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Harry James
tr, 1916-1983 US, Albany, Georgia
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Henry Haag James
Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet playing band leader who led a big band from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947 but shortly after he re-organized and was active again with his band from then until his death in 1983. He was especially known among musicians for his astonishing technical proficiency as well as his superior tone, and was extremely influential on up and coming trumpet players from the late 1930s into the 1940s. He was also an actor in a number of motion pictures that usually featured his bands in some way.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Big Band Collection | Harry James | 2011 | Compil. |
| Best Of Harry James | Harry James | 2010 | Compil. |
| In Chronology - 1945-1946 | Harry James | 2009 | Album |
| In Chronology - 1944-1945 | Harry James | 2009 | Album |
| New Yorks World's Fair ~ 1940 The Blue Room. Hotel Lincoln ~ 1941 | Harry James featuring Dick Haymes | 2009 | Compil. |
| The Complete Harry James In Hi-Fi | Harry James | 2008 | Compil. |
| Harry James And His New Swingin' Band | Harry James | 2007 | Compil. |
| The In Person And Hi-Fi Sound Of Harry James | Harry James, Harry James And His Orchestra | 2007 | Compil. |
| Harry James... Today! | Harry James | 2007 | Album |
| Crazy Rhythm | Harry James | 2003 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Harry James | Harry James | 2003 | Compil. |
| Two O'Clock Jump / Trumpet Blues And Cantabile | Harry James | 2002 | Compil. |
| Swingtown | Harry James | 2002 | Compil. |
| At The Hollywood Palladium | Harry James | 2002 | Single |
| Concerto For Trumpet | Harry James | 2002 | Compil. |
| Earl Hines' Jubilee With Harry James | Earl Hines With Harry James | 2002 | Compil. |
| Dance Parade • Your Dance Date | Harry James | 2002 | Compil. |
| Harry James And His New Jazz Band Vol. 2 | Harry James | 2001 | Album |
| Concerto For Trumpet | Harry James | 2001 | Album |
| Greatest Hits | Harry James | 2000 | Compil. |
| Harry James And His New Jazz Band Vol. 1 | Harry James | 2000 | Album |
| Harry James' Ray Anthony's Greatest | Harry James / Ray Anthony | 2000 | Album |
| Life Goes To A Party | Harry James | 2000 | Album |
| The Complete Helen Forrest With Harry James | Helen Forrest, Harry James | 1999 | Compil. |
| Big Sounds of The Big Bands | Les Brown, Glen Gray, Ray Anthony, Stan Kenton, Harry James | 1999 | Album |
| The Complete Capitol Recordings Of Gene Krupa & Harry James | Gene Krupa & Harry James | 1999 | Compil. |
| Trumpet Blues: The Best Of Harry James | Harry James | 1999 | Compil. |
| Harry James: Swing Town! | Harry James | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Best Of Harry James | Harry James | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Complete Columbia Recordings | Dick Haymes, Harry James, Benny Goodman | 1998 | Compil. |
| The Best Of The Big Bands | Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Artie Shaw | 1998 | Compil. |
| Big Band Legends | Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Glenn Miller | 1997 | Compil. |
| The Jazz Masters - 100 Años Of Swing | Harry James | 1996 | Compil. |
| The Dream Duo | Harry James, Betty Grable | 1996 | Album |
| Harry James | Harry James | 1996 | Compil. |
| The Classic Tracks | Harry James | 1996 | Compil. |
| Verve Jazz Masters 55 | Harry James | 1996 | Compil. |
| Have Trumpet, Will Travel | Harry James | 1996 | Compil. |
