Nine Gone Big Bands of 1949

Once bebop became a national sensation, leading big bands got into the act

Once the second American Federation of Musicians’ recording ban ended in the fall of 1948, big bands returned to the studios. While musicians had refused to record in an effort to pressure record companies to make payments into a union retirement fund, bebop became a national sensation. [Photo above of Chubby Jackson in 1947 at New York’s Onyx Club by W…