The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band Era

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Annotation

CD 74 appears to have been badly processed -- the left channel looks as if it had been normalized to point of severe clipping, while the right channel looks 'normal'. The audio fingerprint attached is that of the right channel only, and as all CD's are in mono (or at least supposed to be in mono), this probably works.

FIXME: Has this been available only as part of the 500-CD set? (Ignore re-sellers! It's out of print, apparently.)

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-31 08:07 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Fletcher Henderson 1931–32
2▶CD: Fletcher Henderson 1932–33
3▶CD: Fletcher Henderson 1934–36
4▶CD: Fletcher Henderson 1936–37
5▶CD: Fletcher Henderson 1937–38
6▶CD: Don Redman 1931–32
7▶CD: Don Redman 1932–33
8▶CD: Don Redman 1933–37
9▶CD: Duke Ellington 1933
10▶CD: Duke Ellington 1934–35
11▶CD: Duke Ellington 1936–37
12▶CD: Duke Ellington 1938–39
13▶CD: Duke Ellington 1940
14▶CD: Duke Ellington 1940–41
15▶CD: Duke Ellington 1942–44
16▶CD: Duke Ellington 1945
17▶CD: Duke Ellington 1945–46
18▶CD: Duke Ellington 1941: The Hollywood Transcriptions
19▶CD: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931
20▶CD: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931–32
21▶CD: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1932–34
22▶CD: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1934–35
23▶CD: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1935–36
24▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1934
25▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1934–35
26▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1935–37
27▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1937–39
28▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1939
29▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1939–40
30▶CD: Earl Hines 1932–33
31▶CD: Earl Hines 1934
32▶CD: Earl Hines 1935–38
33▶CD: Earl Hines 1939–40
34▶CD: Earl Hines 1940–41
35▶CD: Earl Hines 1941–42
36▶CD: Chick Webb 1931–34
37▶CD: Chick Webb 1935–37
38▶CD: Chick Webb 1937–38
39▶CD: Chick Webb 1938–39
40▶CD: Claude Hopkins 1932–34
41▶CD: Claude Hopkins 1934–35
42▶CD: Count Basie 1937
43▶CD: Count Basie 1938–39
44▶CD: Count Basie 1939
45▶CD: Count Basie 1939–40
46▶CD: Count Basie 1940
47▶CD: Count Basie 1941
48▶CD: Count Basie 1941 II
49▶CD: Count Basie 1942
50▶CD: Count Basie 1944–45: The V‐Discs
51▶CD: Count Basie 1947
52▶CD: Count Basie 1947–49
53▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1932–33
54▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1933–34
55▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1935–36
56▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1936–38
57▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1938–39
58▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1940–42
59▶CD: Cab Calloway 1931–41
60▶CD: Teddy Hill 1935–37
61▶CD: Lionel Hampton 1951
62▶CD: Lionel Hampton 1954
63▶CD: Casa Loma Orchestra 1931–33
64▶CD: Casa Loma Orchestra 1933–37
65▶CD: Benny Goodman 1935
66▶CD: Benny Goodman 1935–36
67▶CD: Benny Goodman 1936
68▼CD: Benny Goodman 1936–37
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Somebody Loves Me
recording of:
Somebody Loves Me
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Stephen Ballentine Music Publishing Co.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:50
2‘Tain’t No Use
recording of:
T’Ain’t No Use
lyricist:
Herb Magidson
composer:
Burton Lane and Herb Magidson
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:43
3Bugle Call Rag
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:59
4Jam Session
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:55
5Goodnight, My Love
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1936-11-05)
alto saxophone:
Bill Depew and Hymie Shertzer
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
double bass:
Harry Goodman
drums (drum set):
Gene Krupa
guitar:
Allan Reuss
piano:
Jess Stacy
tenor saxophone:
Art Rollini
trombone:
Red Ballard and Joe Harris (Missouri-born jazz trombonist and singer)
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman, Harry Geller and Nate Kazebier
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
recording of:
Goodnight, My Love (1936)
lyricist:
Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
composer:
Mack Gordon
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:06
6Oh, Yes, Take Another Guess
recording of:
Oh Yes, Take Another Guess
lyricist:
Charles Newman (Charles Chas Newman, early 20th century songwriter)
writer:
Murray Mencher (pianist, lyricist and songwriter) and Al Sherman (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:28
7Did You Mean It?
recording of:
Did You Mean It?
writer:
Mort Dixon and Jesse Greer
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:20
8When You and I Were Young, Maggie
recording of:
When You and I Were Young, Maggie
lyricist:
George Washington Johnson (Hamilton Canada poet)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
James A. Butterfield
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:21
9Gee! But You’re Swell
recording of:
Gee! But You're Swell
writer:
Abel Baer (songwriter) and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:47
10Smoke Dreams
recording of:
Smoke Dreams
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:15
11Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton), Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:25
12He Ain’t Got Rhythm
recording of:
He Ain’t Got Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:43
13Never Should Have Told You
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:50
14This Year’s Kisses
recording of:
This Year’s Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:26
15You Can Tell She Comes From Dixie
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:14
16Goodnight My Love
recording of:
Goodnight, My Love (1936)
lyricist:
Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
composer:
Mack Gordon
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:23
17I Want to Be Happy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-01-13)
alto saxophone:
Bill Depew and Hymie Shertzer
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
double bass:
Harry Goodman
drums (drum set):
Gene Krupa
guitar:
Allan Reuss
piano:
Jess Stacy
tenor saxophone:
Vido Musso and Art Rollini
trombone:
Red Ballard and Murray McEachern
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin (Gordon Claude Griffin, trumpeter) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
recording of:
I Want to Be Happy (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
No, No, Nanette
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:37
18Chloe (Song of the Swamps)
recording of:
Chloë (Song of the Swamp)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1927)
composer:
Gus Kahn and Charles N. Daniels (in 1927)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:10
19Rosetta
recording of:
Rosetta
lyricist:
William Henri Woode
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:38
20Peckin’
recording of:
Peckin’
orchestrator:
J.A.C. Redford
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader), Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Ben Pollack
composer:
Thomas Newman (American score composer)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:28
21Can’t We Be Friends
recording of:
Can’t We Be Friends?
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Corp.
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:00
22Can’t We Be Friends
recording of:
Can’t We Be Friends?
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Corp.
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:55
23Sing, Sing, Sing (intro. Christopher Columbus), Parts 1 & 2
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra8:38
69▶CD: Benny Goodman 1937
70▶CD: Benny Goodman 1938
71▶CD: Benny Goodman 1938 II
72▶CD: Benny Goodman 1938–39
73▶CD: Benny Goodman 1939–41
74▶CD: Benny Goodman 1941
75▶CD: Benny Goodman 1941–42
76▶CD: Charlie Barnet 1939–41
77▶CD: Charlie Barnet 1941–46
78▶CD: Bob Crosby
79▶CD: Artie Shaw 1939–40
80▶CD: Artie Shaw 1940
81▶CD: Artie Shaw 1940–41
82▶CD: Artie Shaw 1941–45
83▶CD: Woody Herman 1937–38
84▶CD: Woody Herman 1937–43
85▶CD: Woody Herman 1946
86▶CD: Woody Herman 1946–54
87▶CD: Tommy Dorsey 1935–36
88▶CD: Tommy Dorsey 1937
89▶CD: Tommy Dorsey 1937–38
90▶CD: Tommy Dorsey 1939–45
91▶CD: Tommy Dorsey 1946–50
92▶CD: Jimmy Dorsey
93▶CD: Jack Teagarden
94▶CD: Gene Krupa
95▶CD: Harry James
96▶CD: Georgie Auld
97▶CD: Stan Kenton
98▶CD: Pete Rugolo
99▶CD: Shorty Rogers
100▶CD: Glenn Miller