| April 1946 Spotlight Bands Broadcasts Plus: Rare 1943 Air Checks | Harry James Featuring Willie Smith | 1995 | Album |
| 1940 | Harry James With Dick Haymes | 1995 | Album |
| Jazz Collection 1946-1955 | Harry James | 1995 | Compil. |
| The Big Bands | Les Brown, Glen Gray, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Woody Herman | 1995 | Compil. |
| Masters Of Jazz | Duke Ellington, Harry James, Herb Pomeroy | 1995 | Compil. |
| Sentimental Swing | Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman, Harry James | 1995 | Compil. |
| The Classic Tracks | Harry James | 1995 | Compil. |
| Things Ain't What They Used To Be | Harry James | 1994 | Compil. |
| The Essence Of Harry James | Harry James | 1994 | Compil. |
| Yes, Indeed! | Harry James | 1993 | Compil. |
| The Music Maker | Harry James | 1993 | Compil. |
| The Best of the Capitol Years | Harry James | 1992 | Compil. |
| Harry James | Harry James | 1992 | Album |
| Harry James | Harry James | 1992 | Compil. |
| You Made Me Love You | Harry James | 1992 | Album |
| Harry James | Harry James | 1992 | Compil. |
| The World Of Harry James/How High The Moon | Harry James | 1992 | Compil. |
| Basie Rhythm | Count Basie, Harry James | 1991 | Compil. |
| Back Beat Boogie | Harry James | 1991 | Compil. |
| Original Golden Hits | Harry James | 1991 | Compil. |
| Harry James | Harry James | 1990 | Compil. |
| Two O'Clock Jump | Harry James | 1990 | Compil. |
| Os Grandes Sucessos De Harry James | Harry James | 1990 | Compil. |
| The Best Of The Big Dance Bands | Benny Goodman / Woody Herman / Harry James | 1990 | Compil. |
| In Vienna 1957 Vol. 1 | Harry James | 1990 | Album |
| In Vienna 1957 Vol. 2 | Harry James | 1990 | Album |
| Best Of Big Bands | Harry James | 1990 | Compil. |
| Trumpet Blues | Harry James | 1989 | Compil. |
| Harry James | Harry James | 1989 | Compil. |
| Things Ain't What They Used To Be | Harry James | 1989 | Compil. |
| Harry James At The Casino Gardens | Harry James | 1988 | Album |
| One Night Stand | Harry James | 1988 | Album |
| Trumpet Blues - 20 Original Big Band Hits | Harry James | 1988 | Compil. |
| 20 Original Big Band Hits | Harry James | 1988 | Compil. |
| The Kings Of Swing Vol. 1 | Benny Goodman, Harry James, Woody Herman | 1988 | Compil. |
| Live In The 1970's Volume One | Harry James | 1987 | Compil. |
| Harry James (2) | Harry James | 1987 | Compil. |
| Harry's Delight | Harry James | 1987 | Compil. |
| Digital Magic | Harry James | 1987 | Compil. |
| Harry James | Harry James | 1987 | Compil. |
| Perfil de Harry James | Harry James | 1986 | Compil. |
| September Song | Harry James | 1984 | Compil. |
| One Night Stand With Harry James And His Swingin' '46 Band | Harry James | 1984 | Album |
| Ciribiribin | Harry James | 1984 | Compil. |
| The Greatest Recordings Of The Big Band Era | Harry James / Freddie Slack / Bobby Sherwood / Abe Lyman / Dick Stabile | 1984 | Compil. |
| One Night Stand With Harry James At The Blue Note | Harry James | 1984 | Album |
| 1940 & 1939 | Harry James & Ziggy Elman featuring on vocals Dick Haymes | 1984 | Compil. |
| La Tromba E L'Orchestra Di Harry James | Harry James | 1983 | Compil. |
| Trumpet Toast | Harry James | 1983 | Compil. |
| One Night Stand With Harry James In New Jersey | Harry James | 1983 | Album |
| Big Bands: Harry James | Harry James | 1983 | Compil. |
| Memorial | Harry James | 1983 | Album |
| One Night Stand With Harry James At The Click | Harry James | 1983 | Album |
| Big Band Arranger 1937-1942 | Harry James | 1983 | Compil. |
| Big John Special | Harry James | 1982 | Compil. |
| ... Con Swing... Vol. 23 | Harry James | 1982 | Compil. |
