Big Band Music, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa

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Big Band Music. 162 Classic Performances from the Big Band era. mp3 2 CDs

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Big Band Music, awesomely popular in the 1930s and 40s was defined by a large orchestras, brass, and woodwind instrumentals playing arranged non-improvisational works of music that usually included spaces reserved for soloists and jazz soloists.

The upbeat songs and melodieswere the quintessential American symphonica that spawned its very own set of muscal masters. Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa and many others. . Especially popular during the 40s, Big Band music was originally our early pop music, and people loved to dance to it.

Big band music was at it's height during the Second World War, acting as a form of distraction from the hardships of that war. The vast popularity of big band music was spread across the world by radio, personal appearances, and also record sales.