ArtistInfo

Woody Herman And The Swingin' Herd

Band,
Jazz

Please use this profile for the 1960's big band and their releases. For the big band with the same name on 1956 studio recordings on Capitol, please use Woody Herman And The Swingin' Herd (2) The first appearance of the name 'Swingin Herd' came, after the chapter Woody Herman And The Las Vegas Herd was closed at the end of 1955. In the later stage of Woody Herman And The Fourth Herd, Herman tended more and more to work with smaller units of the big band. After a road tour in 1959, Herman found the fourth herd 'no more swinging'. So the fourth herd was disbanded in October 1959. The Swinging Herd was founded by Herman in January 1960 in New York City with many young and motivated musicians, the first appearance was in Chicago in a TV show on January 22nd, 1960. It was the Woody Herman orchestra in the early and mid-sixties and lasted as last continuous big band of Woody Herman. This period ended with the 1967 Monterey Jazz Festival, when the era of e.g. Woody Herman And The Thundering Herd and other big bands coexisted in the Woody Herman universe to enter the Fusion era.

Members

	Stan Getz ts 1927-1991 US
	Gerry Mulligan bs 1927-1996 US
	Dusko Goykovich tr, fh *1931 DE
	Marvin Stamm tr *1939 US
	Clark Terry tr, fh 1920-2015 US
	Woody Herman cl, as 1913-1987 US
	Rolf Ericson tr 1922-1997 SE
	Dick Hafer ts 1927-2012 US
	Charlie Byrd g 1925-1999 US
	Joe Romano as, fl, ts 1932-2008 US
	Willie Dennis tb 1926-1965 US
	Bill Byrne tr, fh
	John Best tr 1913-2003 US
	Joe Carroll voc 1919-1981 US
	Victor Feldman vib, p, perc 1934-1987 GB
	Chuck Flores dr *1935 US
	Joe Farrell ts, fl 1937-1986 US
	Jim Hall g 1930-2013 US
	Babe Russin sax, ts 1911-1984 US
	Jimmy Giuffre cl, ts 1921-2008 US
	Frank Foster ts, sax 1928-2011 US
	Urbie Green tb *1926 US
	Pepper Adams bs, sax 1930-1986 US
	Zoot Sims ts 1925-1985 US
	Marky Markowitz tr 1923-1986 US
	Frank Vicari ts 1931-2006 US
	Julian Priester tb *1935 US
	Monty Budwig b 1926-1992 US
	Jimmy Rowles p 1918-1996 US
	Bill Perkins ts 1924-2003 US
	Mel Lewis dr 1929-1990 US
	Russ Freeman p 1926-2002 US
	Mel Wanzo tb 1930-2005 US
	Lyn Biviano tr, fh *1946 US
	Freddie Green g 1911-1987 US
	Bill Hood bs, ss, sax *1924
	Gus Johnson dr 1913-2000 US
	Bob Cooper ts 1925-1993 US
	Jack Sheldon tr *1931 US
	Al Porcino tr 1925-2013 DE
	Conte Candoli tr 1927-2001 US
	Pete Candoli tr 1923-2008 US
	Conrad Gozzo tr 1922-1964 US
	Ray Linn tr 1920-1996 US
	Al Gibbons ss, ts
	Bill Watrous tb *1939 US
	Carl Fontana tb 1928-2003 US
	Red Norvo vib 1908-1999 US
	Bobby Jones ts, cl US
	Joe Newman tr 1922-1992 US
	Paul Gonsalves ts, sax 1920-1974 US
	Gus Bivona sax, cl 1915-1996 US
