Swingin' Dick's Shellac Shakers, Vol. 1: Hot Jive, Jumpin' Jazz & Big Band R&B 78s

Count Basie & His Orchestra

The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16 to 18 piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the Big Band era itself… more »