Release Date: 12 December, 2000
Audio CD
Tracks
- Wolverine Blues - Louis Armstrong
- You Rascal You - Louis Armstrong
- Cut off My Legs and Call Me "Shorty" - Louis Armstrong
- Satchel Mouth Swing - Louis Armstrong
- Love Walked In - Louis Armstrong
- Swing That Music - Louis Armstrong
- Dusky Stevedore - Louis Armstrong
- That's My Home - Louis Armstrong
- I'm Shooting High - Louis Armstrong
- (Was I to Blame For) Falling in Love With You? - Louis Armstrong
- Solitude - Louis Armstrong
- I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music - Louis Armstrong
- It's Wonderful - Louis Armstrong
- Flat Foot Floogie - Louis Armstrong
- On the Sunny Side of the Street - Louis Armstrong
- Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong
- Lazybones - Louis Armstrong
- Cain and Abel - Louis Armstrong
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong
- Leap Frog - Louis Armstrong
- I Used to Love You (But It's All over Now) - Louis Armstrong
- (Get Some) Cash for Your Trash - Louis Armstrong
- Among My Souvenirs - Louis Armstrong
- Coquette - Louis Armstrong
- Our Delight - Dizzy Gillespie
- Ray's Idea - Dizzy Gillespie
- Things to Come - Dizzy Gillespie
- Emanon - Dizzy Gillespie
- Ow! - Dizzy Gillespie
- Oop-Pop-A-Da - Dizzy Gillespie
- Two Bass Hit - Dizzy Gillespie
- Stay on It - Dizzy Gillespie
- Algo Bueno (Woody 'N' You) - Dizzy Gillespie
- Cool Breeze - Dizzy Gillespie
- Cubana Be - Dizzy Gillespie
- Cubana Bop - Dizzy Gillespie
- Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie
- Good Bait - Dizzy Gillespie
- Ool-Ya-Koo - Dizzy Gillespie
- Minor Walk - Dizzy Gillespie
- Lover, Come Back to Me - Dizzy Gillespie
- I'm Be Boppin' Too - Dizzy Gillespie
- Duff Capers - Dizzy Gillespie
- Vibe Boogie - Lionel Hampton
- Screamin' Boogie - Lionel Hampton
- Doublin' With Dublin - Lionel Hampton
- Ribs and Hot Sauce - Lionel Hampton
- Blow Top Blues - Lionel Hampton
- Two Finger Boogie - Lionel Hampton
- Somebody - Lionel Hampton
- Beulah's Boogie - Lionel Hampton
- Playboy - Lionel Hampton
- Punch and Judy - Lionel Hampton
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton
- On the Sunny Side of the Street - Lionel Hampton
- Rockin' in Rhythm, Pt. 1 - Lionel Hampton
- Rockin' in Rhythm, Pt. 2 - Lionel Hampton
- Gay Notes - Lionel Hampton
- Tempo's Birthday - Lionel Hampton
- Hamp's Salty Blues - Lionel Hampton
- Ridin' on the L & N - Lionel Hampton
- Bolero at the Savoy - Gene Krupa
- I Know That You Know - Gene Krupa
- Fare Thee Well, Annie Laurie - Gene Krupa
- Wire Brush Stomp - Gene Krupa
- Nagasaki - Gene Krupa
- Jeepers Creepers - Gene Krupa
- Murdy Purdy - Gene Krupa
- To-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E - Gene Krupa
- Grandfather's Clock - Gene Krupa
- Apurksody - Gene Krupa
- Never Felt Better, Never Had Less - Gene Krupa
- Do You Wanna Jump, Children? - Gene Krupa
- Madam Swings It - Gene Krupa
- Dracula - Gene Krupa
- Symphony in Riffs - Gene Krupa
- Drummin' Man - Gene Krupa
- Georgia on My Mind - Gene Krupa
- Fool Am I - Gene Krupa
- Intermission Riff - Stan Kenton
- Artistry Jumps - Stan Kenton
- Painted Rhythm - Stan Kenton
- Peg O' My Heart - Stan Kenton
- Ecuador - Stan Kenton
- Opus in Pastels - Stan Kenton
- Capitol Punishment - Stan Kenton
- Rhythm Incorporated - Stan Kenton
- Lover - Stan Kenton
- Chorale for Brass, Piano and Bongo - Stan Kenton
- Abstraction - Stan Kenton
- Cuban Carnival - Stan Kenton
- Journey to Brazil - Stan Kenton
- Two Moose in a Caboose - Stan Kenton
- Body and Soul - Stan Kenton
- I Never Thought I'd Sing the Blues - Stan Kenton
- Solitude - Stan Kenton
- On the Sunny Side of the Street - Stan Kenton
- Begin the Beguine - Stan Kenton
- Scotch and Water - Stan Kenton
- Yesterdays - Stan Kenton
- Easy Street - Stan Kenton
- No Baby, Nobody But You - Stan Kenton
- Lover - Stan Kenton
- Everybody Swing - Stan Kenton
- I Got the Sun in the Morning - Stan Kenton
- It's Never Too Late to Pray - Stan Kenton
- Who's Got a Tent Fo Rent - Stan Kenton
- Tea for Two - Stan Kenton
- Come Rain or Come Shine - Stan Kenton
- Reed Rapture - Stan Kenton
- One Twenty - Stan Kenton
- Lover Man - Stan Kenton
- Cocktails for Two - Stan Kenton
- I Surrender, Dear - Stan Kenton
- End of the World - Stan Kenton
- Are You Here to Stay? - Chick Webb
- Moonlight and Magnolias - Chick Webb
- I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) - Chick Webb
- Facts and Figures - Chick Webb
- Go Harlem - Chick Webb
- Love Marches On - Chick Webb
