Les Triomphes du jazz

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Annotation

Notes

This huge (20 disc) boxset (Fitzgerald only has one disc) was sold in French malls (Carrefour) - note an international edition existed at some point.
To some extent, this was carefully compiled and is not as indecent as the look suggests...
Still a Reader's Digest like bundle, though...

This is the first edition of this box - "Tirage limité"

Recording Dates

1: 1936
2-5: 1937
6: 1940
7-8: 1941
9: 1938
10-12: 1939
13: 1943
14-17: 1945
18-20: 1946
21-22: 1947
23-25: 1949

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-30 09:51 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Louis Armstrong
2▶CD: Sidney Bechet
3▶CD: Duke Ellington
4▶CD: Count Basie
5▶CD: Glenn Miller et son orchestre
6▶CD: Ella Fitzgerald
7▶CD: Billie Holiday
8▶CD: Django Reinhardt avec Stéphane Grappelli
9▶CD: Dizzy Gillepsie & Miles Davis
10▶CD: Charlie Parker
11▶CD: Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young
12▶CD: Lionel Hampton
13▶CD: Fats Waller & Art Tatum
14▶CD: New Orleans
15▶CD: Trompettistes
16▶CD: Saxophonistes
17▶CD: Pianistes
18▶CD: Grands orchestres
19▶CD: Petites formations
20▼CD: Chanteurs & Chanteuses
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Blues Before Sunrise
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949)
performer:
The Maxim Trio
cover recording of:
Blues Before Sunrise (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Ray Charles2:50
2The Blues I Love to Sing
Adelaide Hall3:01
3Black and Blue
recording of:
Black and Blue
lyricist:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) and Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Louis Armstrong4:33
4St Louis Blues
Bessie Smith3:11
5Pïney Brown Blues
double bass:
Abe Bolar (on 1940-11-11)
drums (drum set):
A. G. Godley (on 1940-11-11)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1940-11-11)
piano:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist) (on 1940-11-11)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1940-11-11)
vocals:
Big Joe Turner (on 1940-11-11)
recording of:
Piney Brown Blues (on 1940-11-11)
lyricist:
Big Joe Turner
composer:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist)
Big Joe Turner2:56
6It Don’t Mean a Thing
Ivie Anderson3:09
7Good Morning Blues
Jimmy Rushing3:06
8Stormy Weather
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
Ethel Waters3:06
9That’s the Blues
Rubberlegs Williams2:56
10Transblucency
Kay Davis2:57
11Blowin’ the Blues Away
Billy Eckstine3:08
12The Hour of Parting
recording of:
The Hour of Parting
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Mischa Spoliansky (composer)
Maxine Sullivan2:48
13T‐Bone Boogie
T‐Bone Walker3:04
14Mean to Me
cover recording of:
Mean to Me
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
Sarah Vaughan2:27
15Flat Foot Floogee
Slim & Slam2:28
16My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Helen Humes2:55
17Star Dust
bass:
Sid Weiss (on 1940-11-11)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1940-11-11)
guitar:
Clark Yocum (on 1940-11-11)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1940-11-11)
saxophone:
Heinie Beau (on 1940-11-11), Don Lodice (on 1940-11-11), Paul Mason (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-11-11), Johnny Mince (on 1940-11-11) and Fred Stulce (on 1940-11-11)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1940-11-11), Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1940-11-11), Les Jenkins (on 1940-11-11) and Lowell Martin (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-11-11)
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman (on 1940-11-11), Ray Linn (on 1940-11-11) and Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1940-11-11)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1940-11-11)
vocals:
Connie Haines (in 1940), The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) (in 1940) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (in 1940, on 1940-11-11)
conductor:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader)
performer:
The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recorded at:
RCA Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-11-11)
cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1940-11-11)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
Frank Sinatra13:12
18Georgia on My Mind
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Mildred Bailey3:27
19Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway3:15
20He’s a Real Gone Guy
Nellie Lutcher3:01
21Embraceable You
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1943-12-15)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1943-12-15)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1943-12-15)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1943-12-15), Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1943-12-15) and Oscar Moore (on 1943-12-15)
recorded at:
C. P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1943-12-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
Embraceable You (on 1943-12-15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music (new age music), New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Nat King Cole3:23
22Mellow Mama Blues
Dinah Washington3:06
23Caldonia
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1945-01-19)
producer:
Milt Gabler
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-01-19)
bass, double bass and double bass [bass]:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1945-01-19)
clarinet:
Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1945-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Alex 'Razz' Mitchell (1940s jazz drummer) (on 1945-01-19)
piano:
William Austin (1940s jazz pianist) (on 1945-01-19)
tenor saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-01-19) and Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1945-01-19)
trumpet:
Leonard Graham (on 1945-01-19)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-01-19)
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009)
recording of:
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?) (on 1945-01-19)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (on 1945-04-16)
Louis Jordan52:42
24Blitzkrieg Baby
recording of:
Blitzkrieg Baby
writer:
Doris Fisher and Fred Fisher
Una Mae Carlisle3:18
25Good Rockin’ to Night
double bass:
Carl Wilson (Carl "Flat Top" Wilson) (on 1947-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Clarence Donaldson (on 1947-12-28)
piano:
Joe Knight (US jazz and R&B pianist) (on 1947-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Hal Singer (on 1947-12-28)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1947-12-28)
vocals:
Wynonie Harris (R&B singer, known as “Mr. Blues”) (on 1947-12-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Proper Records Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)
cover recording of:
Good Rockin’ Tonight (on 1947-12-28)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (in 1947-07)
publisher:
Brown Angel Music Publishing (BMI-affiliated), Carlin Music Corporation, Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Knox Music, Inc., Lark Music Ltd., Lois Music Publishing Co., Trio Music (publisher), Trio Music Co., Inc. and Wixen Music UK Ltd.
Wynonie Harris52:45

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part of:Les Triomphes du jazz (number: 1) (order: 1)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/311907 [info]