Rca Victor Jazz: First Half-Century
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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