Trumpet virtuoso, Big Band and Jazz legend, Harry James, performing one of his swingingest and most requested instrumentals, ULTRA, a James composition. This tune, written and first performed in 1948, in the middle of the Be Bop era of Jazz, reflects the versatility of the James band in covering all genres of music; Ballads, swinging Big Band Jazz instrumentals, Blues and Be Bop. This particular recording is from 1959. Harry James died in 1983 at the age of 67 after leading an all star Big Band for 44 years.