- There's Frost on the Moon - Chick Webb
- Gee But You're Swell - Chick Webb
- Rusty Hinge - Chick Webb
- Wake up and Live - Chick Webb
- It's Swell of You - Chick Webb
- Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie - Chick Webb
- That Naughty Waltz - Chick Webb
- In a Little Spanish Town - Chick Webb
- I Got Rhythm - Chick Webb
- I Ain't Got Nobody - Chick Webb
- Strictly Jive - Chick Webb
- Frantic Fantasy - Duke Ellington
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington
- Black, Brown and Beige, Pt. 1: Blues - Duke Ellington
- Black, Brown and Biege, Pt. 2: West Indian Dance/Emancipation Celebrati - Duke Ellington
- Kissing Bug - Duke Ellington
- Everything But You - Duke Ellington
- (Otto Make That) Riff Staccato - Duke Ellington
- Prelude to a Kiss - Duke Ellington
- Caravan - Duke Ellington
- Black and Tan Fantasy - Duke Ellington
- Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington
- Harlem Air Shaft - Duke Ellington
- Minor Goes Muggin' - Duke Ellington
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington
- Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington
- Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face) - Duke Ellington
- I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Duke Ellington
- Solitude - Duke Ellington
- Stompin' at the Savoy - Chick Webb
- That's My Home - Chick Webb
- If Dreams Come True - Chick Webb
- Don't Be That Way - Chick Webb
- Down Home Rag - Chick Webb
- Love and Kisses - Chick Webb
- Rhythm and Romance - Chick Webb
- Sweet Sue, Just You - Chick Webb
- Squeeze Me - Chick Webb
- Harlem Congo - Chick Webb
- Hallelujah - Chick Webb
- Midnite in a Madhouse (Midnite in Harlem) - Chick Webb
- Dipsy Doodle - Chick Webb
- Azure - Chick Webb
- Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) - Chick Webb
- Spinnin' the Webb - Chick Webb
- Who Ya Hunchin'? - Chick Webb
- Four or Five Times - Jimmie Lunceford
- Organ Grinder's Swing - Jimmie Lunceford
- Harlem Shout - Jimmie Lunceford
- For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford
- Margie - Jimmie Lunceford
- 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) - Jimmie Lunceford
- Jazz Hot - Jimmie Lunceford
- Cheatin' on Me - Jimmie Lunceford
- Baby, Won't You Please Come Home - Jimmie Lunceford
- Lonesome Road - Jimmie Lunceford
- Mandy, Make up Your Mind - Jimmie Lunceford
- Ain't She Sweet - Jimmie Lunceford
- Well, All Right Then - Jimmie Lunceford
- Uptown Blues - Jimmie Lunceford
- Twenty-Four Robbers - Jimmie Lunceford
- Blues in the Night, Pts. 1 & 2 - Jimmie Lunceford
- I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, Pt. 1-2 - Jimmie Lunceford
- Back Door Stuff, Pts. 1 & 2 - Jimmie Lunceford
- Strictly Instrumental - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
- I'm Gonna See My Baby - Jimmie Lunceford
- Knock Me a Kiss - Jimmie Lunceford
- I Dream a Lot About You - Jimmie Lunceford
- Keep Smilin', Keep Laughin', Be Happy - Jimmie Lunceford
- Easy Street - Jimmie Lunceford
- I'm Losing My Mind (Because of You) - Jimmie Lunceford
- It Had to Be You - Jimmie Lunceford
- I'm in a Jam With Baby - Jimmie Lunceford
- Life Is Fine - Jimmie Lunceford
- Baby, Are You Kiddin'? - Jimmie Lunceford
- Honeydripper - Jimmie Lunceford
- Buzz-Buzz-Buzz - Jimmie Lunceford
- That Someone Must Be You - Jimmie Lunceford
- This Is My Confession to You - Jimmie Lunceford
- Jeep Rhythm - Jimmie Lunceford
- Blue Lou - Chick Webb
- Shipyard Ramble - Erskine Hawkins
- Nona - Erskine Hawkins
- Someone's Rocking My Dream Boat - Erskine Hawkins
- Soft Winds - Erskine Hawkins
- Night After Night - Erskine Hawkins
- Riff Time - Erskine Hawkins
- Keep Cool, Fool - Erskine Hawkins
- Hey Doc! - Erskine Hawkins
- Blackout - Erskine Hawkins
- I Know a Secret - Erskine Hawkins
- I Love You Truly - Erskine Hawkins
- Jumpin' in a Julep Joint - Erskine Hawkins
- Who's Beatin' My Time With You? - Erskine Hawkins
- S'posin' - Erskine Hawkins
- Tonight You Belong to Me - Erskine Hawkins
- No Use Squawkin - Erskine Hawkins
- Sometimes - Erskine Hawkins
- So Long, Shorty - Erskine Hawkins
- Uncke Bud - Erskine Hawkins
- I Don't Want to Walk Without You - Erskine Hawkins
- I'm in a Low Down Groove - Erskine Hawkins
- Blue Sea - Erskine Hawkins
- Tippin' In - Erskine Hawkins
- I Hope to Die of I Told a Lie - Erskine Hawkins
- Caldonia - Erskine Hawkins
- No, Baby, Nobodybut You - Erskine Hawkins
- Drifting Alone - Erskine Hawkins
- Bicycle Bounce - Erskine Hawkins
- Good Dip - Erskine Hawkins
- Don't Cry Baby - Erskine Hawkins
- 'Tain't No Good - Erskine Hawkins
- I Guess I'll Have to Get Along Without You - Erskine Hawkins
- Knock Me a Kiss - Erskine Hawkins
- Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams - Erskine Hawkins
- Lucky Seven (Bill's Tune) - Erskine Hawkins
- Bear Mash Blues - Erskine Hawkins
- Fifteen Years (I'm Still Serving Time) - Erskine Hawkins
- Remember - Erskine Hawkins
- Country Boys - Erskine Hawkins
- Let's Have Fun Tonight - Erskine Hawkins
- Prove It by the Things You Do - Erskine Hawkins
- Holiday for Swing - Erskine Hawkins
- Stempede - Fletcher Henderson
- It's Wearin' Me Down - Fletcher Henderson
- Back in Your Own Backyard - Fletcher Henderson
- You're in Love With Love - Fletcher Henderson
- All God's Chillun Got Rhythm - Fletcher Henderson
- What's Your Story - Fletcher Henderson
- Posin' - Fletcher Henderson
- If You Ever Should Leave - Fletcher Henderson
- Sing You Sinners - Fletcher Henderson
- (I've Been) Saving Myself for You - Fletcher Henderson
- There's Rain in My Eyes - Fletcher Henderson
- Rose Room - Fletcher Henderson
- Rhythm of the Tambourine - Fletcher Henderson
- Slumming on Park Avenue - Fletcher Henderson
- If It's the Last Thing I Do - Fletcher Henderson
- What Do You Hear from the Mob in Scotland - Fletcher Henderson
- Trees - Fletcher Henderson
- Let 'Er Go - Fletcher Henderson
- It's the Little Things That Count - Fletcher Henderson
- Worried Over You - Fletcher Henderson
- Stealin' Apples - Fletcher Henderson
- Moten Stomp - Fletcher Henderson
- Don't Let the Rhythm Go to Your Head - Fletcher Henderson
- Great Caesar's Ghost - Fletcher Henderson
- Chris and His Gang - Fletcher Henderson
- Jump for Joy - Duke Ellington
- Chelsea Bridge - Duke Ellington
- Johnny Come Lately - Duke Ellington
- Moon Mist - Duke Ellington
- Main Stem - Duke Ellington
- What Am I Here For? - Duke Ellington
- Perdido - Duke Ellington
- C Jam Blues - Duke Ellington
- I'm Beginning to See the Light - Duke Ellington
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be - Duke Ellington
- In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington
- Caravan - Duke Ellington
- Black and Tan Fantasy - Duke Ellington
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington
- Sultry Sunset - Duke Ellington
- Blue Skies [Trumpet No End] - Duke Ellington
- Magenta Haze - Duke Ellington
- On a Turquoise Cloud - Duke Ellington
- Park at 106th - Duke Ellington
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me - Duke Ellington
- Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues - Duke Ellington
- I'm Beginning to See the Light - Duke Ellington
- Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know) - Duke Ellington
- I Didn't Know About You - Duke Ellington
- Word Song - Duke Ellington
- Come Sunday - Duke Ellington
- Blues - Duke Ellington
- Three Dances - Duke Ellington
- Carnegie Blues - Duke Ellington
- Blue Cellophane - Duke Ellington
- Mood to Be Wooed - Duke Ellington
- My Heart Sings - Duke Ellington
- Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington
- Bug in a Rug - Duke Ellington
- Mooche - Duke Ellington
- Kandylamb - Duke Ellington
- Perfume Suite, Pt. 1: Under the Blacony/Strange Feeling - Duke Ellington
- Perfume Suite, Pt. 2: Dancers in Love/Coloatura - Duke Ellington
- Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie
- One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
- Swingin' in the Blues - Count Basie
- Topsy - Count Basie
- Every Tub - Count Basie
- Twelfth Street Rag - Count Basie
- Oh, Lady Be Good - Count Basie
- Jive at Five - Count Basie
- Texas Shuffle - Count Basie
- Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie - Count Basie
- Tickle Toe - Count Basie
- I Never Knew - Count Basie
- Love Jumped Out - Count Basie
- Super Chief - Count Basie
- Red Bank Boogie - Count Basie
- Rhythm Man - Count Basie
- Fiesta in Blue - Count Basie
- Yeah Man! - Count Basie
- Weary Blues - Tommy Dorsey
- Royal Garden Blues - Tommy Dorsey
- Liebestraum - Tommy Dorsey
- Mendelssohn's Spring Song - Tommy Dorsey
- Sheik of Araby - Tommy Dorsey
- Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey
- Hawaiian War Chant - Tommy Dorsey
- Imagination - Tommy Dorsey
- East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) - Tommy Dorsey
- Whispering - Tommy Dorsey
- Stardust - Tommy Dorsey
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Tommy Dorsey
- Yes, Indeed! - Tommy Dorsey
- Blue Skies - Tommy Dorsey
- What Is This Thing Called Love? - Tommy Dorsey
