Mar 20,  · Great record if you are surfing Harry James and for the more discerning Harry James Swing fan taken in conjuction with Harry James and His Music Makers Feet Draggin' Blues on HEP (the longer remake omitted on the Jasmine CD) ',some of the best Big Band Swing/5(82).

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(The compilation Trumpet Blues: The Best of Harry James combines tracks from this album and its follow-up, More Harry James in Hi-Fi.) By now, he was deliberately trying to make his band sound like Count Basie's. He was back onscreen in November in the film The Opposite Sex.

Ever the canny businessman, Ornest sold the Blues to Michael Shanahan for $19 million in and sold the arena to the city of St. Louis for $15 million. “His selling was bittersweet,” Mike.

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Nov 14,  · Since first appearing in , “St. Louis Blues” has become one of the most famous, celebrated, and recorded jazz standards in history. Handy recorded his best version of the song in and three years later, in , Fats Waller would play it on a Victor Studio organ as his .

The discography of American trumpeter and band leader Harry James includes 30 studio albums, 47 EPs, three soundtrack/stage and screen albums, and numerous live albums and compilation albums, along with contributions as sideman and appearances with other musicians. James released over singles during his career, with nine songs reaching number one, 32 in the top ten, and 70 in the top .

May 23,  · Next to Louis Armstrong, Harry James was not only the most famous trumpeter of the s but remains a household name decades after his death. A brilliant virtuoso, James was criticized by some in the jazz world due to his pop hits but, in his prime, he had only a .