RCA Victor 80th Anniversary

Label:
CD - BMG/RCA

Year Released:

Total Playing Time:

Tracks:

1. LIVERY STABLE BLUES (3:08)
2. MEANEST BLUES (3:15)
3. SHE'S CRYING FOR ME (2:43)
4. SMOKE HOUSE BLUES (3:25)
5. KANSAS CITY SHUFFLE (2:49)
6. DR. JAZZ (3:23)
7. MY PRETTY GIRL (2:39)
8. DAVENPORT BLUES (3:03)
9. ST. LOUIS SHUFFLE (2:48)
10. WOLVERINE BLUES (3:18)
11. CLEMENTINE (FROM NEW ORLEANS) (3:01)
12. FEELIN' NO PAIN (3:10)
13. BLACK AND TAN FANTASY (3:07)
14. SAN (3:20)
15. DOIN' THINGS (2:43)
16. FOUR OR FIVE TIMES (2:48)
17. SOUTH (2:33)
18. THE BOY IN THE BOAT (3:42)
19. I'M GONNA STOMP MR. HENRY LEE (3:35)
20. EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY (3:15)
21. OZARK MOUNTAIN BLUES (3:02)
22. IT SHOULD BE YOU (3:06)
23. AIN'T MISBEHAVIN (2:59)
24. TOO LATE (3:09)
25. HELLO LOLA (3:13)
26. ROCKIN' CHAIR (3:26)
27. MOOD INDIGO (3:05)
28. SUGARFOOT STOMP (3:06)
29. HEEBIE JEEBIES (3:09)
30. LAFAYETTE (2:44)
31. ST. LOUIS BLUES (2:39)
32. MINNIE THE MOOCHER (3:33)
33. JAZZNOCRACY (2:43)
34. AFTER YOU'VE GONE (2:46)
35. SWING IS HERE (2:56)
36. KING PORTER STOMP (3:04)
37. HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (3:05)
38. JIVIN' THE VIBES (2:20)
39. I CAN'T GET STARTED (4:46)
40. DON'T THAT BE WAY (3:18)
41. BEGIN THE BEGUINE (3:13)
42. BOOGIE WOOGIE (3:08)
43. REALLY THE BLUES (3:37)
44. LIMEHOUSE BLUES (2:16)
45. CHEROKEE (3:19)
46. IN THE MOOD (3:34)
47. HOT MALLETS (2:13)
48. BODY AND SOUL (3:02)
49. YOU'RE LETTIN' THE GRASS GROW UNDER YOUR FEET (3:17)
50. RELAXIN' AT THE TOURO (3:14)
51. THE SHEIK OF ARABY (2:57)
52. COTTON TAIL (3:09)
53. SUMMIT RIDGE DRIVE (3:18)
54. BLUES IN THIRDS (2:55)
55. ALL OF ME (3:20)
56. ONE O'CLOCK JUMP (3:24)
57. YES INDEED! (3:27)
58. THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE (3:36)
59. ST. LOUIS BLUES (2:44)
60. STORMY MONDAY BLUES (3:07)
61. NIGHT IN TUNISIA- INTERLUDE (3:03)
62. SPOTLITE (3:06)
63. ALLEN'S ALLEY (3:00)
64. CADILLAC SLIM (3:03)
65. EPISTROPHY (2:52)
66. BUCKIN' THE BLUES (2:58)

