FRI.     JUNE  1PRIVATE   Georg Muffat (1653) / Ferdinando Paër (1771) / Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804) / Edo de Waart (1941) / Richard Goode 1943) / Frederica von Stade (1945)

 

10 am    Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1

 

11 am    Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel (Symphonic Poem), op. 109

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Independent Overtures «» Overtures as independent compositions rather than as introductions to large-scale works.

 

 

SAT.     JUNE  2  Sir Edward Elgar (1857) / Felix Weingartner (1863) / Robin Orr (1909) / Marvin Hamlisch (1944)

 

9 am     Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39

 

10 am    Berg: Piano Sonata, op. 1

 

11 am    Paganini: Grand Sonata for Guitar in A Major

 

  noon     Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (“Easter Hymn”);  Dvorak: The Wood Dove (Symphonic Poem), op. 110;  Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, K. 379;  Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri (Overture)

 

1 pm     Khachaturian: Spartacus (Suite);  Bach: Partita for Violin in D Minor, S. 1004 (Chaconne);  Rodgers: Ghost Town (Ballet Suite)

 

2 pm     Beethoven: Symphony #8 in F Major, op. 93;  Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto #2 in G Minor, op. 22

 

3 pm     Poulenc: Gloria for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra

 

6 pm     ONE GREAT SONG «» I’ll Remember April «» Recordings by Errol Garner, Bobby Darin, George Shearing, Julie London, Charlie Parker, and Chet Baker

 

 

SUN.     JUNE  3  James Hook (1746) / Charles Lecocq (1832) / Roland Hayes (1887) / Jan Peerce (1904)

 

3 pm     THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Bramwell Tovey, conductor and narrator; Benjamin Hochman, piano; Orion Weiss, piano «» Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Overture);  Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals;  Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34;  Ravel: Bolero

 

 

MON.    JUNE  4  James Hewitt (1770) / Yevgeny Mravinsky (1903) / Robert Merrill (1919) / Cecilia Bartoli (1966)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» In a Pastoral Mood «» Today’s program takes us on a bucolic musical journey.

 

  6:55     Mario Lanza and Friends

 

7 pm     Monday Evening Piano Concerto

 

8 pm     GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Van Cliburn «» Music of Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Szymanowski, Schumann, Prokofiev, MacDowell, and Rachmaninoff

 

9 pm     Liadov: Kikimora (Legend for Orchestra), op. 63;  Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto #2 in D Minor, op. 40;  Roussel: Symphony #3 in G Minor, op. 42

 

10 pm    Foote: Nocturne and Scherzo (for Flute and String Quartet); Verdi: La Traviata (Act 2/Scene 1)

 

11 pm    Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise, op. 55;  Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra #3 in G Major, op. 55

 

 

TUE.     JUNE  5  Jacob Ahlström (1805) / Daniel Pinkham (1923) / Martha Argerich (1941)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Past Due Accounts «» A look at some of the many compositions written in tribute to masters of a past era.

 

8 pm     EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Tenor Mario Filippeschi and His Colleagues

 

 

WED.    JUNE  6  Sir John Stainer (1840) / Aram Khachaturian (1903) / Vincent Persichetti (1915) / Iain Hamilton (1922) / Klaus Tennstedt (1926) / Philippe Entremont (1934) / Paul Esswood (1942)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Why Play It Again, Sam? «» A look at the need or the liberty of repeating certain parts of large-scale compositions.

 

9 pm     Khachaturian: Gayne (excerpts);  Chopin: Ballade for Piano #4 in F Minor, op. 52;  Beethoven: Symphony #1 in C Major, op. 21

 

10 pm    Dvorak: Serenade for Wind Instruments in D Minor, op. 44;  Strauss: Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 8

 

11 pm    Persichetti: Divertimento for Band, op. 42;  Goldmark: Rustic Wedding (Symphonic Poem), op. 26

 

 

THU.     JUNE  7  Alexander Ritter (1833) / George Szell (1897) / Boris Goldovsky (1908) / Charles Strouse (1928) / Jaime Laredo (1941) / Roberto Alagna (1963)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» The Name’s the Same «» An exploration of literary characters (such as Romeo and Juliet) who live on in the works of various masters.

