Genre: Jazz
Style: Bop, Swing, Big Band
Country: Europe
Label(s): Top Jazz (4) (HCDB 19002/8)
1.01. George Wettling's Chicago Rhythm Kings - The Darktown Strutters' Ball 3:031.02. Mary Lou Williams with Six Men and a Girl - Zonky 2:541.03. Bobby Hackett & His Orchestra - Singin' the Blues 3:031.04. Earl Hines & His Orchestra - Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues 2:481.05. Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - Ghost of Yesterday 2:361.06. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Concerto for Cootie 3:161.07. Count Basie Orchestra - Tickle Toe 2:331.08. Joe Marsala & His Delta Four - Reunion in Harlem 4:211.09. Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Pennsylvania 6-5000 3:151.10. Coleman Hawkins with the Chocolate Dandies - I Surrender Dear 4:311.11. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - 2:19 Blues 2:481.12. Benny Goodman S-tet - Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special) 2:541.13. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra, feat. Leon "Chu" Berry - A Ghost of a Chance 2:521.14. John Kirby & His Orchestra - Coquette 2:541.15. Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Pompton Turnpike 2:581.16. Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers - Blues in Thirds 2:541.17. Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra - Day Dream 2:581.18. Pete Johnson's Band - 627 Stomp 3:061.19. The Nat King Cole Trio - Sweet Lorraine 2:531.20. Django Reinhardt Et Son Quintette - Nuages 3:142.01. Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra - Three Little Words 2:322.02. Metronome All Stars - Bugle Call Rag 3:102.03. Irene Daye and Ensemble with Gene Krupa & His Orchestra - Drum Boogie 3:062.04. Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet - Profoundly Blue No 2 4:112.05. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Take the "A" Train 2:532.06. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra feat. Charlie Christian - Solo Flight 2:452.07. Maxine Sullivan with Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Midnight 3:182.08. Sam Price and His Texas Blusicians - The Goon Drag (Gone Wid De Goon) 3:162.09. Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie Orchestra - Goin' to Chicago Blues 3:192.10. Walter Brown with Jay McShann & His Orchestra feat. Charlie Parker - Hootie Blues 2:542.11. Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa & His Orchestra - Let Me Off Uptown 3:052.12. Harry James & His Orchestra - You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) 3:132.13. Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra - Trouble in Mind 2:302.14. Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra - Passion Flower 3:092.15. Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Blue Skies 3:162.16. The Nat King Cole Trio - I Like to Riff 2:462.17. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - St. James Infirmary 2:432.18. Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers - Georgia Cabin 2:562.19. Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) 2:002.20. Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - Blues in the Night Parts 1 & 2 5:303.01. Bing Crosby Acc by Woody Herman and His Woodchoppers - Deep in the Heart of Texas 2:403.02. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Perdido 3:093.03. Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa & His Orchestra - Harlem on Parade 2:453.04. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Minnie the Moocher 3:133.05. John Kirby & His Orchestra - No Blues at All 2:003.06. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - What Am I Here For? 3:253.07. Mel Powell & His Orchestra - The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise 2:333.08. Fats Waller & His Rhythm - The Jitterbug Waltz 3:203.09. Billy Eckstine with Earl Hines & His Orchestra - Stormy Monday Blues 3:083.10. Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys - Palm Springs Jump 2:363.11. Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - American Patrol 3:443.12. Hoagy Carmichael Trio - Don't Forget to Say No, Baby 2:353.13. Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Flying Home 3:153.14. Billie Holiday with Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Trav'lin' Light 3:133.15. Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - Strictly Instrumental 2:353.16. Jay McShann & His Orchestra - Sepian Bounce 3:073.17. Joe Marsala and His Chosen Seven - Walkin' the Dog 2:563.18. Count Basie and His All-American Rhythm Section - Royal Garden Blues 3:073.19. Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Why Don't You Do Right? 3:123.20. Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra - Little John Special 3:034.01. Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Ain't Misbehavin' 3:564.02. George Lewis - Just a Closer Walk with Thee 4:274.03. Stéphane Grappelli Quintet - Three O'Clock in the Morning 3:044.04. Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Pow-Wow 2:454.05. Ella Fitzgerald with the Ink Spots - Cow Cow Boogie 2:574.06. The Capitol Jazzmen feat. Jack Teagarden - I'm Sorry I Made You Cry 2:524.07. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Artistry in Rhythm 3:164.08. Eddie Condon and His Band - That's a Plenty 2:594.09. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Knock Me a Kiss 2:164.10. Count Basie Orchestra - Yeah Man 2:414.11. Wild Bill Davison and His Commodores - Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 2:504.12. The Nat King Cole Trio - Straighten Up and Fly Right 2:244.13. Coleman Hawkins Acc by the Leonard Feather Esquire All-Stars - My Ideal 3:074.14. Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers - V-Disc Blues 4:514.15. Svend Asmussen Quartet - Exactly Like You 2:224.16. James Price Johnson - Caprice Rag 3:144.17. Edmond Hall S-tet - Downtown Café' Boogie 4:194.18. Dickie Wells & His Orchestra - Linger Awhile 3:044.19. Lester Young Quartet - Just You, Just Me 3:074.20. Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band - St. Louis Blues March 4:235.01. Art Tatum Trio - I Got Rhythm 2:145.02. The Nat King Cole Trio - What Is This Thing Called Love? 2:565.03. Billie Holiday at the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra - Billie's Blues 4:155.04. Edmond Hall's All Star Quintet - Rompin' in 44 3:575.05. Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra - Yesterdays 2:465.06. Big Sid Catlett Quartet feat. Ben Webster - Memories of You 3:455.07. Anita O'Day with Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine 3:045.08. Johnny Hodges Acc by Eddie Heywood & Shelly Manne - Night and Day 4:255.09. Hot Lips Page's Swing Seven - Pagin' Mr. Page 2:545.10. George Wettling Jazz Trio - Some of These Days 2:315.11. The Ike Quebec Quintet - She's Funny That Way 4:245.12. Kid Ory and His Creole Jazz Band - Creole Song 2:445.13. Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Skyliner 2:595.14. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Opus One 2:555.15. Tiny Grimes Quintet with Charlie Parker - Red Cross 3:065.16. The Jonah Jones S-tet - Lust for Licks 2:255.17. Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtimers - Memphis Blues 4:145.18. Johnny Guarnieri Trio - Firebird 2:415.19. Joya Sherrill with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - I'm Beginning to See the Light 3:135.20. Count Basie Orchestra - Taps Miller 3:216.01. Dizzy Gillespie All Stars - Good Bait 2:576.02. Al Casey and His S-tet - Sometimes I'm Happy 2:556.03. Georgie Auld & His Orchestra - In the Middle 3:126.04. Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Northwest Passage 3:096.05. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Black and Tan Fantasy 2:516.06. Dizzy Gillespie and His All Star Quintet - Salt Peanuts 3:146.07. Billie Holiday with Bob Haggart & His Orchestra - Don't Explain 2:526.08. Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa & His Orchestra - Boogie Blues 3:216.09. Illinois Jacquet - Ladies Lullaby 2:416.10. Benny Goodman S-tet - Shine 3:156.11. Mezz Mezzrow with Sidney Bechet - Revolutionary Blues 2:396.12. Don Byas Quartet - Laura 2:466.13. Kid Ory and His Creole Jazz Band - Oh, Didn't He Ramble 3:006.14. Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Petootie Pie 2:336.15. Muggsy Spanier and His V-Disc Dixielanders - You Took Advantage of Me 3:176.16. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Painted Rhythm 2:536.17. Lester Young and His Band - Lester Blows Again 2:296.18. Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers - Ko Ko 2:516.19. Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers - Now's the Time 3:146.20. Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop 3:177.01. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Intermission Riff 3:157.02. Metronome All Stars - Metronome All Out 4:147.03. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Acc by Bob Haggart & His Orchestra - The Frim Fram Sauce 3:137.04. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Choo-Choo Ch' Boogie 2:427.05. Dexter Gordon Quintet - I Can't Escape from You 3:147.06. Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five - Old Stack O'Lee Blues 4:107.07. Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Anthropology 2:407.08. The Nat King Cole Trio - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 3:007.09. The Charlie Parker Septet - Ornithology 2:587.10. Erroll Garner Trio - Frantonality 2:537.11. Billie Holiday Acc by Milt Raskin - Strange Fruit 2:597.12. Howard McGhee Quintet - Be Bop 2:507.13. Lester Young and His Band - New Lester Leaps In 2:557.14. Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven - Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? 3:007.15. Kid Ory and His Creole Jazz Band - Eh, La-Bas 3:037.16. Teddy Wilson Quartet feat. Sarah Vaughan - Time After Time 3:047.17. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Blue Skies (Trumpet No End) 2:357.18. Esquire All American Award Winners - Indiana Winter 2:287.19. Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Blue Flame 3:207.20. George Barnes and His Octet - Aren't You Glad You're You ? 2:058.01. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Hi-De-Ho Man (That's Me) 3:018.02. Erroll Garner Trio - Pastel 2:558.03. The Charlie Parker Quartet - Cool Blues 2:188.04. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Capitol Punishment 4:298.05. The Charlie Parker All-Stars - Donna Lee 2:318.06. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, feat. Jack Teagarden - Jack-Armstrong Blues 3:018.07. Coleman Hawkins All Stars - Phantomesque 2:568.08. The Nat King Cole Trio - Rhumba Azul 2:338.09. Miles Davis All Stars - Milestones 2:368.10. Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra - Robbins' Nest 3:588.11. Frank Sinatra with Johnny Guarnieri Trio - S'posin' 2:468.12. Harry James & His Orchestra - September Song 3:128.13. Barry Ulanov and His All Star Metronome Jazzmen - Groovin' High 3:128.14. Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Midnight Sun 3:138.15. The Thelonious Monk Quintet - 'Round Midnight 3:098.16. Red Norvo Septet - I'll Follow You 2:298.17. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - On a Turquoise Cloud 3:198.18. Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Manteca 3:048.19. Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Four Brothers 3:158.20. Lennie Tristano Trio - Freedom 3:34More from: Various