67. OUT OF NOWHERE (2:49)
68. BLUES AFTER HOURS (3:17)
69. ERROLL'S BOUNCE (2:57)
70. MY HEART STOOD STILL (3:23)
71. ROSES OF PICARDY (3:36)
72. TIJUANA GIFT SHOP (3:46)
73. TWO DEGREES EAST,THREE DEGREES WEST (6:31)
74. CHIQUITO LOCO (3:28)
75. CRIMEA RIVER (3:08)
76. LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (5:13)
77. CONCERTO FOR BILLY THE KID (4:45)
78. SUNDAY AFTERNOON (2:55)
79. LET ME LOVE YOU (3:16)
80. COSCHRANE (3:44)
81. PERDIDO (4:30)
82. MOANIN' (14:07)
83. I LOVE PARIS (3:30)
84. WITHOUT A SONG (7:26)
85. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (5:48)
86. HELLO,YOUNG LOVERS (2:54)
87. AFTER ALL (3:46)
88. SOUND OF THE NIGHT (2:58)
89. THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU (2:49)
90. SO WHAT (4:21)
91. IMAGINATION (4:03)
92. STAR EYES (6:58)
93. OLD FOLKS (6:31)
94. ONE O'CLOCK JUMP (2:44)
95. 'ROUND MIDNIGHT (4:02)
96. TURN ME LOOSE (4:28)
97. QUADRILLE ANYONE? (6:20)
98. FOUR BROTHERS (4:23)
99. THE PUSHER (4:50)
100. DANCING MEN (6:16)
101. UP FROM THE SKIES (9:16)
102. GOOD MEDICINE (3:52)
103. RIDIN' HIGH (3:10)
104. INSIDE OUT (9:22)
105. EXPANSIONS (5:58)
106. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (3:20)
107. WHISPER NOT (7:31)
108. THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN HERE (5:00)
109. 'ROUND MIDNIGHT (6:27)
110. UPTOWNSHIP (6:01)
111. IMAGINATION (4:52)
112. I'LL BE AROUND (3:54)
113. JACKNIFE (6:18)
114. BLUE MONK (4:26)
115. TSCHANZ (11:17)
116. ALMOST BLUE (3:13)
117. PINOCCHIO (4:48)
118. CHEROKEE (5:29)
119. WINELIGHT (6:30)
120. I'LL BE SEEING YOU (4:50)
121. LABRYINTH (4:26)
122. JUST SITTIN AND A ROCKIN' (6:37)
123. DROP KICK LIVE (9:40)
124. MOON RAY (4:35)
125. THE VOYAGE (6:46)
126. OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY (3:37)
127. UPTOWN TRAVELER (5:19)
128. LIVERY STABLE BLUES (3:06)
129. DIXIELAND "JASS" BAND ONE STEP (2:35)
130. A COLLOQUIAL DREAM (SCENES IN THE CITY) (10:54)

Personnel

Comments

This is an attractive eight-CD set, whose discs are also available as eight separate releases, that could have been a great reissue but settled for being merely quite good. To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first jazz recording, RCA released a disc apiece covering each of the past eight decades. In listening to the music straight through, one becomes aware of RCA's strengths and weaknesses as a jazz label. Victor was one of the most important jazz labels during the 1920s, '30s and '40s, catching on to bebop a little late (1946) but still documenting many classic recordings. By the 1950s, the label's attention was wandering elsewhere; it missed free jazz almost completely in the '60s, and in the last three decades has only had a few significant artists, mostly Young Lions whose output sounds conservative compared to the earlier masters. This reissue is particularly strong during the first three discs, and then for some reason (starting with disc four) commits a major error in departing from programming the music in strict chronological order (although each disc does stay within the ten-year period). Also, the selection of the performances is much better in the earlier decades (especially the 1917-29 set) than during the past two decades. There are many highlights throughout the large undertaking, with such artists as the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Jelly Roll Morton, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Art Tatum, Charles Mingus, Red Allen, Bud Powell, Sonny Rollins, Buddy Rich, Gil Evans, the Brecker Brothers, Roy Hargrove, Marcus Roberts, Steve Coleman and Dominique Eade among the many represented. In addition, a "bonus" disc has two numbers by the ODJB (including for the second time "Livery Stable Blues") and a previously unreleased Mingus dramatic piece "A Colloquial Dream." If only some better planning had gone into the later discs. ~ Scott Yanow

 

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