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!
![The Greatest Of The Small Bands Vol 3 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04812-100x100.jpg "The Greatest Of The Small Bands Vol 3 [Vinyl]")
The Greatest Of The Small Bands Vol 3 [Vinyl]
Una Mae Carlisle, Frankie Newton, Lester Young
![The Greatest of the Small Bands Vol 6 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04820-100x100.jpg "The Greatest of the Small Bands Vol 6 [Vinyl]")
![The Greatest Of The Small Bands Vol. 5 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04813-100x100.jpg "The Greatest Of The Small Bands Vol. 5 [Vinyl]")
![The Greatest Of The Small Bands Volume 2 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04811-100x100.jpg "The Greatest Of The Small Bands Volume 2 [Vinyl]")
The Greatest Of The Small Bands Volume 2 [Vinyl]
Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson, Mary Lou Williams
![The Happy Cats [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04612-100x100.jpg "The Happy Cats [Vinyl]")
![The Hi-De-Ho Man [CD]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YC14400-100x100.png "The Hi-De-Ho Man [CD]")
![The Immortal Chick Webb/Stompin' At The Savoy [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04398-100x100.jpg "The Immortal Chick Webb/Stompin' At The Savoy [Vinyl]")
![The Irving Berlin 100th Anniversary Collection [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL03627-100x100.jpg "The Irving Berlin 100th Anniversary Collection [Vinyl]")
The Irving Berlin 100th Anniversary Collection [Vinyl]
The Andrews Sisters, Fred Astaire et. al.
![The Jimmy Blanton Years [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04775-100x100.jpg "The Jimmy Blanton Years [Vinyl]")
![The Joe Venuti Blue Four [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04377-100x100.jpg "The Joe Venuti Blue Four [Vinyl]")
![The Jugglin' Jive of Fats Waller - Live Volume 3 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04500-100x100.jpg "The Jugglin' Jive of Fats Waller - Live Volume 3 [Vinyl]")
![The Last Sparks (1941-1944) [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04597-100x100.jpg "The Last Sparks (1941-1944) [Vinyl]")
![The Legendary Earl Baker Cylinders 1926 - Red Nichols Radio Transcriptions 1929-30 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04622-100x100.jpg "The Legendary Earl Baker Cylinders 1926 - Red Nichols Radio Transcriptions 1929-30 [Vinyl]")
The Legendary Earl Baker Cylinders 1926 - Red Nichols Radio Transcriptions 1929-30 [Vinyl]
Earl Baker, Red Nichols
![The Man I Love [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL01129-100x100.png "The Man I Love [Vinyl]")
![The Melody Lingers On [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04345-100x100.jpg "The Melody Lingers On [Vinyl]")
![The Mess Is Here - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Vol 1 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04565-100x100.png "The Mess Is Here - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Vol 1 [Vinyl]")
![The Natural Seven [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04823-100x100.jpg "The Natural Seven [Vinyl]")
![The Netherlands Salute Coleman Hawkins / Roy Eldridge [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04833-100x100.jpg "The Netherlands Salute Coleman Hawkins / Roy Eldridge [Vinyl]")
The Netherlands Salute Coleman Hawkins / Roy Eldridge [Vinyl]
Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge
![The Red Norvo Trio with Tal Farlow and Charles Mingus: The Savoy Sessions (2 LPs) [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04845-100x100.jpg "The Red Norvo Trio with Tal Farlow and Charles Mingus: The Savoy Sessions (2 LPs) [Vinyl]")
![The Remarkable Art of Tatum - 1944 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04346-100x100.jpg "The Remarkable Art of Tatum - 1944 [Vinyl]")
![The Ruby Braff - George Barnes Quartet [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04373-100x100.jpg "The Ruby Braff - George Barnes Quartet [Vinyl]")
![The Smith Girls: Bessie Clara Mamie & Trixie - The Songs They Made Famous [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04400-100x100.jpg "The Smith Girls: Bessie Clara Mamie & Trixie - The Songs They Made Famous [Vinyl]")
The Smith Girls: Bessie Clara Mamie & Trixie - The Songs They Made Famous [Vinyl]
Jimmy Rushing
![The Stereophonic Sound of Duke Ellington - by the members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04364-100x100.jpg "The Stereophonic Sound of Duke Ellington - by the members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra [Vinyl]")
The Stereophonic Sound of Duke Ellington - by the members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra [Vinyl]
Duke Ellington Orchestra, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles
![The Swing Era - Rex Stewart, Teddy Hill, Benny Carter [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04828-100x100.jpg "The Swing Era - Rex Stewart, Teddy Hill, Benny Carter [Vinyl]")
The Swing Era - Rex Stewart, Teddy Hill, Benny Carter [Vinyl]
Rex Stewart, Teddy Hill, Benny Carter
![The Swinging Small Bands Vol. 1 (1937-1939) [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04599-100x100.jpg "The Swinging Small Bands Vol. 1 (1937-1939) [Vinyl]")
The Swinging Small Bands Vol. 1 (1937-1939) [Vinyl]
Stuff Smith, Hot Lips Page, John Kirby
![The Teddy Wilson (2 LPs) [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04370-100x100.jpg "The Teddy Wilson (2 LPs) [Vinyl]")
![The Territories Volume 1: John Williams - Andy Kirk [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04337-100x100.jpg "The Territories Volume 1: John Williams - Andy Kirk [Vinyl]")
![The Test of Time [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04352-100x100.jpg "The Test of Time [Vinyl]")
![The Uncollected Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy - 1944 [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04550-100x100.jpg "The Uncollected Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy - 1944 [Vinyl]")
![The Uncollected Benny Carter And His Orchestra -1944 - Live at the Trianon Ballroom [Vinyl]](/media/com_eshop/products/resized/YL04548-100x100.jpg "The Uncollected Benny Carter And His Orchestra -1944 - Live at the Trianon Ballroom [Vinyl]")
The Uncollected Benny Carter And His Orchestra -1944 - Live at the Trianon Ballroom [Vinyl]
Benny Carter