Tag: Friday

In true Betty Hutton fashion, the song starts out as a ballad and then heats up fast (from 1945, with a helping hand from the Paul Weston orchestra). Source link

Detroit-born bandleader Bob Chester, and his orchestra, with "Flinging a Wing Ding". Source link

From 1946, here's Duke Ellington and his orchestra, with "Trumpet No End". Source link

From 1945, here's Artie Shaw and his orchestra with the Great American Songbook standard, "Summertime" (that's Roy Eldridge performing the trumpet solo). Source link

Harmonica man and vocalist James Cotton, with "Polly Put the Kettle On". Source link

Tripping the light fantastic, Cajun style. Source link

It doesn't get much more hep than this: Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich, in a live performance of "Celebrity" (1950). Source link

Louis Armstrong and Dorothy Dandridge team up on "What'cha Say". Source link

The Jackson Brothers (no, not them) perform "Flat Foot Boogie" (1951). Source link