Woody Herman and His Orchestra

E919364

big band jazz ensemble

Woody Herman and His Orchestra was a prominent American big band, especially known for its innovative swing and later bebop-influenced jazz performances from the 1930s onward.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Woody Herman and His Orchestra canonical	4
Woody Herman and the Herd	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	big band ⓘ jazz ensemble ⓘ
activeFrom	1930s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Herd NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Herd NERFINISHED ⓘ The Herd NERFINISHED ⓘ The Woody Herman Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Herd NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	New York City ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	bebop ⓘ big band jazz ⓘ cool jazz ⓘ modern jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ
inception	1936 ⓘ
influencedBy	Benny Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
leader	Woody Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	integration of bebop elements into big band format ⓘ prominent saxophone sections ⓘ use of progressive jazz arrangements ⓘ
notableMember	Alan Broadbent NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Chubby Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Flip Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Tiberi NERFINISHED ⓘ Neal Hefti NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ Sal Nistico NERFINISHED ⓘ Serge Chaloff NERFINISHED ⓘ Shorty Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ Stan Getz NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Woody Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ Woody Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoot Sims NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePeriod	1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ
notableWork	Apple Honey NERFINISHED ⓘ Blues in the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Caldonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Early Autumn NERFINISHED ⓘ Four Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Passage NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodchopper's Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Capitol Records ⓘ Columbia Records ⓘ Decca Records ⓘ MGM Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
touringActivity	European tours ⓘ extensive United States tours ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Woody Herman → notableBand → Woody Herman and His Orchestra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Woody Herman and the Herd

Blues in the Night → hasNotableRecordingBy → Woody Herman and His Orchestra ⓘ

Ebony Concerto → writtenFor → Woody Herman and His Orchestra ⓘ

Ebony Concerto → premiereEnsemble → Woody Herman and His Orchestra ⓘ