| The Kings Of Swing | Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Harry James | 1982 | Compil. |
| Music Maker | Harry James | 1982 | Album |
| One Night Stand With Harry James And Pretty Kitty Kallen | Harry James | 1981 | Album |
| Harry James Live | Harry James | 1981 | Album |
| Europa Jazz | Duke Ellington, Harry James, Herb Pomeroy, Jon Hendricks | 1981 | Compil. |
| Ozvěny Swingu | Harry James / Les Brown | 1981 | Compil. |
| The Unheard Harry James | Harry James | 1981 | Album |
| The Swinging Big Bands 1936-1946 | Benny Goodman, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller | 1981 | Compil. |
| Young Harry James 1936-1939 | Harry James | 1980 | Compil. |
| One Night Stand With Harry James At The Fireman's Ball | Harry James | 1980 | Album |
| The Greatest Recordings Of The Big Band Era | Harry James, Horace Heidt / Jack Jenney / Claude Hopkins | 1980 | Compil. |
| Harry James | Harry James | 1979 | Compil. |
| Live! Hollywood Palladium - Freedomland, N.Y. 1953 - 54 | Harry James, Willie Smith, Buddy Rich | 1979 | Album |
| Ciribiribin | Harry James | 1979 | Compil. |
| American Jazz & Blues History Vol. 16 | Harry James | 1979 | Compil. |
| One Night Stand With Harry James On Staten Island | Harry James | 1979 | Album |
| Film Tracks Of Harry James | Harry James | 1979 | Album |
| The Man With The Horn | Harry James | 1979 | Compil. |
| One Night Stand With Harry James On Tour In '64 | Harry James | 1979 | Album |
| Trompettes D'Or | Harry James, Maurice André | 1978 | Compil. |
| The Radio Discs Of Harry James Volume 3 | Harry James | 1978 | Album |
| One Night Stand With Harry James Volume 5 | Harry James With Cab Calloway | 1978 | Album |
| One Night Stand | Harry James | 1978 | Album |
| Especial | Harry James | 1978 | Compil. |
| One Night Stand With Harry James At The Astor | Harry James | 1977 | Album |
| Comin' From A Good Place | Harry James | 1977 | Album |
| Spotlight On Jerry Wald, Jan Savitt And Harry James | Jerry Wald, Jan Savitt And Harry James | 1977 | Compil. |
| The Benny Goodman Story | Benny Goodman With Harry James / Lionel Hampton / Martha Tilton | 1977 | Album |
| Big Bands Forever! Four Kings Of Swing, Volume 1 | Harry James, Kay Kyser | 1977 | Compil. |
| Spotlight On Harry James | Harry James | 1977 | Album |
| Sessions, Live | Harry James / Les Brown | 1976 | Album |
| Radio Discs Of Harry James Volume 2 | Harry James | 1976 | Album |
| Classics | Harry James | 1975 | Compil. |
| Radio Discs Of Harry James | Harry James | 1975 | Album |
| One Night Stand With Harry James | Harry James | 1975 | Album |
| One Night Stand with Harry James Volume II | Harry James | 1975 | Album |
| You Made Me Love You / All Or Nothing At All | Harry James | 1974 | Single |
| The Glenn Miller & Harry James Bands | Glenn Miller And Harry James | 1974 | Compil. |
| Sleepy Lagoon / Two O'Clock Jump | Harry James | 1974 | Single |
| Swingtime With Harry James & Benny Goodman 1937-1942 | Harry James / Benny Goodman | 1973 | Compil. |
| Jazz History Vol. 4 | Harry James, Gene Krupa | 1973 | Compil. |
| Harry James And His Orchestra - Recorded In 1938 to 1942 | Harry James | 1973 | Compil. |
| Ciribiribin / I'll Get By | Harry James | 1973 | Single |
| Trumpet Blues / Concerto For Trumpet | Harry James | 1972 | Single |
| Harry James Greatest Hits | Harry James | 1971 | Single |
| The Mellow Horn | Harry James | 1971 | Album |
| Harry James' Greatest Hits | Harry James | 1970 | Compil. |
| Harry James | Harry James | 1969 | Single |
| The Golden Trumpet Of Harry James | Harry James | 1968 | Album |
| Harry James' Greatest Hits | Harry James | 1967 | Compil. |
| Our Leader! | Harry James | 1967 | Album |
