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Big Bands of the 1950s (1950 - 1957)
ByWoody Herman
band / ensemble / orchestra1913 - 1987

Stan Kenton
piano1911 - 1979

Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974

Count Basie
piano1904 - 1984

Gil Evans
composer / conductor1912 - 1988

Quincy Jones
arranger1933 - 2024

Teddy Charles
vibraphone1928 - 2012
Playlist
- Host Intro 0:00
- Stan Kenton & His Orchestra. "Halls of Brass" from Stan Kenton Presents (Capitol) 4:13
- Host speaks 7:51
- Count Basie Orchestra. "Li'l Darlin'" from The Atomic Mr. Basie (Roulette) 9:53
- Host speaks 14:40
- Duke Ellington Orchestra. "Diminuendo In Blue And Crescendo In Blue" from Ellington at Newport 1956 (Columbia) 17:36
- Host speaks 32:25
- Gil Evans Orchestra. "King Porter Stomp" from The Norton Jazz Recordings (Norton) 33:55
- Host speaks 37:12
- Quincy Jones and his Orchestra. "Stockholm Sweetnin'" from This Is How I Feel About Jazz (ABC-Paramount) 39:27
- Host speaks 45:06
- Teddy Charles Tentet. "Nature Boy" from The Teddy Charles Tentet (Atlantic) 46:21
- Teddy Charles Tentet. "Lydian M-1" from The Teddy Charles Tentet (Atlantic) 52:48
- Host Outro 57:12
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