	Herb Harper tb *1920 US
	Skeets Herfurt sax 1911-1992 US
	Harry Babasin b, vc 1921-1988 US
	Joe Triscari tr 1914-1961 US
	Don Rader tr *1935 US
	Mary Ann McCall voc 1919-1994 US
	Si Zentner tb 1917-2000 US
	Murray McEachern tb 1915-1982 CA
	Milt Bernhart tb 1926-2004 US
	Michael Moore b *1945 US
	Joe Howard tb 1919-1995 US
	Mickey Folus ts
	Joe Temperley bs *1929 GB
	Gene Allen bs, bcl 1928-2008 US
	Sal Nistico ts 1938-1991 US
	Jack Gale tb US
	Bill Chase tr 1934-1974 US
	Gerry Lamy tr US
	Gordon Brisker ts 1937-2004 US
	Chuck Andrus b 1928-1997 US
	Dave Gale tr
	Paul Fontaine tr US
	Phil Wilson tb *1937 US
	Jake Hanna dr 1931-2010 US
	Nat Pierce p 1925-1992 US
	Eddie Morgan tb US
	Ziggy Harrell tr US
	Ray Triscari tr 1923-1996 US
	Albert Dailey p 1939-1984 US
	Buddy Clark b US
	Karl De Karske tb US
	Richie Kamuca ts 1930-1977 US
	Frank Ippolito dr US
	Jimmy Campbell dr 1928-1998 US
	Bob Daugherty b, cb, eb US
	Bill Berry tr 1930-2002 US
	Ken Ascher p, syn *1944 US
	Ronnie Zito dr *1939 US
	Tom Anastas bs US
	Bobby Shew tr, fh *1941 US
	Lou Orenstein fl US
	Ian McDougall tb, voc *1938 CA
	Steve Marcus ts, ss, sax 1939-1987 US
	Med Flory as, voc 1926-2014 US
	Alex Rodriguez tr
	Dick Ruedebusch tr 1916-1989 US
	Marvin Holladay bs, sax US
	Gene Roland tr 1921-1982 US
	Don Lanphere ts, ss 1928-2003 US
	Dick Meldonian as 1930-2017 US
	Sam Noto tr *1930 US
	Lloyd Michels tr, fh
	John Stevens sax US
	Rufus Jones dr 1936-1990 US
	Henry Southall tb US
	Larry Ford tr
	Hal Espinosa tr US
	Ron Myers tb
	Nick Brignola bs 1936-2002 US
	Art Koenig b US
	Gary Klein ts
	Irv Cottler dr 1918-1989 US
	Marty Harris p US
	Bill Smiley tb US
	Frank Huggins tr US
	Mickey Mangano tr US
	Virgil Gonsalves bs *1931 US
	Roger Neumann bs, sax, ts *1941 US
	Tony Rizzi g 1923-1992 US
	Andrew McGhee ts *1927 US
	Larry McKenna ts, as, sax US
	Mike Alterman p
	Frank Tesinsky tb
	Chet Ferretti tr US
	Frank Hittner bs, bcl
	Billy Usselton sax, ts 1926-1994 US
	Jimmy Mosher fl, as 1938-1987 US
	Jack Schwartz bs US
	Jimmy Guinn tb, voc US
	Larry Covelli ts, cl, fl, as US
	Paul Guerrero dr US
	Sonny Costanzo tb 1932-1993 US
	Norman Pockrandt p
	Donald Doane tb US
	Kent McGarity tb
	Bob Jenkins tb US
	Larry Rockwell b US
	Don Young tb US
	Carmen Leggio ts 1927-2009 US
	Fred Woods tb CA
	Tony Leonardi b US
	Ken Wenzel tb US
	Noah Brandmark sax US
	Andy Pino sax US
	Raoul Romero ts
	Billy Hunt tr US
	Bob Stroup tb CA
	Danny Nolan tr US
	Bob Rudolph tb US
	Jim Foy tb
	Bob Pierson ts US
	John Crews tr
	Gustavo Maas ts
	Pedro Chao ts CU
	Jerry Collins tb
	Gary Potter b US
	Jimmy Bennett tr US
	John Woehrmann tb, b US
	George Hanna tb
	Jack Stevens as, cl
	Tony Prentice p, key US
	Alex Cirin, Jr. US