BY JAY GALEN, ILLUSTRATED BY COURTNEY GRANNER Blasting horns. Lots of them – in perfect unison. A driving rhythm section. Up-tempo instrumentals. And couples exhibiting a new form of personal expression – swing dancing. It was the 1930s, and the floor at Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom, Cotton Club, and Apollo Theater was the place to jive, lindy, jitterbug, push, whip, and shag to big bands led by such luminaries as Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, and Lionel Hampton. The big … Continue reading Big Band Recordings Every Drummer Should Own