Betty Hutton - A Square In The Social Circle (1945)

In The Mood / BFJO Takasago

Frank Sinatra White Christmas

SAM SPADE Private Detective - Half Hour Radio Show c.1948 w/ Howard Duff

Armed Forces Radio Service JAZZ program - DOWNBEAT 422 - c.1949

HOW LONG BLUES by Jimmy Yancey - PIANO SOLO R&B

PALLET ON THE FLOOR by Jimmy Yancey and Mama Yancey - 1943 R&B

Michael Brecker, We'll Never Forget You feat. Liebman and Lovano

DON BESTOR Biography

Birth Name Don Bestor

The Five Pennies - Lullabye in Ragtime

Sarah Vaughan - Once in a while - The Divine One

Tribute to Leslie Caron - Homenaje a Leslie Caron

The Roaring Twenties - Dance Craze

Louis Armstrong All Stars LIVE! Hollywood Empire Room c.1948

BENNY GOODMAN LIVE at the Palladium - Los Angeles - 1949

LIONEL HAMPTON LIVE 1949 Radio Broadcast AFRS

Duke Ellington Meets Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite

The Boop Boop-a Doopa Doo Trot - Alan Selby and his Band

Piccadilly Players - If You Don't Love Me (1928)

Henry Mancini - Dear Heart

Count Basie "Jumpin at the Woodside"

STAN KENTON Biography

Birth Name: - Stanley Newcomb Kenton

Born:- December 15, 1911
Wichita, Kansas, US

Died:- August 25, 1979 at the Age 67

Genre:- Westcoast Jazz, Swing, Jazz

Occupation:- Bandleader, Composer, Arranger

Instrument:- Piano

Active Years:- 1930's to 1970's

Labels:- Capitol, Decca, Creative World

Associated Acts:- Maynard Ferguson, Zoot Sims, Anita O'Day, June Christy, Chris Connor, Art Pepper, Pete Rugolo, Eddie Safranski

Don Bestor & His Orch. - I've Got To Pass Your House

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FRANKIE CARLE BIOGRAPHY

Birth Name: - Francis Nunzio  Carlone
Also known as Frankie Carle

Born:- March 25, 1903
Providence, Road Island, US

Died:- March 7, 2001 at the Age 97
Mesa, AZ, US

Genre:-

Occupations:- Pianist, Bandleader

Instrument:- Piano

Active Years:- 1916 to 2001

Marriage/Children:- Ede, Margie

His theme Song:- Sunrise Serenade

Frankies career spannded 70 years. His first professional job in 1916 was with his Uncle's band at  $1.00 per week.

JAY McSHANN

Birth Name: - James Columbus McShann
Also known as Hootie

Born:- January 12, 1916
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US

Died:- December 7, 2006 at the Age 90
Kansas City, Missouri, US

Genres:- Blues, Swing, Jazz, Jump Blues, Bebop

Occupations:- Musician, Composer, Bandleader, Soldier

Instruments:- Vocals, Piano

Active Years:- 1931 to 2006

Labels:- Vee-Jay Records

Ondřej Havelka + OPSO, Dusky Stevedore

Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra - Tangeringe

Sidney Bechet-Wingy Manone-At The Jazz Bands Ball

Love Poem (Spring Waltz OST)

When You're Wore A Tulip - Riverside City Band w. Pete Allen

ILL NEVER BE THE SAME by the Herbie Haymer Quintette with Buddy Rich

JAY WILBUR

Birth Name:- Jay Wilbur

No biography at this time.

Swinging London: Bert Ambrose's Orchestra - I'm Just Wearing My Heart O...

London Swing: Bert Ambrose's Orch. - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, 1934

BERT AMBROSE - It's The Talk of The Town

Male beauty: Bert Ambrose's Orch. - All Of Me, 1932

Whispering Jack Smith, Bert Ambrose Orchestra - Miss Annabelle Lee

Bert Ambrose - One Hour With You, 1932

Bert Ambrose and the Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - Bye Bye Blues (1931)

Bert Ambrose - I'm On A Diet Of Love, 1929

Bert Ambrose and the Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - Moaning For You (1930)

Swinging London: Ambrose & His Orch. - Too Many Tears, 1932

BERT AMBROSE

Birth Name:- Benjamin Baruch, Ambrose

Born:- September 15, 1896
London, England, UK

Origin:-  New York, New York, US

Died :- June 11, 1971 at the Age 74
London, England, UK

Genre: - Big Band

Occupations:- Musician, Bandleader

Instrument:- Violin

Active Years:- 1916 to 1971

JACK HYLTON

Birth Name:- John Greenhlgh Hilton, Jack Elton

Born:- July 2, 1892,  Great Lever,
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

Died:- January 29, 1965 at the Age 72
Marylebone, London, England, UK

Occupation:- Bandleader, Impresario

Active Years: - 1915 to 1965

I LOST CONTROL OF MY SELF King Cole's Swingsters v-Bonnie Lake 1939

LET'S GET HAPPY TONIGHT King Cole's Swingsters 1939

TOMMY TUCKER

Bith Name:- Robert Bigginbothaw

Born:- March 5, 1933
Springfield, Ohio, US

Died:- January 22, 1982 at the Age 48
Newark, New Jersey, US
Tommy died in the College Hospital from inhaling Carbon tetrachloride while finishing the hardwood floors.

Genres:- Blues

Occupation:- Blues Singer, Songwriter, Pianist

Instrument:- Piano

Active Years:- 1960 to 1982

RAY HERBECK

Birth Name:- Ray Herbeck

Born:- November 27, 1910
Los Angeles, California, US

Died:-January 17, 1989
Phoenix, Arizona, US

Genre:-

Occupation:- Bandleader

Active Years: - 1935 to 1950
Quit the music business and went into the Realastate Business

RANDY BROOKS

Birth Name:- Randy Brooks

Born:- 1919

Died:- 1967 at the Age 48 (from smoke inhalation of smoke in apartment fire)

Occupation:- Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader

Active Years:- 1920's to 1967

AL DONAHUE

Birth Name:- Al Donahue

Born:- June 12, 1904
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, US

Died:- February 20, 1983
Fallbrook, California, US

Genre:- Popular Music

Occupatiions:- Violinist, Big Bandleader

Instrument:- Violin

Active Years:- 1930's to 1983

BILLY COTTON

Birth Name:- William Edward Cotton

Born:- May 6, 1899
Smith Square, London

Died:- March 25, 1969 at the Age 69 (Cause of death a Stroke)
Wembley, London

Nationality: - British

Occupations:- Drummer, Bandleader, Radio Personality

Spouse:- Mabel E. Gregory (m 1921 to 1969)

Children: - Edward Ted Cotton, William Bill Cotton Jnr