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Big Band Jazz: From The Beginnings To The Fifties

by: Various; Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy; Artie Shaw And His Orchestra; Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra; Benny Carter And His Orchestra; Benny Goodman And His Orchestra; Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra; Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra; Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra; Chick Webb And His Orchestra; Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra; Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra; Count Basie And His Orchestra; Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra; Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra; Earl Hines And His Orchestra; Elliot Lawrence And His Orchestra; Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra; Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra; Glenn Miller And His Orchestra; Harry James And His Orchestra; Jesse Stone And His Blue Serenaders; Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra; Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra; Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra; Luis Russell And His Orchestra; McKinney's Cotton Pickers; Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra; Stan Kenton And His Orchestra; The Casa Loma Orchestra; The Missourians; Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra; Woody Herman And His Orchestra

Smithsonian Collection (R 030 / DMM 6-0610 / R 03030)

Publication date: 1983

Topics: Jazz, Big Band

Digitizing sponsor: Kahle-Austin Foundation

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

This item is available with audio samples only

Tracklist:

Disc 1:
1. Changes - Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra
2. Lonely Melody - Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra
3. Copenhagen - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
4. Henderson Stomp - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
5. Hop Off - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
6. New King Porter Stomp - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
7. Down South Camp Meetin' - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
8. Put It There - McKinney's Cotton Pickers
9. Stop Kidding - McKinney's Cotton Pickers
10. Ol' Man River - Luis Russell And His Orchestra
11. Starvation Blues - Jesse Stone And His Blue Serenaders
12. Market Street Stomp - The Missourians
13. Casa Loma Stomp - The Casa Loma Orchestra
14. Toby - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Disc 2:
1. Moten Swing - Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
2. Madhouse - Earl Hines And His Orchestra
3. Fat Babes - Earl Hines And His Orchestra
4. Rock And Rye - Earl Hines And His Orchestra
5. Grand Terrace Shuffle - Earl Hines And His Orchestra
6. Stomping At The Savoy - Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
7. Don't Be That Way - Chick Webb And His Orchestra
8. That Naughty Waltz - Chick Webb And His Orchestra
9. Harlem Congo - Chick Webb And His Orchestra
10. Mood Indigo - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
11. Stratosphere - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
12. Stomp It Off - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
13. Organ Grinder's Swing - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
14. Uptown Blues - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra

Disc 3:
1. Sometimes I'm Happy - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
2. King Porter - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
3. Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
4. Ridin' High - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
5. Mission To Moscow - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
6. Big Jim Blues - Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
7. Song Of India - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
8. Well, Git It! - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
9. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
10. Opus No. One - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
11. One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie And His Orchestra
12. Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today - Count Basie And His Orchestra

Disc 4:
1. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie And His Orchestra
2. Volcano - Count Basie And His Orchestra
3. 9:20 Special - Count Basie And His Orchestra
4. Shiny Stockings - Count Basie And His Orchestra
5. Cherokee - Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
6. Skyliner - Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra
7. Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
8. Rose Room - Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
9. Star Dust - Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
10. I Got Rhythm - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra
11. In The Mood - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra
12. A String Of Pearls - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra
13. The Mole - Harry James And His Orchestra
14. Friar Rock - Harry James And His Orchestra

Disc 5:
1. Shufflebug Shuffle - Benny Carter And His Orchestra
2. Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra
3. Midnight Stroll - Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra
4. A Gypsy Without A Song - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
5. Take The "A" Train - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
6. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
7. Perdido - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
8. The "C" Jam Blues - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
9. Main Stem - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
10. Happy Go Lucky Local - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
11. Leap Frog - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
12. Till Tom Special - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
13. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra

Disc 6:
1. Down Under - Woody Herman And His Orchestra
2. Apple Honey - Woody Herman And His Orchestra
3. Bijou (Rhumba A La Jazz) - Woody Herman And His Orchestra
4. Four Brothers - Woody Herman And His Orchestra
5. Cool Breeze - Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra
6. A Night In Tunisia (Interlude) - Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra
7. Boyd Meets Stravinsky - Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra
8. Our Delight - Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
9. Things To Come - Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra
10. Robbins Nest - Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra
11. Donna Lee - Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra
12. Elevation - Elliot Lawrence And His Orchestra
13. What's New - Stan Kenton And His Orchestra