| Big Bands Are Back | Harry James | 1967 | Album |
| Live At The Riverboat | Harry James | 1966 | Album |
| Harry James & His Western Friends | Harry James | 1966 | Album |
| The Ballads And The Beat! | Harry James, Harry James And His Orchestra | 1966 | Album |
| Favoritas De Norteamérica Vol. III | Francis Bay, Sammy Kaye, Harry James, Ken Griffin, Les Brown | 1965 | Compil. |
| Harry James Plays Green Onions & Other Great Hits | Harry James | 1965 | Album |
| In A Relaxed Mood | Harry James | 1964 | Album |
| New Versions Of Down Beat Favorites | Harry James | 1964 | Album |
| The Best Of The Big Bands | Benny Goodman, Harry James, Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra | 1963 | Compil. |
| Harry James Plays Neal Hefti | Harry James | 1961 | Album |
| The Spectacular Sound Of Harry James | Harry James | 1961 | Album |
| Six Top Bands Swing Again | Les Brown, Benny Goodman, Glen Gray, Woody Herman, Harry James, Stan Kenton | 1960 | Compil. |
| Harry James ...Today | Harry James | 1960 | Album |
| Hollywood Hits | Rosemary Clooney And Harry James | 1959 | Compil. |
| The James Sound | Harry James | 1959 | Single |
| Too Close For Comfort | Harry James | 1959 | Single |
| The New Harry James | Harry James | 1959 | Compil. |
| The Four From "Porgy And Bess" | Anita Ellis, Harry James, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday | 1959 | Single |
| The Golden Age Of The Dance Bands | The Poll Winners Of 1940 - Glenn Miller ● Tommy Dorsey ● Harry James ● Benny Goodman ● Artie Shaw ● Jimmy Dorsey | 1958 | Compil. |
| Frank Sinatra With Harry James & Pearl Bailey | Frank Sinatra With Harry James & Pearl Bailey | 1958 | Single |
| Benny Goodman Plays Selections From The Benny Goodman Story - Part 1 | Benny Goodman With Harry James / Lionel Hampton / Martha Tilton | 1956 | Single |
| More Harry James In Hi-Fi (Part 2) | Harry James | 1956 | Single |
| More Harry James In Hi-Fi Part 2 | Harry James, Harry James And His Orchestra | 1956 | Single |
| More Harry James In Hi-fi | Harry James | 1956 | Album |
| Eight To The Valve | Harry James, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons | 1955 | Single |
| Harry James In Hi-fi | Harry James | 1955 | Album |
| When You Wish Upon A Star / It Might As Well Be Spring | Rosemary Clooney - Harry James With Harry James And His Orchestra | 1955 | Single |
| All Time Favorites | Harry James And His Orchestra, Harry James | 1955 | Single |
| All About Harry James | Harry James | 1955 | Compil. |
| Hollywood's Best | Rosemary Clooney, Harry James | 1954 | Compil. |
| The Continental (You Kiss While You're Dancing) / You'll Never Know / Sweet Leilani / The Lady Is A Tramp | Rosemary Clooney - Harry James With Harry James And His Orchestra | 1954 | Single |
| N°4 | Harry James | 1954 | Single |
| Le Vol Du Bourdon | Harry James | 1954 | Single |
| Dancing In Person With Harry James At The Hollywood Palladium | Harry James | 1954 | Album |
| Lovelight / Fruit Cake | Harry James And His Orchestra / Harry James - Toni Harper | 1952 | Album |
| Just A Mood | Teddy Wilson Quartet Starring Harry James & Red Norvo | 1952 | Single |
| Blacksmith Blues / Don't Send Me Home | Toni Harper - Harry James | 1952 | Album |
| Hollywood's Best Vol. II | Harry James, Rosemary Clooney | 1952 | Single |
| You'll Never Know / The Continental (You Kiss While You're Dancing) | Rosemary Clooney - Harry James With Harry James And His Orchestra | 1952 | Album |
| Hollywood's Best | Rosemary Clooney And Harry James With Harry James And His Orchestra | 1952 | Album |
| The Melancholy Trumpet / Goin' Home | Harry James - Toni Harper With Harry James And His Orchestra | 1952 | Album |
