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!
![Joe Robichaux 1929-1933 [CD]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/JC00022-100x100.png "Joe Robichaux 1929-1933 [CD]")
![Joe Venuti & George Barnes Live at the Concord Summer Festival [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL00822-100x100.png "Joe Venuti & George Barnes Live at the Concord Summer Festival [Vinyl]")
![John Kirby - 1938-1941 The Biggest Little Band In The World [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04501-100x100.jpg "John Kirby - 1938-1941 The Biggest Little Band In The World [Vinyl]")
![John Kirby 1908-1952 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04458-100x100.jpg "John Kirby 1908-1952 [Vinyl]")
![John Kirby 1941 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04344-100x100.jpg "John Kirby 1941 [Vinyl]")
![Johnny Dodds - Sixteen Rare Recordings [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04798-100x100.jpg "Johnny Dodds - Sixteen Rare Recordings [Vinyl]")
![Jonah Jones & His All Stars [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL06039-100x100.png "Jonah Jones & His All Stars [Vinyl]")
![Jump, Georgie, Jump [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL05612-100x100.png "Jump, Georgie, Jump [Vinyl]")
![Kansas City Memories [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04601-100x100.jpg "Kansas City Memories [Vinyl]")
![Kansas City Shout [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04742-100x100.jpg "Kansas City Shout [Vinyl]")
![King Of The Gypsies [CD]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YC13818-100x100.png "King Of The Gypsies [CD]")
![Leapin' with Lionel [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04313-100x100.jpg "Leapin' with Lionel [Vinyl]")
![Lionel Hampton and His Jazz Giants Vol. 2 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL01912-100x100.jpg "Lionel Hampton and His Jazz Giants Vol. 2 [Vinyl]")
![Lionel Hampton: Apollo Hall Concert 1954 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04437-100x100.jpg "Lionel Hampton: Apollo Hall Concert 1954 [Vinyl]")
![Lionel Hampton: Ridin' On The L&N [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL01913-100x100.jpg "Lionel Hampton: Ridin' On The L&N [Vinyl]")
![Little Man - The Boots Mussulli Quartet [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04309-100x100.jpg "Little Man - The Boots Mussulli Quartet [Vinyl]")
![Live and Well - Famed FieldCup Concert Vol. 1 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL06182-100x100.png "Live and Well - Famed FieldCup Concert Vol. 1 [Vinyl]")
![Live At Click Restaurant Philadelphia 1948 - Vol. 1 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04781-100x100.jpg "Live At Click Restaurant Philadelphia 1948 - Vol. 1 [Vinyl]")
![Live At Click Restaurant Philadelphia 1948 - Vol. 2 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04784-100x100.jpg "Live At Click Restaurant Philadelphia 1948 - Vol. 2 [Vinyl]")
![Live At Click Restaurant Philadelphia 1949 - Vol. 4 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04786-100x100.jpg "Live At Click Restaurant Philadelphia 1949 - Vol. 4 [Vinyl]")
![Live At Empire Hotel Hollywood L.A. February 1949 - Vol. 3 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04785-100x100.jpg "Live At Empire Hotel Hollywood L.A. February 1949 - Vol. 3 [Vinyl]")
![Live At The Apollo - Live Broadcasts 1944-1947 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04461-100x100.jpg "Live At The Apollo - Live Broadcasts 1944-1947 [Vinyl]")
![Live at the Roosevelt Grill Vol. 2 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04663-100x100.jpg "Live at the Roosevelt Grill Vol. 2 [Vinyl]")
![Live from The Trianon Ballroom in Cleveland [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04553-100x100.jpg "Live from The Trianon Ballroom in Cleveland [Vinyl]")
![Live Sessions 1940-1941 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04720-100x100.jpg "Live Sessions 1940-1941 [Vinyl]")
![Live! Benny Let's Dance [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04012-100x100.jpg "Live! Benny Let's Dance [Vinyl]")
![Long Ago and Far Away [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL02786-100x100.jpg "Long Ago and Far Away [Vinyl]")
![Louis and the All-Stars 1948 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04766-100x100.jpg "Louis and the All-Stars 1948 [Vinyl]")
![Louis Armstrong - Immortal Concerts Series 1939 - 1958 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04491-100x100.jpg "Louis Armstrong - Immortal Concerts Series 1939 - 1958 [Vinyl]")
![Louis Armstrong at the Eddie Condon Floor Show Volume 1, 1949 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04762-100x100.jpg "Louis Armstrong at the Eddie Condon Floor Show Volume 1, 1949 [Vinyl]")