Rca Victor Jazz: First Half-Century

RCA VICTOR JAZZ THE FIRST HALF-CENTURY- THE TWENTIES THROUGH THE SIXTIES.JPG (8859 bytes)

Label:
CD - BMG/RCA 7863 66084 2, 7863 66084 4

Year Released:
10/27/92 (original 1992)

Total Playing Time:
354 minutes

Tracks:

Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton
Heah Me Talkin' - Johnny Dodds
Black Beauty - Duke Ellington
Variety Stomp - Fletcher Henderson
Too Late - King Oliver
Peggy - McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Boy In The Boat, The - Charlie Johnson
Bleeding-Hearted Blues - James P. Johnson
Handful Of Keys - Fats Waller
Glad Rag Doll - Earl Hines
Duet Stomp -Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight
Tiger Rag - Original Dixieland Jazz Band
She's Cryin' For Me -New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Lonely Melody - Bix Beiderbecke/Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Delirium - Red Nichols
Wild Cat - Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
Waitin' For Katie - Benny Goodman/Ben Pollack Orchestra
Doin' The Voom Voom - Bubber Miley/Duke Ellington Orchestra
Swing Out - Henry "Red" Allen
One Hour - Coleman Hawkins/Mound City Blue Blowers
Hello Lola - Pee Wee Russell/Mound City Blue Blowers
That's A Serious Thing - Jack Teagarden/ Eddie Condon's Hot Shots
South - Bennie Moten
Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong
Daybreak Express - Duke Ellington
Moten Swing - Count Basie/Benny Moten Orch.
Hocus Pocus - Fletcher Henderson
King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman
Swingin' Uptown - Jimmie Lunceford
Song Of India - Tommy Dorsey
XYZ - Earl Hines
Cherokee - Charlie Barnet
Carioca - Artie Shaw
Any Old Time - Billie Holiday/Artie Shaw Orchestra
Body And Soul-Teddy Wilson/Benny Goodman Trio
Life Goes To A Party - Harry James/Benny Goodman Orchestra
Swing Is Here - Roy Eldridge/Gene Krupa's Swing Band
Shufflin' At The Hollywood - Lionel Hampton
I'm In The Mood For Swing - Benny Carter/ Lionel Hampton Orchestra
Rockin' Chair - Mildred Bailey
Dinah - Fats Waller
Really The Blues -Sidney Bechet/Tommy Ladnier
Relaxin' At The Touro - Muggsy Spanier
Eel, The - Bud Freeman
I Can't Get Started With You - Bunny Berigan
Body And Soul - Coleman Hawkins
Jack The Bear - Duke Ellington/Jimmy Blanton
Concerto For Cootie - Cootie Williams/ The Duke Ellington  Orchestra
Cotton Tail -Ben Webster/Duke Ellington Orch.
Mobile Bay - Rex Stewart
Day Dream - Johnny Hodges
Pennies From Heaven - Louis Armstrong
Little Jazz - Roy Eldridge/Artie Shaw Orch.
Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie
Victory Ball - Charlie Parker/Metronome All-Stars
Epistrophy - Kenny Clarke
Half Step Down, Please - Coleman Hawkins
Spontaneous Combustion - Lennie Tristano
Stormy Monday - Earl Hines/Billy Eckstine
Bill's Mill - Count Basie
Yes, Indeed! - Tommy Dorsey
Summertime - Artie Shaw
All Of Me - Benny Carter
Old Man Blues - Sidney Bechet
Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt
Fifth Dimension - Mary Lou Williams
Cherokee - Art Tatum
Erroll's Bounce - Erroll Garner
My Blue Heaven - Oscar Peterson
Whisper Not - Art Blakey
Ysabel's Table Dance - Charles Mingus
Salt Peanuts - Bud Powell
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair - Phineas Newborn
Concerto For Billy The Kid - George Russell/Bill Evans
Blues For Pablo - Gil Evans/Hal McKusick Ninetet
April In Paris - Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Wailing Boat, The - Maynard Ferguson
Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West - John Lewis
Chiquito Loco - Shorty Rogers/Art Pepper
Roses Of Picardy - Red Norvo
East Of The Sun - Al Cohn & Zoot Sims
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - Lee Wiley
Love Is Just Around The Corner - Henry "Red" Allen
Perdido - Clark Terry/Duke Ellington Orch.
Bridge, The - Sonny Rollins
Blood Count - Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn
So What - J.J. Johnson
Where Do You Go? - Stan Getz {a}
Girl From Ipanema, The - Stan Getz {a}
Here's That Rainy Day - Paul Desmond
Blight Of The Fumblebee - Gerry Mulligan/ Paul Desmond
Old Folks - Jackie McLean
Star Eyes - Chet Baker
Sing Me Softly Of The Blues - Gary Burton
One O'Clock Jump - Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan
Come Back Baby - Joe Williams
Flying Home - Lionel Hampton/Illinois Jacquet

Personnel

Comments
Musician 4/93, p.93
"...a most attractive jazz compilation, full of treats for true believers and converts alike....RCA Victor and Bluebird helped shape jazz as a popular art..."

Jazz Times 3/93, p.59
"...As important a jazz reissue as any RCA has offered in many years...despite shortcomings in the remasterings
of some of the more vintage sides, so many superb performances are included in this set that it is recommended for any jazz library..."

Full title: RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century: The Twenties Through The Sixties.
All tracks were digitally remastered from the original master tapes.

This 5-disc collection contains recordings of many leading figures in jazz. The booklet contains complete personnel information,
producer's notes by Orrin Keepnews, a synopsis of the musical developments of each decade by Dan Morgenstern,
and track annotations by Steven Lasker, Doug Ramsey, Bob Blumenthal, Joe Goldberg and Peter Keepnews.

 

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