| To Be Loved By You / When I Dream | Harry James & Kitty Kallen with Harry James And His Orchestra | 1952 | Single |
| Hollywood's Best | Rosemary Clooney And Harry James | 1952 | Single |
| Like The Moon Above You / Roll 'Em | Harry James & Kitty Kallen with Harry James And His Orchestra | 1952 | Album |
| Castle Rock / Deep Night | Frank Sinatra & Harry James | 1951 | Single |
| Young Man With A Horn | Doris Day And Harry James | 1950 | Album |
| My Honey's Lovin' Arms / New York City Blues / There's Music In The Land | Bobby Hackett | 1948 | Album |
| All Time Favorites | Harry James | 1946 | Album |
| Home James / Jesse | Harry James And The Boogie Woogie Trio | 1939 | Album |
| Boo-Woo / Woo-Woo | Harry James And The Boogie Woogie Trio | 1939 | Album |
| Life Goes To A Party | Benny Goodman / Harry James | 1933 | Compil. |
| Louis Armstrong Harry James | Louis Armstrong, Harry James | 1929 | Compil. |
| Great Bands! | Harry James - Jimmy Dorsey - Les Brown - Woody Herman - Gene Krupa | Compil. | |
| Swing Goes On! Vol. 9 | Harry James | Compil. | |
| Palladium Party | Harry James | Compil. | |
| La Carnaval De Venise | Harry James | Single | |
| Over The Rainbow | Rosemary Clooney E Harry James | Album | |
| . . For Old Times Sake: 1939 & 1951 | Frank Sinatra And Harry James | Compil. | |
| Tiernamente | Harry James | Single | |
| I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 71 | Harry James / Buddy Rich / Woody Herman | Compil. | |
| Best Of The Big Bands | Benny Goodman, Harry James, Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra | Single | |
| O, Mein Papa (Oh! My Papa) / Serenata | Harry James & Paul Weston And His Orchestra | Single | |
| Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Harry James | Compil. | |
| Big Band Portrait | Duke Ellington / Benny Goodman / Harry James / Glen Gray | Compil. | |
| Dixieland Horn | Harry James, Wingy Manone, Louis Prima, Bunny Berigan | Single | |
| Dance To The Bands! Vol. 1 | Stan Kenton / Les Brown / Harry James / Billy May / Woody Herman / Ray Anthony | Compil. | |
| Harry James And His Orchestra 1936-1938 | Harry James | Compil. | |
| If I Could Be With You | Harry James | Album | |
| Broadcast Tributes Presents Smoldering Big Band Remotes | Benny Goodman, Charlie Shavers, Harry James, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa | Compil. | |
| Golden Hits | Harry James | Compil. | |
| One Night Stand With Harry James At The War Bond Rally | Harry James | Album | |
| Untitled | Harry James | Album | |
| Sleepy Time Gal | Harry James | Compil. | |
| One Night Stand with Harry James In 1944 | Harry James | Album | |
| Ajuri Musical | Harry James | Album | |
| The Great swing bands of the ‘40’s | Jimmie Lunceford, Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, Harry James, Sam Donahue, Jack Teagarden, Woody Herman, Charlie Barnet, Benny Carter, Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Mundy | Compil. | |
| Jazz History, Vol. 12 | Harry James | Compil. | |
| Your Helen O'Connell Preview Record "The Years To Remember" | Helen O'Connell, Ray Anthony, Harry James, Teresa Brewer, The Andrews Sisters, Marlene Dietrich, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Louis Armstrong, Les Brown, The Ames Brothers | Album | |
| Golden Instrumentals | Harry James & Les Paul | Compil. | |
| The Post-War Period | Harry James | Album | |
| The Great American Dance Bands | Harry James | Compil. | |
| One Night Stand With Buddy Rich & Harry James | Buddy Rich & Harry James | Album |
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