This page contains a brief overview on the album BIG BAND SOUNDS: Swing Era 1938-1939 Cd004. Learn more about the artist and explore the track lists and website. If you find any information that needs to be corrected, please let us know.

 
In 1938 swing began a period of expansion. Although Fletcher Henderson's great band was now non-existent, new bands were gaining popularity with leaders Woody Herman, Bob Crosby and Count Basie. Cultural barriers were being broken. Benny Goodman lectured at the City College in New York and he and Count Basie appeared at Carnegie Hall. A major Manhattan hotel allowed the performance of a black swing band led by Chick Webb. The popular outdoor swing concerts were drawing fans who deliriously swayed and jitterbugged to the new sound of jazz. Many of the sidemen of the big bands, such as Larry Clinton, Gene Krupa and Harry James, saw quick success as they started their own bands.

The swing era not only grew in America but it was spreading overseas. England, always quick to appreciate American jazz, had now surrendered to swing and British musicians were recording records with the noted American jazz artist, Fats Waller.

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Track List:
1. Begin the Beguine (Artie Shaw Version)
2. Swingin' the Blues (Count Basie Version)
3. My Reverie (Larry Clinton Version)
4. Pavanne (Glenn Miller Version)
5. Woodchopper's Ball (Wood Herman Version)
6. Piano Man (Earl Hines Version)
7. Embraceable You (Bobby Hackett Version)
8. Hawaiian War Chant (Tommy Dorsey Version)
9. Jumpin' at the Woodside (Count Basie Version)
10. Lullaby in Rhythm (Benny Goodman Version)
11. Cheatin' on Me (Jimmie Lunceford Version)
12. Big John's Special (Benny Goodman Version)
13. Wrappin' It Up (Benny Goodman Version)
14. Memories of You (Glen Gray Version)
15. Big Noise from Winnetka (Haggart-Bauduc Version)
16. John Silver (Jimmy Dorsey Version)
17. Floyd's Guitar Blues (Andy Kirk Version)
18. Carioca (Artie Shaw Version)
19. Copenhagen (Artie Shaw Version)
20. 'Tain't What You Do (Jimmie Lunceford Version)
21. Boy Meets Horn (Duke Ellington Version)
22. Honky Tonk Train (Bob Crosby Version)
23. Melancholy Lullaby (Benny Carter Version)
24. And the Angels Sing (Benny Goodman Version)

Suggested CDs:

• Black Bird Stitches

Other Genres:

• JAZZ: Big Band
• JAZZ: Swing/Big Band
• TYPE: COMPILATIONS