Kings of Swing

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1Trumpet Blues and Cantabile
recording of:
Trumpet Blues and Cantabile (for brass band, Geldard)
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
arranger:
Bill Geldard (British trombone player and composer)
Harry James2:51
2Feet Draggin' Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-08-31)
recording of:
Feet Draggin’ Blues
writer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:55
3Life Goes To A Party
recording of:
Life Goes to a Party
writer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:41
4Back Beat Boogie
recording of:
Back Beat Boogie
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:42
5Sleepy-Time Girl
recording of:
Sleepy Time Gal
lyricist:
Joseph R. Alden and Raymond B. Egan
composer:
Ange Lorenzo and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
Harry James2:40
6Flash
recording of:
Flash
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:55
7Texas Chatter
recording of:
Texas Chatter
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:48
8Bye Bye Blues
recording of:
Bye Bye Blues
additional composer:
Bert Kaempfert (German orchestra leader, producer and songwriter) and Herbert Rehbein
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
Harry James3:16
9Apple Honey
recording of:
Apple Honey
composer:
Woody Herman
Woody Herman3:12
10Steps
Woody Herman3:17
11Woodchopper's Ball
recording of:
Woodchopper’s Ball
composer:
Joe Bishop and Woody Herman
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Woody Herman3:05
12Goosey Gander
recording of:
Goosey Gander
composer:
Woody Herman
Woody Herman3:17
13Someday Sweetheart
Woody Herman3:18
14Four Brothers
recording of:
Four Brothers
composer:
Jimmy Giuffre (American jazz clarinetist/saxophonist and composer) (in 1947)
Woody Herman3:13
15Let'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 Goodman2:37
16Henderson Stomp
Benny Goodman2:28
17King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Benny Goodman2:56
18Avalon
recording of:
Avalon
writer:
B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson and Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Stephen Ballentine Music, Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1920-09-04)
Benny Goodman4:01
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1I've Got A Girl In Kalamazoo
recording of:
(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 nominee)
Glenn Miller2:38
2American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
Glenn Miller3:50
3Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Glenn Miller2:26
4Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Glenn Miller4:59
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
Glenn Miller3:32
6Little Brown Jug
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
Glenn Miller3:19
7In The Mood
recording of:
In the Mood
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Glenn Miller4:05
8Battle Axe
Jimmie Lunceford3:20
9State And Tioga Stomp
Jimmie Lunceford2:15
10Jay Gee
Jimmie Lunceford2:43
11Annie Laurie
Jimmie Lunceford3:03
12O.K. For Baby
Jimmie Lunceford2:58
13The Morning After
Jimmie Lunceford4:36
14Stardust
Artie Shaw3:34
15Blues In the Night
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1941-09-02)
alto saxophone:
Chuck DiMaggio (on 1941-09-02) and Les Robinson (on 1941-09-02)
baritone saxophone:
Artie Baker (saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist) (on 1941-09-02)
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1941-09-02), Ed Sodero (on 1941-09-02) and George Taliarkin (on 1941-09-02)
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1941-09-02)
double bass:
Eddie McKinney (jazz bassist) (on 1941-09-02)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1941-09-02)
guitar:
Mike Bryan (Musician - Guitar Player) (on 1941-09-02)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1941-09-02)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1941-09-02) and Mickey Folus (on 1941-09-02)
trombone:
Ray Conniff (on 1941-09-02), Jack Jenney (American jazz trombonist) (on 1941-09-02) and Morey Samel (on 1941-09-02)
trumpet:
Lee Castle (on 1941-09-02), Max Kaminsky (on 1941-09-02), Steve Lipkins (on 1941-09-02) and Hot Lips Page (on 1941-09-02)
viola:
Lenny Atkins (on 1941-09-02), Morris Kohn (on 1941-09-02) and Sam Rosenblum (on 1941-09-02)
violin:
Alex Beller (on 1941-09-02), Max Berman (on 1941-09-02), Truman Boardman (on 1941-09-02), Bill Ehrenkranz (on 1941-09-02), Leo Persner (on 1941-09-02), Raoul Polikian (on 1941-09-02), Leonard Posner (on 1941-09-02), Irving Raymond (on 1941-09-02) and Bernie Tinterow (on 1941-09-02)
vocals:
Hot Lips Page (on 1941-09-02)
orchestra:
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (on 1941-09-02)
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) (on 1941-09-02)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
Artie Shaw3:14
16Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Artie Shaw3:15
17My Blue Heaven
Artie Shaw2:50
18Frenesi
Artie Shaw3:03
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1One O'Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie4:14
2Jazz Me Blues
recording of:
Jazz Me Blues
composer:
Tom Delaney
Count Basie2:52
3Let's Jump
Count Basie4:02
4Blee Blop Blues
recording of:
Blee Blop Blues
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and A.K. Salim
Count Basie2:52
5Basie Talk
recording of:
Basie Talks
composer:
Ernie Wilkins
Count Basie4:00
6Dance of the Gremlins
Count Basie4:22
7Take The "A" Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington4:36
8Perdido
recording of:
Perdido (original instrumental version)
composer:
Juan Tizol
Duke Ellington3:11
9Rain Check
recording of:
Raincheck
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington4:34
10The Mooche
recording of:
The Mooche
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Irving Mills
Duke Ellington & Baby Cox3:16
11Black And Tan Fantasy
recording of:
Black and Tan Fantasy
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Bubber Miley
Duke Ellington3:25
12Stormy Weather
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Lena Horne3:20
13Black Beauty
recording of:
Black Beauty
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington3:10
14Jumpin' Jive
recording of:
(Hep‐Hep!) The Jumpin’ Jive
writer:
Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing France and Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Cab Calloway2:47
15Hi De Ho Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-02-03)
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1947-02-03)
remixer:
Jaden (Jaden Smith)
recording of:
Hi‐De‐Ho Man (That’s Me) (on 1947-02-03)
writer:
Cab Calloway, Buster Harding and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
Cab Calloway3:02
16Ill Wind
cover recording of:
Ill Wind
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1934)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1934)
Lena Horne2:31
17Jubilee Stomp
recording of:
Jubilee Stomp
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington2:42