 

6 pm     Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song for Piano and Orchestra, op. 25;  Bach: Suite for Orchestra #2 in B Minor, S. 1067

 

7 pm     Brahms: A German Requiem, op. 45

 

8 pm     Beethoven: String Quartet #9 in C Major, op. 59/#3 (“Rasoumovsky” #3);  Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody #1 in F Minor

 

9 pm     GOOD FOLK «» New Folk «» Mary Chapin Carpenter: The Calling;  Buddy Mondlock: Edge of the World;  Jorma Kaukonen: Stars in My Crown;  Uncle Earl: Waterloo, Tennessee;  Dr. John: Mercernary;  Anaďs Mitchell: The Brightness;  Alice De Micele: By Ebb and by Flow;  Angelique Kidjo: Salala;  Putumayo World Party

 

11 pm    NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» David Sterling: Along the Curve;  Jean François Maljean: Gallery

 

 

FRI.     JUNE  8  Laurent de Saint-Luc (1663) / Robert Schumann (1810) / Paula Robison (1941) / Emanuel Ax (1949)

 

10 am    Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B-flat Major, G. 482

 

11 am    Copland: Appalachian Spring

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Schumann’s Romantic Brand «» On the composer’s birthday, a look at the various romantic elements found in the music of Robert Schumann.

 

 

SAT.     JUNE  9  Otto Nicolai (1810) / Albéric Magnard (1865) / Carl Nielsen (1865) / Cole Porter (1891) / Ingolf Dahl (1912) / Charles Wuorinen (1938) / Ileana Cotrubas (1939)

 

9 am     Porter: medley

 

10 am    Balakirev: Piano Sonata #1 in B-flat Minor, op. 5

 

11 am    Nielsen: Symphony #4, op. 29 “The Inextinguishable”

 

  noon     Sowash: Fantasy on Shenandoah

 

1 pm     Kalinnikov: The Cedar and the Palm (Symphonic Picture)

 

2 pm     Balakirev: Symphony #1 in C Major

 

3 pm     Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande (Incidental Music), op. 46 (Suite)

 

6 pm     ONE GREAT SONG «» My Funny Valentine «» Recordings by Bill Evans & Jim Hall, Chet Baker, Lucky Thompson, Carly Simon, Miles Davis, and Chico Hamilton

 

 

SUN.     JUNE  10  Frederick Loewe (1904) / Robert Still (1910) / Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911) / John Edmunds (1913) / Judy Garland (1922) / Bruno Bartoletti (1926)

 

3 pm     THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Julian Rachlin, violin «» Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture, op. 36;  Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto #3 in B Minor, op. 61;  Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

 

MON.    JUNE  11  Francesco Bonporti (1672) / Richard Strauss (1864) / Risë Stevens (1913) / Carlisle Floyd (1926)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Mozart’s Spirituality «» Today’s program features some of the liturgical works of Mozart, such as parts of Masses and other liturgical works.

 

  6:55     Mario Lanza and Friends

 

7 pm     Monday Evening Piano Concerto

 

8 pm     GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Clifford Curzon «» Music of Schubert and Brahms

 

9 pm     Adams: The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra);  Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Romance for Violin and Orchestra);  Schubert: Symphony #5 in B-flat Major, D. 485

 

10 pm    Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A Minor, op. 114;  Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

 

11 pm    Ives: Set of Four Ragtime Dances;  Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40

 

 

TUE.     JUNE  12  Werner Josten (1885) / Alexandre Tansman (1897) / Maurice Ohana (1914) / Oliver Knussen (1952)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Name the Composer «» The monthly mystery composer quiz, challenging you to identify a famous composer by listening to that composer’s music, ranging from the unfamiliar to the well-known.

 

8 pm     EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Opera Espańola (Jesús López, guest)

 

 

WED.    JUNE  13  Christian Ludwig Dieter (1757) / Antonín Vranicky (1761) / Adolf Neuendorff (1843) / Elisabeth Schumann (1888) / Carlos Chávez (1899) / Kurt Equiluz (1929) / Alan Civil (1929)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Ah! Me– «» Giving expression to longing, a program depicting various musical ways of sighing.

