Swingin’ Uptown: The Big Band 1923–1952

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Saturday Night Function
recording of:
Saturday Night Function
composer:
Barney Bigard and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington3:06
2I Never Miss the Sunshine
recording of:
I Never Miss the Sunshine (I'm So Used to the Rain)
lyricist:
Neil Pardette
composer:
Norman Jay Harvey
Benson’s Orchestra3:33
3Variety Stomp
recording of:
Variety Stomp
composer:
Abel Green, Fletcher Henderson and Jo Trent
Fletcher Henderson3:03
4High Fever
Coon–Sanders’ Nighthawks2:49
5I’m Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now
recording of:
I’m Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now
writer:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) and Jesse Greer
Jean Goldkette2:49
6Lonely Melody
recording of:
Lonely Melody (on 1928-01-04)
writer:
Sam Coslow, Hal Dyson, Alfred Grünfeld (Austrian pianist and composer) and Benny Meroff (Band Leader, violin, saxophone and clarinetist.)
Paul Whiteman2:48
7The Charleston Is the Best Dance After All
Charlie Johnson and His Paradise Band2:45
8Springfield Stomp
Cecil Scott and His Bright Boys3:09
9Two Tickets to Georgia
recording of:
Two Tickets to Georgia
writer:
J. Fred Coots, Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
Ben Pollack2:41
10Talk to Me
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers3:05
11Cuttin’ Up
Paul Howard3:00
12That Too, Do
Bennie Moten3:21
13Sophisticated Lady
Casa Loma Orchestra3:31
14Heebie Jeebies
Mills Blue Rhythm Band3:11
15I’ve Got the World on a String
recording of:
I’ve Got the World on a String
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and S.A. Music Co.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Louis Armstrong3:17
16Old Fashioned Love
Joe Haymes & His Orchestra3:12
17Swingin’ Uptown
Jimmie Lunceford2:39
18The Blue Room
Isham Jones3:18
19Margie
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1934-01-23)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1934-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1934-01-23)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1934-01-23)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1934-01-22), Eddie Barefield (on 1934-01-23), Arville Harris (on 1934-01-23) and Walter Thomas (on 1934-01-23)
trombone:
Harry White (jazz trombonist) (on 1934-01-22) and DePriest Wheeler (on 1934-01-23)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1934-01-23), Edwin Swayze (on 1934-01-23) and Lammar Wright (on 1934-01-23)
vocals:
Cab Calloway (on 1934-01-23)
recording of:
Margie (aka “My Little Margie”) (on 1934-01-23)
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) (in 1920)
composer:
Con Conrad (songwriter and producer) (in 1920) and J. Russel Robinson (in 1920)
Cab Calloway3:08
20The Sheik
alto saxophone:
Stanley Payne (on 1935-05-08)
double bass:
Louis Thompson (early jazz bassist) (on 1935-05-08)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-05-08)
guitar:
Arnold Adams (on 1935-05-08)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-05-08)
reeds:
Glyn Paque (on 1935-05-08)
tenor saxophone:
Ben "Frog" Webster (on 1935-05-08) and Johnny Russell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1935-05-08)
trombone:
John "Shorty" Haughton (trombone) (on 1935-05-08) and Robert "Mack" Horton (trombone, Robert H. Horton) (on 1935-05-08)
trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1935-05-08), Dick Clarke (US jazz trumpeter, active 1930s) (on 1935-05-08) and Edgar "Pudding Head" Battle (on 1935-05-08)
recording of:
The Sheik of Araby (on 1935-05-08)
lyricist:
Harry B. Smith (in 1921) and Francis Wheeler (in 1921)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1921)
publisher:
Jerry Vogel Music, Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music and Salabert
Willie Bryant2:55
21Sugar Foot Stomp
recording of:
Sugar Foot Stomp
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
version of:
Dippermouth Blues
Benny Goodman2:48
22Study in Brown
Teddy Hill and His Orchestra2:42
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