- Well Git It - Tommy Dorsey
- There Are Such Things - Tommy Dorsey
- Opus One - Tommy Dorsey
- On the Sunny Side of the Street - Tommy Dorsey
- Chicago - Tommy Dorsey
- I'm Getting Sentimental over You - Tommy Dorsey
- Dance of the Gremlins - Count Basie
- G.I. Stomp [Red Bank Boogie] - Count Basie
- Yeah Man! - Count Basie
- Rhythm Man - Count Basie
- Kansas City Stride - Count Basie
- Beaver Junction - Count Basie
- Circus in Rhythm - Count Basie
- Aunt Hagar's Country Home - Count Basie
- Gee, Baby Ain't I Good to You? - Count Basie
- Basie Strides Again (Along Avenue C) - Count Basie
- Harvard Blues - Count Basie
- Jimmy's Blues - Count Basie
- I Didn't Know About You - Count Basie
- Red Bank Boogie - Count Basie
- Taps Miller - Count Basie
- Jimmy's Blues - Count Basie
- Take Me Back, Baby - Count Basie
- Playhouse No. 2 Stomp [Variations on "I Got Rhythm"] - Count Basie
- Old Manuscript - Count Basie
- On the Upbeat - Count Basie
- Jubilee - Harry James
- When We're Alone - Harry James
- Can't I? - Harry James
- Life Goes to a Party - Harry James
- Texas Chatter - Harry James
- Song of the Wanderer - Harry James
- It's the Dreamer in Me - Harry James
- One O'Clock Jump - Harry James
- Out of Nowhere - Harry James
- Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) - Harry James
- Lullaby in Rhythm - Harry James
- Little White Lies - Harry James
- Boo Woo - Harry James
- Woo-Woo - Harry James
- Home James - Harry James
- Jesse - Harry James
- Ciribiribin (They're So in Love) - Harry James
- Sweet Georgia Brown - Harry James
- Blame It on My Last Affair - Harry James
- Love's a Necessary Thing - Harry James
- 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) - Harry James
- Two O'Clock Jump - Harry James
- Camel Hop - Benny Goodman
- True Confession - Benny Goodman
- Life Goes to a Party - Benny Goodman
- I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) - Benny Goodman
- It's Wonderful - Benny Goodman
- Thanks for the Memory - Benny Goodman
- Life Goes to a Party - Benny Goodman
- If Dreams Come True - Benny Goodman
- I'm Like a Fish Out of Water - Benny Goodman
- Sweet Stranger - Benny Goodman
- Please Be Kind - Benny Goodman
- Ti-Pi-Tin - Benny Goodman
- Oooooh-Oh Boom! - Benny Goodman
- Always and Always - Benny Goodman
- Make Believe - Benny Goodman
- Blue Room - Benny Goodman
- And the Angels Sing - Harry James
- (Back Home Again In) Indiana - Harry James
- Got No Time - Harry James
- King Porter Stomp - Harry James
- Comes Love - Harry James
- I Can't Afford to Dream - Harry James
- I Found a New Baby - Harry James
- Fannie May - Harry James
- From the Bottom of My Heart - Harry James
- Sugar Daddy - Harry James
- Melancholy Mood - Harry James
- Avalon - Harry James
- My Buddy - Harry James
- Vol Vistu Gaily Star - Harry James
- Flash - Harry James
- It's Funny to Everyone But Me - Harry James
- Here Comes the Night - Harry James
- Willow Weep for Me - Harry James
- Feet Draggin' Blues - Harry James
- All or Nothing at All - Harry James
- On a Little Street in Singapore - Harry James
- Who Told You I Cared? - Harry James
- Sleepy Time Gal - Harry James
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Benny Goodman
- Silhouetted in the Moonlight - Benny Goodman
- Loch Lomond - Benny Goodman
- Thanks for the Memory - Benny Goodman
- Bei Mir Bist du Schon, Pts. 1 & 2 - Benny Goodman
- I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Benny Goodman
- This Can't Be Love - Benny Goodman
- And the Angels Sing - Benny Goodman
- Get Rhythm in Your Feet (and Music in Your Soul) - Benny Goodman
- It's Been So Long - Benny Goodman
- Goody Goody - Benny Goodman
- All My Life - Benny Goodman
- Too Good to Be True - Benny Goodman
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) - Benny Goodman
- There's a Small Hotel - Benny Goodman
- You Turned the Tables on Me - Benny Goodman
- Concerto for Clarinet, Pts. 1 & 2 - Artie Shaw
- King for a Day - Artie Shaw
- Stardust - Artie Shaw
- Prelude in C Major - Artie Shaw
- Chantez Les Bas (Sing 'Em Low) - Artie Shaw
- What Is There to Say? - Artie Shaw
- Who's Excited? - Artie Shaw
- Confessin' (That I Love You) - Artie Shaw
- Solid Sam - Artie Shaw
- Take Your Shoes off Baby (And Start Runnin' Through My Mind) - Artie Shaw
- Love Me a Little Little - Artie Shaw
- Blues in the Night - Artie Shaw
- Beyond the Blue Horizon {from the Paramount Film "Monte Carlo"} - Artie Shaw
- Deuces Wild - Artie Shaw
- Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat - Artie Shaw