 

9 pm     Chávez: Symphony #2 “Sinfonia India”;  Chopin: Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs for Piano and Orchestra in A Major, op. 13;  Haydn: Symphony #86 in D Major

 

10 pm    Verdi: Macbeth (Ballet Music);  Berlioz: Harold in Italy (Symphony for Viola and Orchestra), op. 16

 

11 pm    Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D Major, op. 6/#7;  Scriabin: Symphony #3 in C Minor, op. 43 “The Divine Poem”

 

 

THU.     JUNE  14  Tomaso Albinoni (1671) / Antonio Sacchini (1730) / Johannes Mayr (1763) / Nicolai Rubinstein (1835) / John McCormack (1884) / Rudolf Kempe (1910)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» The Way It Was Meant to Be «» Many composers conceived their pieces for a certain group of instruments, which is then altered for a number of reasons.  Today’s program presents the original versions of such compositions.

 

6 pm     Rodgers (arr. Rbt. R. Bennett): The Sound of Music (A Symphonic Picture);  Susato (arr. Dunnigan): The Dansererye (excerpts)

 

7 pm     Harris: Symphony #9;  Handel: Concerto a due cori #3 (HWV 334)

 

8 pm     Mendelssohn: Symphony for Strings #8 in D Major

 

9 pm     GOOD FOLK «» Center Stage «» Carly Simon: Into White;  John Stewart: The Day the River Sang;  Sail Away—The Songs of Randy Newman;  Kim & Reggie Harris: Get on Board;  Evren Ozan: Alluvia

 

11 pm    NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Robert Jennings Collection: Adrift;  Kevin Keller: Santiago’s Dream

 

 

FRI.     JUNE  15  Franz Danzi (1763) / Nikolai Zaremba (1821) / Edvard Grieg (1843) / Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861) / Robert Russell Bennett (1894) / Otto Luening (1900) / Max Rudolf (1902)

 

10 am    Schumann: Quintet for Piano and Strings in E-flat Major, op. 44

 

11 am    Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto #1 in A Minor, op. 33

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Oh, My Poppa! «» Music written by the fathers of famous musical offspring.

 

 

SAT.     JUNE  16  Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637) / David Popper (1843) / Willi Boskovsky (1909) / Sergiu Comissiona (1928) / Lucia Dlugoszeewski (1931)

 

9 am     Ponchielli: La Gioconda (“Dance of the Hours”)

 

10 am    Sjögren: 6 Lieder from Julius Wolff’s Tannhäuser, op. 12

 

11 am    Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

 

  noon     Barber: Four Songs, op. 13 (#3 “Sure on This Shining Night”);  Dvorak: Symphony #1 in C Minor, op. 3 “The Bells of Zlonice”

 

1 pm     Mozart: Serenade for Wind Instruments in B-flat Major, K. 361 (“Gran Partita”);  Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ, op. 25 (“Shepherds’ Farewell”)

 

2 pm     Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A Minor;  Rutter: Mass of the Children

 

3 pm     Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras (#8, for Orchestra)

 

6 pm     ONE GREAT SONG «» Night and Day «» Recordings by Fred Astaire;  Dizzy Gillespie;  Frank Sinatra;  Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Bill Douglas & Red Calender;  Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66;  Jimmy Raney;  and Rod Stewart

 

 

SUN.     JUNE  17  Charles Gounod (1818) / Igor Stravinsky (1882) / H. Owen Reed (1910) / Don Gillis (1912) / Sir Edward Downes (1924) / Mignon Dunn (1932) / Christian Ferras (1933)

 

3 pm     THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor «» Brahms: Symphony #3 in F Major, op. 90;  Brahms: Symphony #4 in E Minor, op. 98

 

 

MON.    JUNE  18  Ignace Pleyel (1757) / Edward Steuermann (1892) / Manuel Rosenthal (1904) / Eduard Tubin (1905) / Paul McCartney (1942) / Eva Marton (1948)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» The Story of the Concerto «» An installment in the series illuminating the development of the concerto from its earliest beginnings to our time.

 

  6:55     Mario Lanza and Friends

 

7 pm     Monday Evening Piano Concerto

 

8 pm     GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Emil Gilels «» Music of Moszkowski, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Bach/Liszt, and Levitzki

 

9 pm     Rossini: Torvaldo e Dorliska (Overture);  Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #2 in F Major, op. 102;  Bruch: Symphony #1 in E-flat Major, op. 28

 

10 pm    Chabrier: Suite Pastorale;  Nielsen: Flute Concerto;  McCartney: Standing Stone

 

 

TUE.     JUNE  19  Johann Stamitz (1717) / Ferdinand David (1810) / Alfredo Catalani (1854)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Some Key Issues «» A discussion with illustrations of the character of the individual tonalities as used by various composers.

