ArtistInfo

Woody Herman And The Swingin' Herd

Band,
Jazz
A.k.a. Woody Herman And The Fourth Herd

Please use this profile for the 1956 studio recordings on Capitol. For the 1960's big band, please use Woody Herman And The Swingin' Herd In June 1955, Woody Herman And His Orchestra in the stage of Woody Herman And His Third Herd was disbanded due to a Las Vegas show for the last months of 1955. At the end of the show in November 1955, a new, smaller ensemble, Woody Herman And His Octet, doing recording sessions for Capitol, was the nucleus for a new big band. This band was later called Woody Herman And The Fourth Herd. For the first recordings in 1956, Capitol called this band 'The Swinging Herd', which was later determined to be 'The Fourth Herd'. The name 'The Swinging Herd' was later used for the 1960's successor Woody Herman And The Swingin' Herd. The early 'Swinging Herd'-stage ended with the recordings on May16th, 1956 in Chicago.

Members

	Burt Collins tr, fh 1931-2007 US
	Wayne Andre tb 1931-2003 US
	Woody Herman cl, as 1913-1987 US
	Victor Feldman vib, p, perc 1934-1987 GB
	Vince Guaraldi p 1928-1976 US
	Billy Bauer g 1915-2005 US
	Monty Budwig b 1926-1992 US
	Bill Harris tb 1916-1973 US
	Paul Serrano tr 1932-2015 US
	Bobby Lamb tb *1931 IE
	Will Bradley tb 1912-1989 US
	Dick Collins tr *1924 US
	Richie Kamuca ts 1930-1977 US
	Jay Cameron bs, sax 1928-2001 US
	Cy Touff tr, b 1927-2003
	John Coppola tr 1929-2015 US
	Arno Marsh ts, sax
	Robert Hardaway sax, ts *1928 US
	Remo Biondi g 1905-1981 US
	Gus Gustafson dr US
	Bill Castagnino tr
	Dud Harvey tr
	Bill Bradley dr US
	Terry Ross tr