J.J. Johnson / Kai Winding - Trombones For Two: The Classic Collaborations 1953-56J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding were among the leading innovators and primary exponents of the trombone in modern jazz, exploring the instrument's potential in the challenging musical era following the emergence of bebop in the 1940s, where trumpet and saxophone were more suited to the medium's rapid tempos and demand for technical mastery. Having established their reputations as soloists, they came together in 1953 for the first time to collaborate on

He specialised in short pieces with unusual and specific reference points

Gigi Gryce

He was one of the first solo guitarist/vocalists in the commercial recording world

and his other hits from these years "Josephine"

Smith rose to the top and was picked up by a struggling Columbia Records

along with all the titles from his Mercury albums released during that period "Walk On By" and "Movin' Van Dyke" not otherwise released on singles

and remained hugely popular long into the post-war decades

PR and radio by Clandestine Label Services

Elvin Jones and others

composer and TV impresario Lawrence Welk was one of the most visible and popular personalities in easy-listening orchestral pop music through several decades spanning the pre- and post-war eras

His last-ever video recording is included

"Showboat"