 

8 pm     EVENING AT THE OPERA «» The French Viardot-Garcia Inheritance: Litvinne-Lubin-Crespin (Geoffrey Riggs, guest)

 

 

WED.    JUNE  20  Jacques Offenbach (1819) / Helen Traubel (1899) / Brian Wilson (1942) / André Watts (1946)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» The Second Empire: Offenbach «» On the composer’s birthday, an examination of the cultural achievements and the cultural climate of Jacques Offenbach’s Paris.

 

9 pm     Ippolitov-Ivanov: Turkish March, op. 55;  Barber: Summer Music for Wind Quintet, op. 31;  Offenbach (arr. Rosenthal): Gaîté Parisienne

 

10 pm    Wagner: Lohengrin (“Elsa’s Dream”);  Liszt: Piano Concerto #1 in E-flat Major;  Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite

 

11 pm    Britten: Les Illuminations, op. 18 (for Tenor and Strings);  Schumann: Symphony #3 in E-flat Major, op. 97 “Rhenish”

 

 

THU.     JUNE  21  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732) / Hermann Scherchen (1891) / Pavel Haas (1899) / Louis Krasner (1903) / Judith Raskin (1932) / Lalo Schifrin (1932)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Cross-Fertilization «» Today’s program explores the influences composers had on each others’ works.

 

6 pm     Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer (Sacred Cantata for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra);  Lloyd: Concerto for Violin and Strings

 

7 pm     Dupré: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra in G Minor, op. 25;  Handel: Suite for Keyboard #11 in D Minor

 

8 pm     Schubert: Mass in E-flat Major, D. 950

 

9 pm     GOOD FOLK «» Eat and Sleep «» Christine Lavin Presents One Meat Ball;  Michael Jonathan: Evening Song;  Peter Ostroushko: Postcards

11 pm    NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Oystein Ramfjord: Amethystium;  One New Day: Autumn Musings

 

 

FRI.     JUNE  22  Pablo Bruna (1611) / Francesco Manfredini (1684) / Luigi Tomasini (1741) / Jennie Tourel (1900) / Sir Peter Pears (1910) / Paul Jacobs (1930)

 

10 am    Telemann: Suite for Flute and Strings in A Minor

 

11 am    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Baroque Keys «» A look at the sounds of keyboard instruments during the Baroque period.

 

 

SAT.     JUNE  23  Étienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763) / Carl Reinecke (1824) / Ernest Guiraud (1837) / Maude Valérie White (1855) / Mieczyslaw Horszowski (1892) / James Levine (1943)

 

9 am     Britten: Sinfonietta, op. 1

 

10 am    Schreck: Sonata for Oboe and Piano, op. 13

 

11 am    Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano #3 in D Minor, op. 108

 

  noon     Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G Major, S. 1049

 

1 pm     Rutter: Distant Land

 

2 pm     Schumann: Symphony #2 in C Major, op. 61

 

3 pm     Borodin (orch. Glazunov): Petite Suite

 

6 pm     ONE GREAT SONG «» How High the Moon «» Recordings by Benny Goodman, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Don Byas, and Gloria Gaynor

 

 

SUN.     JUNE  24  Harry Partch (1901) / Pierre Fournier (1906) / Hugo Distler (1908) / Milton Katims (1909) / Terry Riley (1935)

 

3 pm     THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC «» Lorin Maazel, conductor; Celena Shafer, soprano; Matthias Goerne, baritone; The New York Choral Artists (Joseph Flummerfelt, director) «» Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a;  Brahms: A German Requiem, op. 45

 

 

MON.    JUNE  25  Gustave Charpentier (1860) / William Busch (1901)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Degrees of Wind Velocity «» Today’s program illustrates the simulated sound of various wind strengths as found in musical compositions.

