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Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
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California Ramblers
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Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
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Bennie Moten (November 13, 1893 – April 2, 1935) was a noted American jazz pianist and band leader born in Kansas City, Missouri. He led th… read moreBennie Moten (November 13, 1893 – April 2, 1935) was a noted American jazz pianist and band leader born in Kansas City, Missouri. He led the Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the itinerant, blues-based orchestras active in the… read moreBennie Moten (November 13, 1893 – April 2, 1935) was a noted American jazz pianist and band leader born in Kansas City, Missouri. He led the Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the itinerant, blues-based orchestras active in the Midwest in the 1920s, and helped to develop the riffing sty… read more -
Preservation Hall Hot 4 with Duke Dejan
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The Preservation Hall Jazz band is a unit from New Orleans dedicated to keeping America's jazz music alive and in 1996 they collaborat… read moreThe Preservation Hall Jazz band is a unit from New Orleans dedicated to keeping America's jazz music alive and in 1996 they collaborated with the late Harold Andrew Dejan, aka as Duke Dejan, the former leader of the Olympia Brass Ba… read moreThe Preservation Hall Jazz band is a unit from New Orleans dedicated to keeping America's jazz music alive and in 1996 they collaborated with the late Harold Andrew Dejan, aka as Duke Dejan, the former leader of the Olympia Brass Band in New Orleans. DeJan died in 2002 at age 93, but still w… read more -
Les Brown & His Orchestra
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Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
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The Casa Loma Orchestra was a popular white big band which came out of Detroit in 1929 and was highly successful in the early 1930s. Despit… read moreThe Casa Loma Orchestra was a popular white big band which came out of Detroit in 1929 and was highly successful in the early 1930s. Despite slipping in popularity it continued with personnel changes into the 1960s. Glen Gray was billed … read moreThe Casa Loma Orchestra was a popular white big band which came out of Detroit in 1929 and was highly successful in the early 1930s. Despite slipping in popularity it continued with personnel changes into the 1960s. Glen Gray was billed as the leader. The band may have played old material in the … read more -
Pete Fountain
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Jimmie Noone
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