Best of the Big Bands

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Annotation

3 Jewel Cases in a cardboard slipcase.

Cat# / Barcode (CD 1): #49094 / 051375490941
Cat# / Barcode (CD 2): #49095 / 051375490958
Cat# / Barcode (CD 3): #49096 / 051375490965

Annotation last modified on 2025-10-28 05:20 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let’s Dance
recording of:
Let’s Dance (Benny Goodman’s theme song)
lyricist:
Fanny May Baldridge
composer:
Joseph Bonime, Gregory Stone and Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
Benny Goodman2:16
2Woodchoppers Ball
recording of:
Woodchopper’s Ball
composer:
Joe Bishop and Woody Herman
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Woody Herman4:33
3Cherokee
recording of:
Cherokee
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Charlie Barnet7:11
4Begin the Beguine
Artie Shaw3:19
5St Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Jimmy Dorsey3:11
6Red Bank Boogie
recording of:
Red Bank Boogie (aka "G.I. Stomp")
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Buck Clayton
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
Count Basie2:16
7Sugar Hill Shuffle
Count Basie3:41
8If You Were Only Mine
Blue Baron Band3:15
9You Bit Off More Than You Could Chew
Al Trace2:51
10All I Desire
alto saxophone:
Conn Humphreys (on 1941-01-27), James Lamare (jazz saxophonist) (on 1941-01-27) and Leo White (on 1941-01-27)
double bass:
Phil Stevens (tuba) (on 1941-01-27)
drums (drum set):
Cliff Leeman (on 1941-01-27)
guitar:
Bus Etri (on 1941-01-27)
piano:
Bill Miller (pianist) (on 1941-01-27)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Barnet (saxophonist, bandleader) (on 1941-01-27) and Kurt Bloom (on 1941-01-27)
trombone:
Ford Leary (trombonist) (on 1941-01-27), Bill Robertson (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-01-27), Don Ruppersberg (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-01-27) and Spud Murphy (American jazz multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and arranger) (on 1941-01-27)
trumpet:
Bobby Burnet (Robert W. Burnet, jazz trumpeter) (on 1941-01-27), George Esposito (on 1941-01-27), Bernie Privin (on 1941-01-27) and Lyman Vunk (on 1941-01-27)
vocals:
Lena Horne (on 1941-01-27)
Charlie Barnet3:16
11Caravan
recording of:
Caravan
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1936) and Juan Tizol (in 1936)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
Duke Ellington4:38
12Oh Johnnie
recording of:
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!
lyricist:
Ed Rose (lyricist)
composer:
Abe Olman
publisher:
Forster Music Publisher, Inc. (on 1917-02-07)
Ella Fitzgerald, C. Webb Orch4:22
13Ballerina
Shep Fields3:52
14My Blue Heaven
Jan Garber2:40
15I’ll Walk Alone
Sammy Kaye3:21
16It’s You, It’s You, It’s You
Henry Jerome2:08
17Twilight Time
Frankie Carle2:36
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