 

  6:55     Mario Lanza and Friends

 

7 pm     Monday Evening Piano Concerto

 

8 pm     GREAT PIANISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY with Mike Shakinovsky «» Sviatoslav Richter «» Music of Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, and Beethoven

 

9 pm     Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula (Rhapsodic Dance), op. 75;  Respighi: Fantasia Slava (for Piano and Orchestra);  d’Indy: Počme des Rivages, op. 77

 

10 pm    Rouse: Bonham (for 8 Percussionists);  Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto #3 in B Minor, op. 61;  Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn

 

 

TUE.     JUNE  26  Richard Crooks (1900) / Giuseppe Taddei (1916) / Jacob Druckman (1928) / Claudio Abbado (1933) / David Grusin (1934)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Visitors’ Visas «» Many famous composers have visited the United States, and today’s program investigates how those visits inspired certain aspects of their musical output.

 

8 pm     EVENING AT THE OPERA «» Donizetti: Don Pasquale

 

 

WED.    JUNE  27  Friedrich Silcher (1789) / Toti dal Monte (1893) / George Walker (1922) / Anna Moffo (1935) / Samuel Sanders (1937)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» The Grandeur of Simplicity «» Today’s program explores the ability of simple music to be transformed into the most uplifting music.

 

9 pm     Sibelius: En Saga, op. 9;  Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras (#5, for Soprano and 8 Cellos);  Borodin: Symphony #2 in B Minor

 

10 pm    Takemitsu: A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden;  Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, op. 104

 

11 pm    Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches (#4 “A Vagrom Ballad”);  Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony, op. 18

 

 

THU.     JUNE  28  Henry VIII (1491) / Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712) / Anton Stadler (1753) / Joseph Joachim (1831) / Richard Rodgers (1902) / Sergiu Celibidache (1912) / George Lloyd (1913) / Robert Xavier Rodriguez (1946)

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Rated PG «» A discussion of parental guidance which history has rated beneficial for famous youngsters.

 

6 pm     Beethoven: Leonore Prohaska (Incidental Music), WoO 96;  Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches (Set 1, op. 10)

 

7 pm     Brahms: Symphony #2 in D Major, op. 73;  Debussy: Premičre Rapsodie (for Clarinet and Orchestra)

 

8 pm     Mozart: Violin Concerto #2 in D Major, K. 211;  Verdi: Don Carlo (Ballet Music)

 

9 pm     GOOD FOLK «» The Spirit of America «» Cantata Choir & National Gallery Orchestra conducted by Richard Bales: The American Revolution—A Cantata Based on the Music of the American Colonies, 1775-1800;  Robert de Cormier Folk Singers: Heritage—American Songs and Ballads, 1750-1840;  Dale Warland Singers: Blue Wheat;  Hesperus: Early American Roots

 

11 pm    NEW MUSIC GALLERY «» Curtis Macdonald: Everlasting;  Dan Siegel: Departure;  R. Carlos Nakai: Reconnections

 

 

FRI.     JUNE  29  Luisa Tetrazzini (1871) / Aarre Merikanto (1893) / Leroy Anderson (1908) / Frank Loesser (1910) / Bernard Herrmann (1911) / Rafael Kubelík (1914) / Ezra Laderman (1924) / Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963)

 

10 am    Mozart: Piano Concerto #17 in G Major, K. 453

 

11 am    Massenet: Piano Concerto in E-flat Major

 

5 pm     KARL HAAS «» Laying It On «» Today’s program illustrates the phenomenon of superimposition of various themes in musical compositions.

 

 

SAT.     JUNE  30  Jiri Antonin Benda (1722) / Christian Ernst Graf (1723) / Riccardo Drigo (1846) / Laszló Lajtha (1892) / Lena Horne (1917)

 

9 am     Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581

 

10 am    Schubert: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, K. 667 (op. 114) “Trout”

 

11 am    Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 in A Major, op. 90 “Italian”

 

  noon     Black Sheep (African-American Lullaby);  Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, Hob. III:75 (op. 76/#1);  Handel: Water Music (Suite #1 in F Major)

 

1 pm     Berlioz: Grande Symphonie Funčbre et Triomphale, op. 15;  J. C. Bach: Harp Concerto in D Major, op. 1/#6;  Veracini: Overture #6 in B-flat Major

 

2 pm     Beethoven: Symphony #6 in F Major, op. 68 “Pastorale”;  Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34

 

3 pm     Schonberg: Les Misérables (Suite);  Barber: The Prayers of Kierkegaard, op. 30

 

6 pm     ONE GREAT SONG «» Summertime «» Recordings by Leontyne Price, Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Zoot Sims, Sidney Bechet, and Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong