Top 10 Large Ensemble Performances


Note that this category is not limited to the traditional big band instrumentation.

  1. Duke Ellington: "Koko"
  2. Thad Jones and Mel Lewis: "Once Around"
  3. George Russell: "All About Rosie"
  4. Count Basie: "Topsy"
  5. Miles Davis with Gil Evans: "The Duke"
  6. Duke Ellington: "Cottontail"
  7. Fletcher Henderson: "Sugarfoot Stomp"
  8. Charles Mingus: "The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers"
  9. Stan Kenton with Bob Graettinger: "You Go To My Head"
  10. Count Basie: "April In Paris"