Volume 106: Harry’s Favorites

We once again feature a trumpet player with an unmistakable sound. He is among one of the fastest trumpet players I’ve encountered. A common joke was that if a fly landed on his written music, James would play it. He also wrote a good portion of the music on this record. So get ready for a musician who played and arranged for Benny Goodman, and discovered old Blue Eyes in Volume 106: Harry’s Favorites.

Video Intro

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Credits and Copyrights:

See information from the Discogs.com page here

Harry James – All Time Favorites By Harry James
Label: Columbia – CL 655
Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono
Country: Canada
Released: 1955
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band

We’ll hear 7 of the 12 songs on this record.

My dad had two copies of this album,

Concerto For Trumpet
Written-By – Harry James
November 30, 1939

Don’t Be That Way
Written-By – Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Mitchell Parish
October 11, 1951

Music Makers
Written-By – Harry James
January 8, 1941

Flatbush Flanagan
Written-By – Harry James
January 8, 1941

One O’Clock Jump
Written-By – Count Basie
Recorded January 5, 1938

Two O’Clock Jump
Written-By – Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Harry James
March 6, 1939

The Flight Of The Bumble Bee
Arranged By – Harry James
Written-By – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
February 13, 1941

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.