- Rockin' Chair - Artie Shaw
- Just Kiddin' Around - Artie Shaw
- Carnival - Artie Shaw
- St. James Infirmary - Artie Shaw
- Needlenose - Artie Shaw
- Two in One Blues - Artie Shaw
- Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
- Sunrise Serenade - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
- Jumpin' Jive - Glenn Miller
- Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller
- Hallelujah! - Glenn Miller
- In the Mood - Glenn Miller
- Farewell Blues - Glenn Miller
- Johnson Rag - Glenn Miller
- My Melancholy Baby - Glenn Miller
- Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller
- Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller
- Anvil Chorus - Glenn Miller
- Under a Blanket of Blue - Glenn Miller
- Song of the Volga Boatmen - Glenn Miller
- Sun Valley Jump - Glenn Miller
- Perfidia - Glenn Miller
- Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
- String of Pearls - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
- American Patrol - Glenn Miller
- (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller
- Serenade in Blue - Glenn Miller
- St. Louis Blues - Glenn Miller
- Anvil Chorus - Glenn Miller
- Japanese Sandman - Artie Shaw
- Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody - Artie Shaw
- I Used to Be Above Love - Artie Shaw
- No Regrets - Artie Shaw
- South Sea Island Magic - Artie Shaw
- It Ain't Right - Artie Shaw
- Sugar Foot Stomp - Artie Shaw
- Thou Swell - Artie Shaw
- You're Giving Me a Song and Dance - Artie Shaw
- One, Two, Button Your Shoe - Artie Shaw
- Let's Call a Heart a Heart - Artie Shaw
- Skeleton in the Closet - Artie Shaw
- There's Something in the Air - Artie Shaw
- Take Another Guess - Artie Shaw
- There's Frost on the Moon - Artie Shaw
- Love and Learn - Artie Shaw
- Moon Face - Artie Shaw
- Same Old Line - Artie Shaw
- You Can Tell She Comes from Dixie - Artie Shaw
- Farewell Blues - Glenn Miller
- St. Louis Blues March - Glenn Miller
- Stardust - Glenn Miller
- Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller
- Poinciana - Glenn Miller
- Blues in My Heart - Glenn Miller
- Begin the Beguine - Glenn Miller
- Over There - Glenn Miller
- Here We Go Again - Glenn Miller
- Everybody Loves My Baby - Glenn Miller
- Sun Valley Jump - Glenn Miller
- Juke Box Saturday Night - Glenn Miller
- My Blue Heaven - Glenn Miller
- Jeep Jockey Jump - Glenn Miller
- Flying Home - Glenn Miller
- Rug Cutter's Swing - Fletcher Henderson
- Where There's You There's Me - Fletcher Henderson
- Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) - Fletcher Henderson
- I'll Always Be in Love With You - Fletcher Henderson
- Do You or Don't You Love Me? - Fletcher Henderson
- Hotter Than 'Ell - Fletcher Henderson
- Christopher Columbus - Fletcher Henderson
- I'm a Fool for Loving You - Fletcher Henderson
- Grand Terrace Rhythm - Fletcher Henderson
- Jimtown Blues - Fletcher Henderson
- Moonrise on the Lowlands - Fletcher Henderson
- Sing, Sing, Sing - Fletcher Henderson
- Big Chief de Sota (Grand Terrace Swing) - Fletcher Henderson
- Riffin' - Fletcher Henderson
- Mary Had a Little Lamb - Fletcher Henderson
- Shoe Shine Boy - Fletcher Henderson
- Stealin' Apples - Fletcher Henderson
- Knock, Knock, Who's There? - Fletcher Henderson
- What Will I Tell My Heart? - Fletcher Henderson
- Until Today - Fletcher Henderson
- Wild Party - Fletcher Henderson
- You Can Depend on Me - Fletcher Henderson
- Blue Lou - Fletcher Henderson
- Jangled Nerves - Fletcher Henderson
- Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman
- Northwest Passage - Woody Herman
- I've Got News for You - Woody Herman
- Bijou - Woody Herman
- Goof and I - Woody Herman
- Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe - Woody Herman
- Early Autumn [Summer Sequence Pt. 4] - Woody Herman
- Sidewalks of Cuba - Woody Herman
- Keen and Peachy - Woody Herman
- Everywhere - Woody Herman
- Four Brothers - Woody Herman
- Goosey Gander - Woody Herman
- Blowin' up a Storm - Woody Herman
- Keeper of the Flame - Woody Herman
- Early Autumn - Woody Herman
- Lemon Drop - Woody Herman
- Where Are You? - Tommy Dorsey
- That Foolish Feeling - Tommy Dorsey
- There's Frost on the Moon - Tommy Dorsey
- Tea on the Terrace - Tommy Dorsey
- I'm in a Dancing Mood - Tommy Dorsey
- Jamboree - Tommy Dorsey
- Keepin' Out of Mischief Now - Tommy Dorsey
- Goona Goo - Tommy Dorsey
- If My Heart Could Only Talk - Tommy Dorsey
- Mr. Ghost Goes to Town - Tommy Dorsey
- Lookin' Around Corners for You - Tommy Dorsey
