artie Shaw, clarinet, directing: John Best, first trumpet; Chuck Peterson and Bernie Privin, trumpets; George [..]
“Rattle and Roll” Composed and arranged by Wilbur “Buck” Clayton. Recorded by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra for Columbia on December 19, 1945 in New York. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Conrad Gozzo, first trumpet; John [..]
This is the third and final part of swingandbeyond’s centenary tribute to drum legend Buddy Rich, who was born on September 30, 1917. The story: Buddy Rich reached the acme of his career as a [..]
Very recently, swingandbeyond.com has hosted its 10,000th viewer! That is very good news for me and for everyone who likes this thing called swing. This blog has been up and running since March of 2016. [..]
“Moten Swing” Composed by Bennie and Buster Moten; arranged by Ray Conniff. Recorded by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra live from a broadcast over WABC-New York from Roseland Ballroom in New York City in October [..]
“Hallelujah!” Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra from a radio broadcast live over the NBC radio network, June 1, 1940 Astor (Hotel) Roof, New York City. Composed by Vincent Youmans; Arranged by Sy Oliver. [..]
“High Society” Composed by Porter Steele and Walter Melrose; arranged by Joe Lippman. Recorded on September 13, 1938 by Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra for Victor in New York City. Roland B. “Bunny” Berigan, first [..]
“Loose Lid Special” Composed and Arranged by Sy Oliver Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra for Victor Records July 15, 1941 in New York Personnel: Tommy Dorsey, lead and solo trombone, directing: Chuck [..]