The World's Greatest Jazz Band

The World's Greatest Jazz Band

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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy The World's Greatest Jazz Band
Bourbon Street Parade
Bourbon Street Parade The World's Greatest Jazz Band
What's New
What's New The World's Greatest Jazz Band
A Long Way from Home
A Long Way from Home Bob Haggart & Vic Dickenson & Ralph Sutton & Billy Butterfield & Yank Lawson & Bob Wilber & The World's Greatest Jazz Band & Eddie Hubble & Gus Johnson, Jr.
I Got Rythem
I Got Rythem The World's Greatest Jazz Band

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About The World's Greatest Jazz Band

This all-star group was founded in 1968 by Dick Gibson at his sixth annual Jazz Party. Despite the impossibility of living up to its outrageous name, the band was indeed the finest in Dixieland/classic jazz. Co-led by Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart, and also featuring Billy Butterfield, Bud Freeman, Bob Miller, and Ralph Sutton, the WGJB originally alternated standards with Dixiefied versions of current pop tunes like "Mrs. Robinson," but its finest album (Live on Atlantic) sticks to hot jamming. After the personnel changed a bit (Eddie Miller and Dick Wellstood passed through the band), the g...