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“A Smooth One” Composed by Benny Goodman; head arrangement. Recorded by the Benny Goodman and His Sextet for Columbia on March 13, 1941 in New York. Benny Goodman, clarinet, directing: Cootie Williams, trumpet; Georgie Auld, [..]
“Puddle Wump” Composed and arranged by Charlie Shavers. Recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra for RCA Victor on March 11,1949 in New York. Tommy Dorsey, first trombone; directing: Charlie Shavers, Jack Dougherty, Chris Griffin, [..]
“Nina Never Knew” Composed by Louis Alter (music) and Milton Drake (lyric); arranged by Bill Finegan. Recorded by the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra for RCA Victor on November 3, 1952 in New York. Bill Finegan, celeste, [..]
“Manha de Carnaval” Music composed by Luiz Bonfa’. Recorded by the Vince Guaraldi Trio in February, 1962 for Fantasy Records in San Francisco. Vince Guaraldi, piano; Monty Budwig, bass; Colin Bailey, drums. The story: As [..]