Big Band Jazz From the Beginnings to the Fifties

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1: Volume I
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Changes
recording of:
Changes
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1927)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1927)
Paul Whiteman2:53
2Lonely Melody
recording of:
Lonely Melody (on 1928-01-04)
writer:
Sam Coslow, Hal Dyson, Alfred Grünfeld (Austrian pianist and composer) and Benny Meroff (Band Leader, violin, saxophone and clarinetist.)
Paul Whiteman2:58
3Copenhagen
recording of:
Copenhagen
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Charlie Davis (1920's Indianapolis Bandleader)
Fletcher Henderson2:57
4Henderson Stomp
recording of:
Henderson Stomp
composer:
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson2:53
5Hop Off
recording of:
Hop Off
writer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Fletcher Henderson2:57
6New King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Fletcher Henderson3:09
7Down South Camp Meetin’
recording of:
Down South Camp Meetin’
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Fletcher Henderson and Irving Mills
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Fletcher Henderson3:02
8Put It There
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers2:44
9Stop Kidding
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers2:39
10Ol’ Man River
Luis Russell2:49
11Starvation Blues
Luis Russell3:12
12Market Street Stomp
The Missourians3:24
13Casa Loma Stomp
Casa Loma Orchestra3:21
14Toby
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra3:29
15Moten Swing
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra3:25
16Madhouse
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1934-03-26)
alto saxophone:
Omer Simeon (on 1934-03-26)
bass and tuba:
Quinn Wilson (jazz bassist, tubist) (on 1934-03-26)
drums (drum set):
Wallace Bishop (on 1934-03-26)
guitar:
Lawrence Dixon (on 1934-03-26)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1934-03-26)
reeds:
Darnell Howard (on 1934-03-26) and Cecil Irwin (on 1934-03-26)
saxophone:
George Dixon (trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist) (on 1934-03-26)
tenor saxophone:
Cecil Irwin (on 1934-03-26) and Jimmy Mundy (on 1934-03-26)
trombone:
Billy Franklin (on 1934-03-26), Louis Taylor (on 1934-03-26) and Trummy Young (on 1934-03-26)
trumpet:
Charlie Allen (trumpet, jazz) (on 1934-03-26), George Dixon (trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist) (on 1934-03-26) and Walter Fuller (trumpet) (on 1934-03-26)
orchestra:
Earl Hines and His Orchestra (on 1934-03-26)
recording of:
Mad House (on 1934-03-26)
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) and James R. Mundy
Earl Hines2:45
17Fat Babes
Earl Hines3:15
18Rock and Rye
Earl Hines3:15
19Grand Terrace Shuffle
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
recording of:
Grand Terrace Shuffle
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
Earl Hines2:40
20Stompin’ at the Savoy
Chick Webb and His Orchestra3:12
21Don’t Be that Way
Chick Webb and His Orchestra2:31
▶ CD 2: Volume II
▶ CD 3: Volume III
▶ CD 4: Volume IV