- Who'll Buy My Violets? - Tommy Dorsey
- On a Little Bamboo Bridge - Tommy Dorsey
- How Could You? - Tommy Dorsey
- Melody in F - Tommy Dorsey
- You're Here, You're There, You're Everywhere - Tommy Dorsey
- Song of India - Tommy Dorsey
- Marie - Tommy Dorsey
- Dedicated to You - Tommy Dorsey
- Sweet Is the World for You - Tommy Dorsey
- In a Little Hula Heaven - Tommy Dorsey
- I'll Dream My Way to Heaven - Tommy Dorsey
- Swing Street Strut - Charlie Barnet
- Echoes of Harlem - Charlie Barnet
- Scotch and Soda - Charlie Barnet
- Only a Rose - Charlie Barnet
- I Never Knew - Charlie Barnet
- Miss Annabelle Lee - Charlie Barnet
- Lazy Bug - Charlie Barnet
- Ebony Thapsody - Charlie Barnet
- Lament for a Lost Love - Charlie Barnet
- Cherokee - Charlie Barnet
- All Night Record Man (Stay Up "Stan") - Charlie Barnet
- Last Jump (A Jump to End All Jumps) - Charlie Barnet
- Duke's Idea - Charlie Barnet
- Counts Idea - Charlie Barnet
- Right Idea - Charlie Barnet
- Wrong Idea (Swing and Sweat With Charlie Barnet) - Charlie Barnet
- Ogoun Badagris (Voodoo War God) - Charlie Barnet
- Oh What You Said (Are We Burnt Up?) - Charlie Barnet
- Night Clow - Charlie Barnet
- Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street - Charlie Barnet
- Leapin' at the Lincoln - Charlie Barnet
- Leapin' at a Moax (Shake, Rattle'n Roll) - Charlie Barnet
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie - Charlie Barnet
- At the Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman
- It's a Blue World - Woody Herman
- Indian Boogie Woogie - Woody Herman
- Four of Five Times - Woody Herman
- East Side Kick - Woody Herman
- Blues Downstairs - Woody Herman
- Yardbird Shuffle - Woody Herman
- Golden Wedding - Woody Herman
- Fan It - Woody Herman
- Careless - Woody Herman
- Who Dat up Dere? - Woody Herman
- South - Woody Herman
- Get Your Boots Laced, Papa - Woody Herman
- Blue Ink - Woody Herman
- Fort Worth Jail - Woody Herman
- Blues - Woody Herman
- Herman at the Sherman - Woody Herman
- Too Late - Woody Herman
- Junkin' - Woody Herman
- Blues on Parade - Woody Herman
- Woodsheddin' With Woody - Woody Herman
- Flying Home - Charlie Barnet
- Rockin' in Rhythm - Charlie Barnet
- Pompton Turnpike - Charlie Barnet
- Wild Mab of the Fish Pond - Charlie Barnet
- Southern Fried - Charlie Barnet
- Redskin Rhumba - Charlie Barnet
- Lumby - Charlie Barnet
- Charleston Alley - Charlie Barnet
- You're My Thrill - Charlie Barnet
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be - Charlie Barnet
- Washington Whirligig - Charlie Barnet
- Moose - Charlie Barnet
- Pow-Wow - Charlie Barnet
- Strollin' - Charlie Barnet
- Great Lie - Charlie Barnet
- Flat Top Flips the Lid - Charlie Barnet
- Gulf Coast Blues - Charlie Barnet
- Drop Me off in Harlem - Charlie Barnet
- Sharecroppin' Blues - Charlie Barnet
- West End Blues - Charlie Barnet
- Xango - Charlie Barnet
- E-Bob-O-Lee-Bob - Charlie Barnet
- Skyliner - Charlie Barnet
- Virginia, Georgia and Caroline - Cab Calloway
- I See a Million People (But All I Can See Is You ) - Cab Calloway
- Blues in the Night - Cab Calloway
- Mermaid Song - Cab Calloway
- Tappin' Off - Cab Calloway
- I Get the Neck of the Chicken - Cab Calloway
- Lordy - Cab Calloway
- Conchita - Cab Calloway
- Hey, Doc! - Cab Calloway
- Moment I Laid Eyes on You - Cab Calloway
- I Want to Rock - Cab Calloway
- Says Who? Says You, Says I! - Cab Calloway
- Who Calls? - Cab Calloway
- I'll Be Around - Cab Calloway
- Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
- Let's Go Joe - Cab Calloway
- Nain Nain (No No) - Cab Calloway
- Tain't No Good - Cab Calloway
- Ogeechee River Lullaby - Cab Calloway
- I Get the Neck of the Chicken - Cab Calloway
- Mrs. Finnigan - Cab Calloway
- Smo-O-O-Oth One - Cab Calloway
- Patience and Fortitude - Benny Carter
- Malibu - Benny Carter
- Who's Sorry Now? - Benny Carter
- Poinciana - Benny Carter
- Forever Blue - Benny Carter
- Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight - Benny Carter
- Jump Call - Benny Carter
- Hurry, Hurry! - Benny Carter
- Love for Sale - Benny Carter
- Some of These Days - Benny Carter
- Prelude to a Kiss - Benny Carter
- I Can't Escape from You - Benny Carter
- Rose Room - Benny Carter
- I Surrender, Dear - Benny Carter
- I'm the Caring Kind - Benny Carter
- I'm Lost - Benny Carter
- Good Deal - Benny Carter
- I Can't Get Started - Benny Carter
- Looking for a Boy - Benny Carter
- Daddy-O - Benny Carter
- Diga Diga Doo - Benny Carter
- Just You, Just Me - Benny Carter
