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World's Greatest Jazz Band

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The World's Greatest Jazz Band was an all-star jazz ensemble active from 1968 to 1978.[1]

Dick Gibson founded the group at his sixth Jazz Party, an annual event.[1] The group performed mostly Dixieland jazz and recorded extensively.[1] It was co-led by Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart,[1] and did early jazz standards alongside contemporaneous pop songs done in a Dixieland style.[2] Though the group disbanded in 1978, the name was revived several times by Lawson and Haggart for limited engagements.

Members

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Discography

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  • Extra! (Project 3 Total Sound, 1969)
  • The World's Greatest Jazzband of Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart (Project 3 Total Sound, 1969)
  • Live at the Roosevelt Grill (Atlantic, 1970)
  • The World's Greatest Jazzband (Atlantic, 1971)
  • What's New? (Atlantic, 1971)
  • Hark the Herald Angels Swing (World Jazz, 1972)
  • In Concert: Vol. 1 Massey Hall (World Jazz, 1973)
  • Good News with Teresa Brewer (Signature, 1973)
  • Plays Cole Porter (World Jazz, 1975)
  • Plays Rodgers & Hart (World Jazz, 1976)
  • Plays Duke Ellington (World Jazz, 1976)
  • In Concert (Recorded Live at the Lawrenceville School) (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
  • On Tour (World Jazz, 1976)
  • On Tour Vol. 1 and 2 (World Jazz, 1977)
  • Plays George Gershwin (World Jazz, 1977)
  • On Tour II with Maxine Sullivan (World Jazz, 1977)[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 440. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ^ Scott Yanow, World's Greatest Jazz Band at AllMusic
  3. ^ "World's Greatest Jazz Band | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2021.