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▶ Count Basie and His Orchestra

Jumpin' at the Woodside

Count Basie and His Orchestra (1938) → Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (1939)

Jazz
→
Jazz
1938 — Count Basie records a swing-jazz pillar
Original

Recorded in New York in August 1938 — sophisticated horn riffing and effortless swing ensemble became inputA for the early R&B merge.

Now playing
After
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra — 1939

Jazz

Covers by Benny Goodman and others fixed it as a swing standard — large-ensemble sophistication before condensation into small-combo jump blues.

Big-band swing sophistication supplied the horn-ensemble layer for early R&B.

From original to redefined

What to listen for

Big-band swing sophistication supplied the horn-ensemble layer for early R&B.

  • Horn riffs

    Brass-section arranging condensed into jump blues

  • Swing vocal phrasing

    Effortless swing vocabulary passed into R&B singing

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