- Hep Cat's Love Song - Cab Calloway
- Hot Air - Cab Calloway
- Willow Weep for Me - Cab Calloway
- Chattanooga Choo Choo - Cab Calloway
- Special Delivery - Cab Calloway
- St. James Infirmary - Cab Calloway
- St. James Infirmary - Cab Calloway
- Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird - Cab Calloway
- Make Yourself at Home - Cab Calloway
- You Are the One in My Heart - Cab Calloway
- Goin' Conga - Cab Calloway
- Lonesome Nights - Cab Calloway
- Workers` Train - Cab Calloway
- Take the "A" Train - Cab Calloway
- Ebony Silhouette - Cab Calloway
- Are You All Reet? - Cab Calloway
- Jonah Joins the Cab - Cab Calloway
- Run Little Rabbit - Cab Calloway
- My Gal - Cab Calloway
- We Go Well Together - Cab Calloway
- North of the Mohawk Trail - Cab Calloway
- Geechy Joe - Cab Calloway
- Black Bottom - Benny Carter
- Nightfall - Benny Carter
- Swinging the Blues - Benny Carter
- Gloaming - Benny Carter
- Carry Me Back to Old Virginia - Benny Carter
- I've Got Two Lips - Benny Carter
- When Day Is Done - Benny Carter
- Jingle Bells - Benny Carter
- Gin and Jive - Benny Carter
- New Street Swing - Benny Carter
- There'll Be Some Changes Made - Benny Carter
- Nagasaki - Benny Carter
- There's a Small Hotel - Benny Carter
- I Gotta Go - Benny Carter
- Bugle Call Rag - Benny Carter
- I'm in the Mood for Swing - Benny Carter
- Swingin' at Maida Vale - Benny Carter
- You're Breaking My Heart All Over Again - Gene Krupa
- Down Argentina Way - Gene Krupa
- Moon Over Burma - Gene Krupa
- High on a Windy Hill - Gene Krupa
- I Hear Music - Gene Krupa
- Like the Fella Once Said - Gene Krupa
- Somewhere - Gene Krupa
- I'd Know You Anywhere - Gene Krupa
- How 'Bout That Mess? - Gene Krupa
- You Danced With Dynamite - Gene Krupa
- When You Awake - Gene Krupa
- It All Comes Back to Me Now - Gene Krupa
- Hamtramck - Gene Krupa
- Yes, My Darling Daughter - Gene Krupa
- Full Dress Hop - Gene Krupa
- Sweet Georgia Brown - Gene Krupa
- Oh! They're Making Me All Over in the Army - Gene Krupa
- Deep in the Blues - Gene Krupa
- You Are the One - Gene Krupa
- Isn't That Just Like Love? - Gene Krupa
- You Forgot About Me - Gene Krupa
- Hiegh-Ho [the Dwarfs' Marching Song] - Bunny Berigan
- Serenade to the Stars - Bunny Berigan
- Sophisticated Swing - Bunny Berigan
- Never Felt Better, Never Had Less - Bunny Berigan
- Moonshine Over Kentucky - Bunny Berigan
- Down Stream - Bunny Berigan
- I've Got a Guy - Bunny Berigan
- Piano Tuner Man - Bunny Berigan
- Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Bunny Berigan
- Azure - Bunny Berigan
- Little Gare's Special - Bunny Berigan
- There'll Be Some Changes Made - Bunny Berigan
- Peg O' My Heart - Bunny Berigan
- Gangbuster's Holiday - Bunny Berigan
- Walkin' the Dog - Bunny Berigan
- Patty Cake, Patty Cake (Baker Man) - Bunny Berigan
- Y'had It Comin' to You - Bunny Berigan
- Night Song - Bunny Berigan
- In the Dark - Bunny Berigan
- Jazz Me Blues - Bunny Berigan
- Moonshine Over Kentucky - Bunny Berigan
- Lovelight in the Starlight - Bunny Berigan
- Russian Lullaby - Bunny Berigan
- Outside of Paradise - Bunny Berigan
- Rinka Tinka Man - Bunny Berigan
- 'Round My Old Deserted Farm - Bunny Berigan
- I Dance Alone - Bunny Berigan
- Wearin' of the Green - Bunny Berigan
- It's the Little Things That Count - Bunny Berigan
- Somewhere With Somebody Else - Bunny Berigan
- Wacky Dust - Bunny Berigan
- Trees - Bunny Berigan
- Skylark - Bunny Berigan
- Me and My Melinda - Bunny Berigan
- My Little Cousin - Bunny Berigan
- Somebody Else Is Taking My Place - Bunny Berigan
- Ay-Ay-Ay - Bunny Berigan
- Ain't She Sweet? - Bunny Berigan
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Rating 5.0
When popular music was good, and good music popularAs a youngster some 25 years ago I was fortunate enough to have a neighbor who had records of big band music that he shared. Long evenings spent listening in my attic room as the old tube amplified record player would reproduce big band music faithfully through a big, old Wurlitzer jukebox speaker. Miller, Goodman, Dorsey, Herman, Armstrong, and others educated me in the art of the big band. For hours on end I would listen to the music pouring forth from the big speaker, and on warm evenings when my window was open the neighbors would also. If I recall correctly I even got requests. In both repertoire and sonics the "Big Band Box" easily holds its own against the compilations from Time Life, Longines Symphonette Society, Readers Digest, and various others. The