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!


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Swing Sessions 9 [Vinyl]

Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Ernie Royal

$39.99 CA
Swing, 1946 [Vinyl]

Benny Carter, Gene Sedric, Jonah Jones

$39.99 CA
Swingin' N' Sweet [Vinyl]

Harry James Octet, Harry James Octet

$34.99 CA
Take One! [Vinyl]

Donna Hightower

$39.99 CA
Takin' Off With Jimmie [Vinyl]

Jimmie Lunceford

$39.99 CA
Tatum. [Vinyl]

Art Tatum

$39.99 CA
Tea For Two [Vinyl]

Willie Smith

$34.99 CA
The Bebop Boys (2 LPs) [Vinyl]

Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie

$49.99 CA
The Best of Louis Armstrong [Vinyl]

Louis Armstrong

$44.99 CA
The Big Apple [Vinyl]

Mezz Mezzrow, Frankie Newton

$39.99 CA
The Big Band Sound [Vinyl]

Rusty Dedrick

$32.99 CA