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Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929) (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band) Ray Anthony (born 1922) Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898-1971) Georgie Auld (1919-1990) (Georgie Auld and His Orchestra, Georgie Auld and His Hollywood All Stars) B. Charlie Barnet (1913-1991) Count Basie (1904–1984) (Count Basie Orchestra, 1934–1984)
Over 2K music fans have voted on the 60+ Best Big Bands of All Time. Current Top 3: Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie Orchestra
This includes the most prominent bandleaders, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable bandleaders is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic bandleaders were born and what their nationality is.
Their hits had people shakin' on dance floors back then, and they still get toes tapping today. So, without further ado, from Motown to folk to the British invasion, here are 25 huge bands from the '60s that you totally forgot existed.
From the dusty recesses of my jazz history archives, I recently came across a slim 32-page pamphlet published in 1942 entitled “America’s Band Leaders” by Lawrence Wynn. It sold for 25 cents and purported to tell the “life stories of 26 of America’s greatest bandleaders,” with a center spread depicting the photographs of another two ...
List of big bands. While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos.
L. Michael Lamb (The Strictly Smokin' Big Band) [2] Syd Lawrence. Vic Lewis. Joe Loss. Don Lusher (The Don Lusher Big Band)
Herman created in 1947 the Second Herd band and in the 1950s the Third Herd Band. The Third Herd had a successful tour in Europe. By the 1960s he was famous for hiring many young but stellar up incoming musicians for his Herd Bands. By the end of the 60s his music library was heavily influenced by rock and roll.
I’ve picked out the best rock bands of the ’60s, a decade that saw the birth and rise of some of the most influential groups in rock history. This article revisits the iconic sounds and revolutionary spirit of the 1960s, showcasing the bands that defined a generation and changed music forever.
The '60s are often thought of as the decade when the Brits dominated rock, but our list of the Top 25 American Classic Rock Bands of the '60s show that there was plenty to love in the U.S.