artists picked are some of the most influential of the Swing Era- Benny Goodman, who is credited with starting the big band era circa 1935. Duke Ellington, who is truly an artist "Beyond category." Chick Webb- the harlem dynamo who gave Ella Fitzgerald her start with a Big Band. Fletcher Henderson- a genius whose arrangements often had multiple layers some on top, but others not revealing themselves until multiple listenings. Gene Krupa- the giant of percussion who is still one of the most revered drummers today. Harry James- The child prodigy from a circus family whose best work was electrifying, but descended into alcoholism and gambling, but stayed true to his craft up until the end. His last recordings revealed a purity of tone and melody that denied he only had weeks to live... The music selections are also excellant, and reveal a real sensitivty of the big bands real flavorings. A mixture of old chestnuts and seldom heard tunes provide a glimpse of what the music may have sounded like during a club date or radio program. This is a refreshing contrast to the usual "Best of" albums which are often reissued today, which often descend almost to parody, indicating that a band only had perhaps ten songs they played. In reality, the musicians and performers of the big band era were incredibly versatile and productive. This collection allows the neophyte a chance to hear what it was like during those incredible years, and even allows this old amateur disc jockey a few surprise numbers. The sound quality is really quite good, with the almost total elimination of surface noise. Almost all the Big band recordings were made directly to disc, this was before the adoption of analog tape as a recording medium. The equalization is also very good and sounds very natural and musical. The quality of these old monaural recordings has rarely sounded as good as this. Liner notes have a summary of each of the covered artists lives as well as their careers. Also the session dates as well as the arrangers and performers are also listed. May I suggest for future releases that the company include some information on the audio restoration process used. To my untrained ear the restoration is very similar to the "Cedar" process, it would be nice to know what process was used. On the next issuing perhaps they could include some live performances, as like the bands of today, big bands come most alive when they interact with their audiences. Nit picking aside, if one has even a modicum of interest in Swing music then this set is an absolute bargain, and a must have. We all know that in movies the sequel is seldom the equal of the original. It is often so in music as well. That which was done well originally is difficult to equal, let alone surpass. The time in which this music was created is long gone, as are most of the people who created it. Yet their legacy lives on and has seldom shone greater in recent years than on this "Big Band Box." Also I recommend the "Cradle of Jazz" set as does reviewer jka1215- ASIN: B00004S7HQ.An education in big band musicWith well over 40 hours of music from around forty artists I feel enlighted from this collection.I'm a new comer to the jazz scene and although listening to one collection won't put me shoulder to shoulder with the experts, it's a pretty good start. Thanks to this collection, I am familiar with the styles of very famous big band names such as Benny Goodman and Cab Calloway, but also with artists I had never heard of such as Woody Herman and Stan Kenton. Some of the music on these CDs is great, but some is pretty forgettable, while some is downright irritating. But due to the scope of the project this almost goes without saying. The sound quality is generally acceptable and since the cost is only around a buck and a half per CD, even if you only like a tenth of the songs, you've gotten your money's worth. Speaking for myself, I feel like I have taken a crash course in American pops from when my grandma was a young person and from this perspective, I'm really glad I bought it. Great DealNearly 40 hours of digitally remastered original 78s and 45s for less than $1 each. No, you aren't getting the 1000 greatest hits of the 30s & 40s, but this is a great collection, but at 10% of the price, you get a lot of standards.Also see the similarly priced "Cradle of Jazz" and "Great Vocalists of Jazz and Entertainment" collections by the German "History" label. |
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