2:45
The house band for the popular Harlem club, SMALL S PARADISE, during the 1920s. This track features Jabbo Smit...
2:51
Mango Mangue from the Mercury 78 RPM Record # 11017. Charlie Parker Machito and his Orchestra - Mario Bauza, F...
2:51
Okiedoke Rhumba from the Mercury 78 RPM Record # 11017. Charlie Parker Machito and his Orchestra - Mario Bauza...
3:41
Me dancing in a jazz history class at CSUN college. Here I am dancing to one of my all time favorite jazz reco...
3:22
Luis Russell, p, dir: Henry Allen, Otis Johnson, t / JC Higginbotham, tb / Albert Nicholas, cl, as / Charlie H...
2:51
Little neckbreaker that, save for the first chorus, Illinois all but lifted from his spot in Count Basie s The...
3:06
Jack Purvis, t / JC Higginbotham, tb / Coleman Hawkins, ts / Adrian Rollini, bsx / Frank Froeba, p / Will John...
3:13
Jack Purvis, t / JC Higginbotham, tb / Greely Walton, ts / Adrian Rollini, bsx / Frank Froeba, p / Will Johnso...
3:02
Jack Purvis, t, v / JC Higginbotham, tb, v / Castor McCord, ts / Adrian Rollini, bsx / Frank Froeba, p / Will ...
3:02
My favorite cut by Illinois Black Velvet Band here - a real snap to the groove and terrific solos by everyone....
3:16
Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra Banjo - Bill Perkins; Bass - Joe Bailey; Drums - Lionel Hampton; Guitar - Bi...
3:42
(The original release was on Victor Scroll 38073 - recorded July 16, 1929) Another sizzler from late prohibiti...
2:30
Another little neckbreaking Basie lift that features some brief, but tasty JJ Johnson in addition to Leo s fai...
3:16
Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra Alto Saxophone - Les Hite; Alto Saxophone - Marvin Johnson; Banjo - Bill Per...
3:53
(Forerunner label for Prestige records - was later issued on Prestige 825) Little west coast cool here that gi...
3:42
This is a classic, note-for-note rendition of a late 1920s tune, which I thought was a Duke Ellington composit...
3:27
(The original release was on Victor Scroll 38107 - recorded Sptember 24, 1929) Yet another sizzler from late p...
3:31
Jack Purvis, t / JC Higginbotham, tb / Castor McCord, ts / Adrian Rollini, bsx / Frank Froeba, p / Will Johnso...
3:14
Jack Purvis, t / JC Higginbotham, tb / Greely Walton, ts / Adrian Rollini, bsx / Frank Froeba, p / Will Johnso...
3:32
I just love this 1929 NY recording by this all star band. Along with Red are JC Higginbotham tbn, Albert Nicho...
3:05
Freddy Taylor and his Swing Men From Harlem Freddy Taylor (tp & vo); Charlie Johnson (tp); Chester Lanier (cl,...
2:57
RECORDED IN NEW YORK JULY 23, 1953. BENNY GREEN-TROMBONE, FRANK WESS-TENOR SAX, CECIL PAYNE-BARITONE SAX, TOMM...
9:25
Song 1 - Paul Ash & His Orchestra - Sweet Someone - vocals by Milton Watson and Paul Ash - recorded 6/7/1927 S...
9:13
Nightclub owner Ed Small opened Small s Paradise on 22 October 1925. The large basement club featured a big ba...
6:47
Cootie Williams and his Orchestra filmed in New York, mid June, 1943. From the Columbia Pictures film Film Vod...
3:03
Beaver Junction written by Harry Edison performed by Count Basie & His Orchestra recorded 10 April 1951 releas...
