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Best big band artists of the 1970s

Prog and hard rock spent the middle of the decade getting longer while dub and krautrock quietly assembled the rhythmic machinery that pop is still borrowing. Then punk turned up and told all of them to get to the point.

Everyone who released a big band album in the 1970s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Ray Charles№ 1Ray Charles1 album here3.8Weighted score3.7 avg · 9 ratings
  1. 2Dean MartinDean Martin1 album here1 rating
  2. 3Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington2 albums here
  3. 4Dizzy GillespieDizzy Gillespie1 album here
  4. 5Count BasieCount Basie1 album here
  5. 6Big Joe TurnerBig Joe Turner1 album here
  6. 7Janko NilovićJanko Nilović2 albums here
  7. 8Stan KentonStan Kenton4 albums here
  8. 9Johnny HarrisJohnny Harris1 album here
  9. 10Duke Ellington and His OrchestraDuke Ellington and His Orchestra6 albums here
  10. 11Alfred NewmanAlfred Newman1 album here
  11. 12Tommy DorseyTommy Dorsey1 album here
  12. 13The Sun Ra ArkestraThe Sun Ra Arkestra2 albums here
  13. 14Leon ThomasLeon Thomas1 album here

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