Great Thirties Musicians-All The Best

[poetrylover3]

Benny Carter: Further Definitions; The King
Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz-The Best of the Verve Years
Chu Berry: Classic Columbia & Victor Sessions (Mosaic)
Ben Webster: Meets Coleman Hawkins, Meets Oscar Peterson
Johnny Hodges: Three Shades of Blue
Sidney Bechet: Mosaic Box
Lester Young: Kansas City Sessions & many more

[muddylives]

I assume that we are confined to jazz here.

Some of the best 1930s jazz certainly came from the Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands. Louis Armstrong continued to make brilliant recordings for Decca in the 1930s. Billie Holiday made some of her greatest recordings, some of them with Lester Young. Charlie Christian arrived on the seen and left soon after. Art Tatum's piano playing even made "Willie the Lion Smith" shut his mouth. Fats Waller made many timeless recordings. Django was tearing it up in France. Coleman Hawkins should be on the above list of horn players. And so on.

[Admin]

Not to forget Artie Shaw who came along in the late 30's.

Begin the Beguine



and

[poetrylover3]

Jul 25, 2013 8:06:03 GMT -5 muddylives said:

I assume that we are confined to jazz here.

Some of the best 1930s jazz certainly came from the Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands. Louis Armstrong continued to make brilliant recordings for Decca in the 1930s. Billie Holiday made some of her greatest recordings, some of them with Lester Young. Charlie Christian arrived on the seen and left soon after. Art Tatum's piano playing even made "Willie the Lion Smith" shut his mouth. Fats Waller made many timeless recordings. Django was tearing it up in France. Coleman Hawkins should be on the above list of horn players. And so on.

Then there's always Teddy Wilson and Earl Hines, the unjustly neglected Lunceford organizations.I love Billie's Columbia 30s recordings. The Hawk recorded his immortal version of "Body & Soul" and so much other masterful work. It's not Hawk or Pres, but both, who define the tenor sound of the era. Arrangers like Fletcher Henderson & Sy Oliver also left an indubitable stamp on their era.