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Track: Four Others
Artist: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Album: The 3 Herds
Artist Bio
Name: Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Spotify Genres: big band, swing music, cool jazz, jazz, bebop
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Biography
American jazz orchestra and big band. From the 1940's, the expression 'The Herd' was used in variable context, which was always a synonym for Woody Herman's orchestra. [a239399] inherited the [a750213] in New York City in 1936. The history of the following band evolution can be structured in the following way: 1936 - 1944: [a5757047] In 1944, the term 'The Herd' was first established. Woody Herman took this term for his purposes and started first to number the herds, later the herds got more special names. The following time table gives an overview over the living periods of the herds. The respective herd was always used as an ANV to the 'Woody Herman Orchestra' in the specified time range. All members of the herds were also member of the Woody Herman orchestra. 1944 - 1946: [a661482] 1947 - Nov 1949: [a4869543] Apr 1950 - June 1955: [a2122869] Nov 1955 - Dec 1955: [a4848249]/[a1651400] Dec 1955 - March 1959: [a2126187], until May 1956 aka [a6612768] Dec 1958 - Feb 1959: [a620722] April 1959: [a4106342] Oct 1959: [a904275] June 1959 - Aug 1967: [a1114062] Further bands were defined by recording: 1967 - 1981: [a2647320] (coexistence) 1973 - 1979: [a434575] (coexistence) 1977: [a372489] (coexistence) 1978: [a1999837] (coexistence) 1977 - 1987 [a1637135] (coexistence) Post mortem: 1987ff: [a4369404] Besides this rough timeline, there were several spin-offs and reincarnations of other bands and herds, which do make the timeline in fact more complicated. For example: [a3751695] (primarily circa 1959)
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Discogs Release Info
Release: Woody Herman And His Orchestra - Four Others
Year: N/A
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Swing